I believe OVS is only required for security groups in a basic network. I am using a shared network without security groups in a basic zone with OVS. No issues over the last 9 months. With a bridge backend you are limited to 2 NICs in a bond on the XenCenter UI, but with OVS you can use 4 NICs.
On May 20, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Tim Mackey <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrei, > > Those commands are still required for use in a CloudStack basic zone. If > you are using an advanced zone, then the default XenServer backend of ovs > is correct. > > -tim > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Andrei Mikhailovsky <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I am looking at the installation guide for XenServer hypervisor and got a >> question about this section: >> >> >> http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-installation/en/latest/hypervisor/xenserver.html#install-cloudstack-xenserver-support-package-csp >> >> It states that the CSP functionality is already present in XenServer 6.1. >> I assume it is also present in XenServer 6.2. >> >> The question is do I still need to run the following commands as shown in >> the guide as Optional: >> >> >> >> xe-switch-network-backend bridge >> >> net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1 >> net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0 >> net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 1 >> >> $ sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf >> >> >> Would I still be able to use the XenServer hypervisor with default >> settings? >> >> Thanks >> >> Andrei >> >> >> >> >>
