Please see my responses inline, prefixed by [SL].

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:31 AM, Tomasz Osiński <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for quick reply! Does this solution allow me to set unique Datapath 
> IDs for each "switch VM" to proper work of my floodlight controller?


[SL] Each "switch VM" will be running its own copy of OVS, so I'm guessing the 
answer to your question is yes.


> 2015-12-17 16:18 GMT+01:00 Scott Lowe <[email protected]>:
> Please see my response below.
> 
> 
>>> On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Tomasz Osiński <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> So far, I have been using mininet with OVS to test my SDN application. Now, 
>>> i have to configure a test network in my faculty's laboratory.
>>> 
>>> I have access to one server. On this server I have to run 8 virtual 
>>> machines - 6 VMs with Open vSwitch on them, 1 as VM for controller and 1 
>>> for simple HTTP server.
>>> 
>>> I'm pretty new in OVS networking. So my question is how to configure my 
>>> network? How to configure networking between switches? Every tip/tutorial 
>>> will be useful!
>> 
>> 
>> What I would probably do would be to run KVM+Libvirt+OVS on the one server 
>> in your lab. Define Libvirt networks that are associated with OVS (the 
>> Libvirt-OVS integration is fairly well-documented) for the various types of 
>> traffic your VMs will need---perhaps you'll need a "management network" and 
>> a "data network". For simplicity's sake, I'd probably use different bridges 
>> for each network. Then create your VMs and attach them to the appropriate 
>> host networks. For example, your "switch VMs" running OVS might have two 
>> interfaces: one connected to a management network (over which they'll talk 
>> to the controller VM) and one connected to a data network (over which 
>> they'll communicate with other switches).
>> 
>> I hope this helps.


--
Scott

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