> On May 4, 2015, at 5:41 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > Recently we've had a number of reports on this mailing list that, when a > new port appears on an Open vSwitch switch, STP triggers a topology > change and start dropping packets for several seconds. After thinking > about this for a while, I think what's happening is that STP in OVS is > treating every port as if it potentially connects to a switching > element. That's correct, but it makes connecting new ports slow. It > seems to me that we need to add a feature equivalent to Cisco's > "portfast" (e.g. see > http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4000/8-2glx/configuration/guide/stp_enha.html) > if we want to support STP in a way that's really convenient for users. > > Any thought?
Would this happen if the added port had stp-enable=false on it? Jarno _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev