Yes, you can install a newer version of OVS on XCP. The instructions you need are in INSTALL.XenServer.
I wouldn't say that active-backup bonding in XCP 1.1 is "useless". It works fine in many use cases, just not in yours. [email protected] writes: > Thank you. Now the question is, can a newer version of OVF be > installed into XCP 1.1? If not active-backup bonding in XCP 1.1 is > useless. > > > On Sat, 21 Jan 2012, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> [email protected] writes: >> >>> I'm seeing traffic on both interfaces of an active-backup bond. This >>> is a bond of eth0 and eth1 with both management and vm traffic. Given >>> the requirement that a bonded management interface be in active-backup >>> mode and since balance-slb doesn't work unless the ports are connected >>> to the same switch (or stack) I have the bond in active-backup mode: >> >> The version of OVS in XCP 1.x accepts incoming packets on all >> interfaces of active-backup bonds. We changed this behavior in >> newer versions of OVS. > -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org _______________________________________________ xen-api mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-api
