Thank you so much, it worked.

2014-05-01 18:13 GMT+02:00 Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>:

> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 09:35:58PM +0200, Pasquale Dir wrote:
> > as long as no controller is associated to my openvswitch vlan tags assure
> > me vlan isolation.
> >
> > After setting the controller (floodlight in my case, but I also tried
> > opendaylight) vlan tags are just ignored.
>
> The FAQ says:
>
> Q: My OpenFlow controller doesn't see the VLANs that I expect.
>
> A: The configuration for VLANs in the Open vSwitch database (e.g. via
>    ovs-vsctl) only affects traffic that goes through Open vSwitch's
>    implementation of the OpenFlow "normal switching" action.  By
>    default, when Open vSwitch isn't connected to a controller and
>    nothing has been manually configured in the flow table, all traffic
>    goes through the "normal switching" action.  But, if you set up
>    OpenFlow flows on your own, through a controller or using ovs-ofctl
>    or through other means, then you have to implement VLAN handling
>    yourself.
>
>    You can use "normal switching" as a component of your OpenFlow
>    actions, e.g. by putting "normal" into the lists of actions on
>    ovs-ofctl or by outputting to OFPP_NORMAL from an OpenFlow
>    controller.  In situations where this is not suitable, you can
>    implement VLAN handling yourself, e.g.:
>
>        - If a packet comes in on an access port, and the flow table
>          needs to send it out on a trunk port, then the flow can add
>          the appropriate VLAN tag with the "mod_vlan_vid" action.
>
>        - If a packet comes in on a trunk port, and the flow table
>          needs to send it out on an access port, then the flow can
>          strip the VLAN tag with the "strip_vlan" action.
>
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