Hi, A similar question that was asked before on the mailing list (link below). As far as I know the solution worked in that case; it might be useful for you too,
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02517.html Regards, On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:41 PM, ABDULHAMID NOOR <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for previous suggestion. > > No connectiving between VMs connected to differnet open vswitch bridges. > I use patch port to connect two open vswitch bridges "switch1" & "switch2" > using the following commad > > ovs-vsctl add-port switch1 patch_cable_12 -- set Interface patch_cable_12 > type=patch options:peer=patch_cable_21 > > ovs-vsctl add-port switch2 patch_cable_21 -- set Interface patch_cable_21 > type=patch options:peer=patch_cable_12 > > Now two VMs connected to switch1 and switch2 can't ping each other. > > Any suggestion please.. > > > *From:* ABDULHAMID NOOR <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 9, 2012 3:11 AM > *Subject:* [ovs-discuss] How to connect two open vswitch bridges in a > single physical host ? > > Dear All, > I want to create three open vswitches to connect in a > circle to evaluate STP protcol. I want to do this on a single physical > host. I am using Virtual Box on Ubuntu 10.10. > > How to connect two open vswitch togather? I create TUN interface using the > ip tuntap command, but when I add the same TUN interface to the second > switch, I got the error: cannot create a port named vmif_sw12 because a > port named vmif_sw12 already exists on bridge switch1. It does not allow > to add that TUN interface to the second switch. Please suggest any solution. > > Thanks in advance.... > > --------------------- > Best Regards > > Abdul Hameed > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Aimal Khan Development Engineer, xFlow Research http://xflowresearch.com/
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