Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Ramu Ramamurthy wrote: > > > > On a separate but related topic, northd programs localnet to not respond > to > > regular > > arp requests coming from the network via a localnet port. > > > > How can IP traffic be initiated from a VM

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

> > On a separate but related topic, northd programs localnet to not respond to > regular > arp requests coming from the network via a localnet port. > > How can IP traffic be initiated from a VM outside OVN control or from the > physical network to a VM inside OVN controlled HV, connected via a

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Ramu Ramamurthy wrote: > > > > Why did you choose to use reply packets ? > > > > request packets are less likely to be rejected by external networks > > and I think thats discussed in the RFC > > > > > > I wanted to use the GARP

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

> > Why did you choose to use reply packets ? > > request packets are less likely to be rejected by external networks > and I think thats discussed in the RFC > > I wanted to use the GARP request, but found a problem. OVN currently programs flows to respond to gratuitous arp requests from VMs,

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Ramu Ramamurthy wrote: > > Problem: > When a VM comes up with interface on localnet, external > switches on the broadcast segment have to update their > port->mac mappings and routers have to update their arp caches. > This normally

[ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC 0/3] - send garp on localnet

Problem: When a VM comes up with interface on localnet, external switches on the broadcast segment have to update their port->mac mappings and routers have to update their arp caches. This normally happens when the VM initiates traffic. on the localnet interface. But in some scenarios, when the