Re: [ovs-discuss] comparing OVS with Indigo!

> I need a small help. I would like compare OVS and IVS (Indigo) from the > following point of view. Could you please share the pointer or data if you > have anything in ur hand. It doesn’t appear to be an either/or scenario. Indigo resides on top of OVS, and does some other stuff. See:

Re: [ovs-discuss] HW-VTEP (OVN) support without ACL and BFD

BFD won't really be useful until there's a story > around fail-over, which I expect before too long, but isn't fully formed yet. > I have been trying to figure out if I can access BFD states from outside applications. I see that the table records get updated, but how best to signal that to an

Re: [ovs-discuss] Open vSwitch Source code walkthrough

> > The link you provided says "page not found". If you have the PDF with you, > please do share. > > > https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/nsdi15/nsdi15-paper- > pfaff.pdf > https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/nsdi15_full_proceedings.pdf -- This message has been scanned

[ovs-discuss] Talk Proprosal: OVN control of the black box.

> > > I went through Dustin Spinhirne's OVN Tutorial. It helped immensely > > > in understanding OVS/OVN interactions. And also highlighted some of > > > the shortcomings. > > > > > > Of many, two, possibly related, questions/ideas come to mind. 1) > > > OVN seems to be more focused on the

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN on a non-OpenStack and non-sandbox environment.

Try http://blog.spinhirne.com/p/blog-series.html for some OVN examples with ACL. Does this get you closer? Hello Everyone, We are trying to experiment OVN ACLs on a native setup.(non-OpenStack and non-sandbox). We couldn't find any blog posts or documentation on how to do this.

Re: [ovs-discuss] veth pair and MPLS

> I am attempting to create a test network using OVS bridges. I created > 8 namespaces that represent hosts. I connected all of my bridges with patch > ports except between b4 and b5 which are connected via an veth > pair. This configuration works fine until I start adding MPLS labels > at b2

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS supported hardware switches

Mellanox has been working with switchdev and openvswitch and have been upstreaming some work to the kernel to make what you have asked about to work with their spectrum switches. Maybe I can get confirmation from them later today to share some of their roadmap. Looks pretty good so far. I am

Re: [ovs-discuss] BFD with 'option : remote_ip = flow'

> On 16 Aug 2017, at 07:54, Vivek Srivastava V > wrote: > > No. I hadn't heard of multi-hop BFD before, so I looked around a bit and > found RFC 5883. That RFC, though, doesn't really provide a specification for > how to do this. Is there a detailed

Re: [ovs-discuss] How can I change OpenVSwitch

OpenWrt projects. > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Raymond Burkholder <r...@oneunified.net > <mailto:r...@oneunified.net>> wrote: > >> On 9 Jun 2017, at 08:26, Simone Aglianò <simoagli...@gmail.com >> <mailto:simoagli...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>

Re: [ovs-discuss] How can I change OpenVSwitch

> On 9 Jun 2017, at 08:26, Simone Aglianò wrote: > > I m interested also in a desktop switch with just 4 ports > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Simone Aglianò > wrote: > Does anyone know which is the cheapest

Re: [ovs-discuss] Wireless OVS

On 09/11/17 16:20, S hj wrote: In MANET (mobile ad hoc networks), wireless nodes can communicate together without any access points. Should I still consider hostapd for each wireless node in my simulation? If you aren't running it, probably isn't needed. I mention it only because you

[ovs-discuss] ovs-ofctl vs openflow 1.x vs ?

, there is NXM_NX_CONJ_ID (for conjunctive match fields), which shows as not being an openflow protocol based function. IE, could flow tables be updated via JSON documents, like what is used to update the ovsdb? Or am I missing something obvious? -- Raymond Burkholder r...@oneunified.net https

Re: [ovs-discuss] Ubuntu 16.04 Openvswitch bridge on bond

> I am attempting to setup a linux bond and create a openvswitch bridge that > uses this bond0 on Ubuntu 16.04.03 using a cisco 2960 switch with > openvswitch version 255.2. Take a look at https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/debian/openvswitch-switch.REA DME.Debian It has a number

Re: [ovs-discuss] Multiple dpdk-netdev datapath with OVS 2.9

ng? Can an SDN controller solve this issue? Or is it an inherent OVS limitation where it takes more time to add rules if more packets are going to the OF classifier? -- Raymond Burkholder r...@oneunified.net https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and

Re: [ovs-discuss] VXLAN - MAC address learning/propagation through EVPN/FRR

as well as an RD based FRR config. -- Raymond Burkholder r...@oneunified.net https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ discuss mailing list disc

Re: [ovs-discuss] VXLAN - MAC address learning/propagation through EVPN/FRR

more reading material I have gathered: https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/index.php?/archives/799-EVPN-Reading-Material.html Thanks I hope the above is some value Nico -- Raymond Burkholder r...@oneunified.net https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net -- This message has been scanned for viruses

Re: [ovs-discuss] lacp to mellanox switch

> Based upon documentation, this should 'just' work, but well, it doesn't. The > two slave interfaces seem to always be disabled. I have the following: > > # ovs-vsctl add-bond ovsbr0 bond_mlnx enp8s0f0 enp8s0f1 lacp=active > trunks=64,65 After sending that message, I read at the following

Re: [ovs-discuss] lacp to mellanox switch -- "COLLECTING NOT Enabled !! DISCARDING FRAME"

Hi Amit, > Can you open a case at > https://mymellanox.force.com/support/SupportLogin and we will be happy > to help you. We have case# 00416594 > Are you running OpenFlow on the switch or only using the switch L2 with > LAG/bond? The switch is mlnxos. We are only using switch L2 with

Re: [ovs-discuss] lacp to mellanox switch -- "COLLECTING NOT Enabled !! DISCARDING FRAME"

> > Based upon documentation, this should 'just' work, but well, it doesn't. > The > > two slave interfaces seem to always be disabled. I have the following: > > > > # ovs-vsctl add-bond ovsbr0 bond_mlnx enp8s0f0 enp8s0f1 lacp=active > > trunks=64,65 > > After sending that message, I read at the

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS Faucet tutorial broken

On 2018-08-24 06:57 PM, Brad Cowie wrote: On 25 August 2018 at 12:07, Ben Pfaff > wrote: On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 11:09:41AM +1200, Brad Cowie wrote: > By the way we can dynamically generate our openflow pipeline now such > that tables are automatically sized

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem openvswitch, openwrt e dhcp

e changes discussed at: http://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/index.php?/archives/762-Using-Quilt-to-Patch-a-Debian-Package.html Your mileage may vary with your situation. I do not know how to configure in openwrt for the eth0.2 interface to work on both openvswitch and remote access. -- Raymond Bur

Re: [ovs-discuss] Basic OVS - VLAN translations

=${VLANZ},dl_vlan={{ mapping.z.vlan }},actions=mod_vlan_vid:{{ mapping.a.vlan }},output:${VLANA} {% endfor %}{# mapping #} ovs-ofctl add-flow {{ bridge.name }} priority=0,actions=NORMAL {% endfor %}{# bridges #} {% endif %}{# one2one #}{% endif %}{# mapvlans #} exit 0 Raymond Burkholder https

Re: [ovs-discuss] external ovs c++ controller

On 2018-11-09 3:27 a.m., Boris Ouretskey wrote: What would be the preferred API for controlling open switch bridges from c++ user space application. (both Windows and Linux version of ovs should be supported). the controller should run on both windows and linux also. 1. reverse engineering

Re: [ovs-discuss] Confused how to set up an STP loop topology on BPI switches

closer.  But you won't have the STP side of things, unless you program that yourself as well. On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:00 PM Raymond Burkholder <mailto:r...@oneunified.net>> wrote: One solution might be to supply a unique vlan between each pair of switches: vlan 111 s1,sw2

Re: [ovs-discuss] Single nic server and ovn

On 2018-12-19 2:51 p.m., Vasiliy Tolstov wrote: ср, 19 дек. 2018 г. в 22:31, Grant Taylor via discuss : On 12/18/2018 11:56 PM, Vasiliy Tolstov wrote: Hi, i have some servers that have only one nic for network. As i understand for ovn i need to add this interface to ovs bridge. But for host

[ovs-discuss] open vswitch / openflow includes for nicira extensions

I have been using header file definitions found in https://www.opennetworking.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/openflow-switch-v1.4.1.pdf to build an open flow controller. The controller communicates successfully with openvswitch. But in tutorials such as

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwitch looped topology without bonds/STP

On 2019-03-27 1:48 p.m., Colton Powell wrote: The difficult part for us, however, is actually finding the paths to redirect on. Because we are currently using STP in our looped topology, OpenDaylight cannot find all links/paths in the network. Only links on the Spanning Tree are found

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwitch looped topology without bonds/STP

On 2019-03-27 12:12 p.m., Colton Powell wrote: By default, having a looped topology causes issues with broadcast packets (such as ARP packets) being looped. I have read the Common Configuration Problems page, which says to use bonds or STP to solve this issue. A looped infrastructure is

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwitch looped topology without bonds/STP

On 2019-03-27 3:19 p.m., Colton Powell wrote: Anyways, I was thinking the same thing as you: It seems I will have to disable STP + the default forwarding rules, and then write flows to get ARP, etc. working as intended. I just wanted to see if there was some other, simpler solution that

Re: [ovs-discuss] using OVS with FRR within eVPN environment

On 2019-07-04 1:30 a.m., Lee Wilson via discuss wrote: The only way i have seen it done is as per below example.. This is a script i found on this forum which creates a veth between the kernel bridge and the ovs-switch. ... script cut out This works, though using veth seems like a bit of

Re: [ovs-discuss] Open vSwitch openflow example

Your question is somewhat vague.  But for what it is worth, to provide an idea of what can be done, this is an extract from a bash script which maps the flows in each direction from one vlan on one port to another vlan on another port. VLANA=$(ovs-vsctl get Interface {{ mapping.a.port }}

Re: [ovs-discuss] Can we add a wifi network interface to an OVS bridge?

On 8/21/20 7:38 AM, Jordan Sandri wrote: Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to add a wifi network interface to an OVS bridge? Let me explain first what I achieved. If you are using hostapd, there is something you can build into it which will add the interface to ovs:

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openvswitch with LXC

Pretty simple: 1) read the man page on lxc.container.conf 2) build one or two interface up/down files Don't guarantee this works without a bit of extra massaging, but should be enough to get started: # cat /etc/lxc/scripts/ovs.port.up.sh #!/bin/bash logger "lxc_name=${LXC_NAME}" logger

Re: [ovs-discuss] Configure bond with Open vSwitch: bond ports are disabled, may_enable: false

On 7/11/21 2:41 PM, Thomas wrote: Hello, I have configured a bond + bridge + internal ports on Debian 10 (using /etc/network/interfaces). I fought this quite a bit a few years back (you might find my question in the list somewhere).  Not sure if it has improved, not sure if this the same

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openvswitch with LXC

On 2/4/21 12:41 AM, George Papathanail wrote: I managed to attach the lxc interface to the ovs-bridge sudoovs-vsctl show 8cd3e1a6-eaa9-4341-b5c8-677e381c8306Bridgeswitch0PortvethlQXvGc InterfacevethlQXvGc Portswitch0Interfaceswitch0type: internal ovs_version: "2.13.1" The problem now is that

Re: [ovs-discuss] One question about AVX512 support

On 2022-06-02 10:26, Li Zhang wrote: Hi Pai, Thanks a lot. It helps. These patches allow ovs to decide to disable or enable AVX512 if I understand it correctly. Is it recommended to enable AVX512? AVX512 is enabled by default. It is disabled in DPDK because it is experimental. I wonder if I

[ovs-discuss] {Disarmed} Re: newbie needs info and guidance about opesvswitch vs. virtual router/routing

h level tool using iproute2 functionality (ip ns, veth, etc)) * frr - free range routing - actual routing protocols for advanced routing development Hope this helps on your networking journey Raymond Burkholder https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/index.php?/cate

Re: [ovs-discuss] newbie needs info and guidance about opesvswitch vs. virtual router/routing

On 2/19/23 11:56, Bilinmek Istemiyor wrote: Hello, Thank you for the response,  It is really  helpful and I really appreciated it. As seen from my post, networking, specifically SDN is not a specialty of mine. Thank you for the directions. From your reply, I understand that openvswitch does

Re: [ovs-discuss] Help- How to configure OVS on vsphere environment

On 4/19/23 07:47, Eldhose Mathew via discuss wrote: I am looking to configure Open vSwitch (OVS) on the vSphere environment to replace vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). Can someone help me find a reference wiki to guide me on how to configure OVS on ESXi hosts? Is that even possible? vDS is

Re: [ovs-discuss] Help- How to configure OVS on vsphere environment

vxlan, it will get you geneve -- last time I checked, anyway On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:14 AM Raymond Burkholder via discuss mailto:ovs-discuss@openvswitch.org>> wrote: On 4/19/23 07:47, Eldhose Mathew via discuss wrote: > I am looking to configure Open vSwitch (OVS) on th

Re: [ovs-discuss] Hardware compatibility

On 4/10/23 06:52, Tom Jay via discuss wrote: I'm interested in trying OVS and would like to try the hardware features (hardware offloading). Is there a list of hardware that OVS is compatible with? try the mellanox connectx5/6 cards.  Their web site describes how to get the various functions