Hi, I just noticed an that when I create a ovs switch with ovs-vsctl add-br that the MAC address gets a 00:23:20 (Nicira Network) prefix, which is expected, but when I add a physical card with ovs-vsctl add-port <switch_name> eth0, the MAC address of eth0 is given to the switch.
I am wondering if this is the intended behavior? If so why and can there be a setting that leaves the switches MAC in tact? I know that the xen network-bridge script does a similar trick, but goes as far as taking all the networking settings of the ethN device as to try to keep networking up even during bringing up a xen bridge device. I'm wondering at a higher level will it be possible for me to write openflow control rules that match on MAC address when working with the case of 0 physical nics associated with the bridge and what about the case where there is a network bond that gets attached, what would the MAC address change to in that case? All I really want to know for now is what the behavior is and that I am accurately writing my rules to reflect that. Thanks! Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
