Re: [ovs-discuss] Append output port to an existing flow
No, there's nothing special about VXLAN. There should no measurable overhead. On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 11:08:53PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I did a brief trial with 'groups' before mailing the list. Wanted to check > if there are other alternatives specific to vxlan. > > Thanks for confirming. Will there be any overhead in using 1 group for each > tunnel in a scaled environment. > > Regards > Kapil > > Thanks > Kapil > > On 08-Aug-2016 9:54 PM, "Ben Pfaff" wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 04:49:49PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > > Want to check if there is an alternate way to append a output port to the > > existing flow. > > > > > > > > For example, > > > > > > > > Existing flow: > > > > cookie=0x0, duration=14279.412s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, > > idle_age=14316, dl_vlan=5 actions=output:2 > > > > > > > > If I want to add output:4 to the above flow, the only way I know is using > > mod-flow > > > > > > > > ovs-ofctl mod-flow bridge "dl_vlan=5, actions=output:2,4" > > > > > > > > But is there any other way that I can use to just append 4? i might have > > about 20 ports which have to be dynamically appended. > > You could use the OF1.1+ "groups" feature. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [ovs-discuss] Append output port to an existing flow
Hi Ben, I did a brief trial with 'groups' before mailing the list. Wanted to check if there are other alternatives specific to vxlan. Thanks for confirming. Will there be any overhead in using 1 group for each tunnel in a scaled environment. Regards Kapil Thanks Kapil On 08-Aug-2016 9:54 PM, "Ben Pfaff" wrote: On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 04:49:49PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > Want to check if there is an alternate way to append a output port to the > existing flow. > > > > For example, > > > > Existing flow: > > cookie=0x0, duration=14279.412s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, > idle_age=14316, dl_vlan=5 actions=output:2 > > > > If I want to add output:4 to the above flow, the only way I know is using > mod-flow > > > > ovs-ofctl mod-flow bridge "dl_vlan=5, actions=output:2,4" > > > > But is there any other way that I can use to just append 4? i might have > about 20 ports which have to be dynamically appended. You could use the OF1.1+ "groups" feature. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [ovs-discuss] Append output port to an existing flow
On Mon, Aug 08, 2016 at 04:49:49PM +0530, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > Want to check if there is an alternate way to append a output port to the > existing flow. > > > > For example, > > > > Existing flow: > > cookie=0x0, duration=14279.412s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, > idle_age=14316, dl_vlan=5 actions=output:2 > > > > If I want to add output:4 to the above flow, the only way I know is using > mod-flow > > > > ovs-ofctl mod-flow bridge "dl_vlan=5, actions=output:2,4" > > > > But is there any other way that I can use to just append 4? i might have > about 20 ports which have to be dynamically appended. You could use the OF1.1+ "groups" feature. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
