I already read that article but that is a configuration I'd like to avoid
as I would need to double the number of my switches and ports (gre+tep for
each link).

I'd just like to know if eth0 should not be attached to the switch in order
for the gre tunnel to work or if I am doing something wrong.


2014-05-05 20:32 GMT+02:00 Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>:

> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 06:27:09PM +0200, Pasquale Dir wrote:
> > I have another problem.
> > I have an openvswitch linked to another openvswitch by a gre tunnel. This
> > tunnel belongs to the vlan 2. I have one Vm for each switch, each vm is
> > attached to the switch by a port tagged 2.
> >
> > Now, everything works fine until I add my eth0 port to these
> openvswitches.
> > When I do that, the VMs can't communicate anymore even though they could,
> > thanks to the tunnel gre which is a trunk port for the vlan 2.
> >
> > I think the problem is eth0 which is not a trunk port.
> >
> > Does this mean that, in order to achieve vlan isolation and still connect
> > switches with gre tunnels, I need at least an external (ie. not connected
> > to the openvswitch) network port?
>
> Here is a good article on this topic:
>
> http://blog.scottlowe.org/2013/05/07/using-gre-tunnels-with-open-vswitch/
>
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