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From: Benoit ML <[email protected]>
Date: 2011/10/1
Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Fwd: Rhel 6.1 - openvswitch 1.2.2 - network
commutation between physical and virtual - doesn't work
To: Jesse Gross <[email protected]>


hi,


2011/10/1 Jesse Gross <[email protected]>

> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Benoit ML <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey,
> > Thank for the answer.  I'have the same matter with bnx2x on rhel6.1 ...
> > In the H3C documentation there is a subject about vlan (thank to Leland)
> :
> > "The default VLAN IDs of the Trunk ports on the local and peer devices
> > must be the same. Otherwise, packets cannot be transmitted properly."
> > What did you think about that ?
>
> Do you have a default vlan configured on the switch that is the same
> as the one you are trying to use?  If so, that would explain the
> problem because it will cause the packets to be sent untagged on the
> assumption that the remote switch will interprete them as the same
> vlan.
>
> You could try creating a vlan with vconfig to see if it recognizes the
> tagged traffic.
>
>
The native vlan (pvid) of the trunk port of the H3C switch is 99. The switch
can also carry tagged vlan 2 and 3702.
The openvswitch  port is configured like this : add-port br0 eth4
trunk=[0,2,3702], to carry untagged traffic and to carry vlan tagged  to the
switch.

I've tested with the vlan system (vconfig)  : works juste fine.



>  > From your point of view what will be the best manner to have the thing
> works
> > ?  I've tested the last driver be2net from Emulex without  success ...
> > Eventually I can use another linux distribution ?
>
> Assuming that the physical switch is configured correctly, the
> situation is improving with newer kernels and should be resolved for
> all devices when Linux 3.1 is released.  A distribution such as Ubuntu
> that is more aggressive about tracking kernel releases will likely
> have better results.
>


Do you think that a 2.6.38 (ubuntu or fedora) or a 2.6.40 (fedora updates)
could be ok ?
For my personnel information, what are the majors difference between now and
3.1 ? The way how vlan are handle ?


Thank you.

Regards,


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