[ovs-discuss] OVS 1.4.0 package compatibility with 3.2.0-36

2013-01-25 Thread Umair Hoodbhoy
Hi, Is there any reason why the 1.4.0 packaged OVS would not work with Kernel 3.2.0-36, but does with 3.2.0-34? I had things running fine with 3.2.0-34, and had left my lab for a month before returning to it and doing an 'apt-get upgrade'. The Kernel got upgraded to 3.2.0-36 and upon reboot I now

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwich + Openflow Support for PPP Tunnel

2013-01-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
I think that PPP provides an IP service, not an Ethernet service. I don't think it makes sense to speak of bridging between IP and Ethernet. One would normally perform routing, perhaps using the Linux TCP/IP stack. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 05:08:10PM +0100, Rizwan ul haq wrote: > Hi Ben, so any w

Re: [ovs-discuss] Install ovs on rhel5

2013-01-25 Thread Jesse Gross
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Ryan Young wrote: > After that I tried to install the package following > http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob_plain;f=INSTALL;hb=HEAD, > everything goes well until I tried to "insmod > datapath/linux/openvswitch_mod.ko", the kernel return

Re: [ovs-discuss] Segment fault when running ovs-ofctl snoop br0 using ovs master

2013-01-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 08:30:18PM +0800, 张东亚 wrote: > Hi, > I have built an ovs (master-bfe834e) and found and segment fault error > when I do the following operation: > > 1. start ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server > 2. set and controller that does not exist, ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 > "tcp

Re: [ovs-discuss] Regarding OpenV Switch

2013-01-25 Thread Jesse Gross
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Piyushp Gupta wrote: > > Hello, > > Can openVswitch (running on linux having 8 interfaces) be used in place of > 8-port multilayer switch connecting 8 different host(Unix or linux actual > machines) ?? > > If yes then how ?? Yes, you could connect 8 NICs to OVS a

Re: [ovs-discuss] Help me troubleshooting

2013-01-25 Thread Justin Pettit
That does seem odd. While running the pings, what does "ovs-dpctl dump-flows br-int" show? --Justin On Jan 25, 2013, at 7:52 AM, NGUYEN Xuan Nam wrote: > Hello, > > I setup a network like this > > Floodlight >

Re: [ovs-discuss] Regarding OpenV Switch

2013-01-25 Thread Justin Pettit
You just want to run Open vSwitch as a soft-switch? Yes, that's possible. Just create a bridge and attach each interface to the bridge. --Justin On Jan 24, 2013, at 2:33 AM, Piyushp Gupta wrote: > > Hello, > > Can openVswitch (running on linux having 8 interfaces) be used in place of >

[ovs-discuss] Segment fault when running ovs-ofctl snoop br0 using ovs master

2013-01-25 Thread 张东亚
Hi, I have built an ovs (master-bfe834e) and found and segment fault error when I do the following operation: 1. start ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server 2. set and controller that does not exist, ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 "tcp:127.0.0.1"(which will lead connect refused error when ovs trying t

[ovs-discuss] Regarding OpenV Switch

2013-01-25 Thread Piyushp Gupta
Hello, Can openVswitch (running on linux having 8 interfaces) be used in place of 8-port multilayer switch connecting 8 different host(Unix or linux actual machines) ?? If yes then how ?? Please reply on it. Thanks and Regards Piyush Gupta IT Analyst Tata Consultancy Services Plot No 1, Sur

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwich + Openflow Support for PPP Tunnel

2013-01-25 Thread Rizwan ul haq
Hi Ben, so any workaround possible considering a linux machine, i can't bridge ppp with eth0 any other way to do this?? On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 02:14:06PM +0100, Rizwan ul haq wrote: > > I am using ovs 1.7 so that it has openflow support built

Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenVSwich + Openflow Support for PPP Tunnel

2013-01-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 02:14:06PM +0100, Rizwan ul haq wrote: > I am using ovs 1.7 so that it has openflow support builtin. Every version of OVS has OpenFlow support built-in. > Now on my Linux machine (CentOS 6.3), i configure a PPP tunnel as a client > so that once the tunnel is up, i have a v

Re: [ovs-discuss] PVST in OVS?

2013-01-25 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:21:34AM +0100, Julius Bachnick wrote: > I just wonder whether OVS currently supports PVST in addition to STP or > whether there are any plans to do so? OVS does not support PVST and I am not aware of any plan to add support. If you would like to contribute support, we w

[ovs-discuss] OpenVSwich + Openflow Support for PPP Tunnel

2013-01-25 Thread Rizwan ul haq
Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to post this question but i would appreciate to have some help or pointers in this direction. I am using ovs 1.7 so that it has openflow support builtin. Now on my Linux machine (CentOS 6.3), i configure a PPP tunnel as a client so that once the tunnel

[ovs-discuss] PVST in OVS?

2013-01-25 Thread Julius Bachnick
Hey folks, I just wonder whether OVS currently supports PVST in addition to STP or whether there are any plans to do so? I need it but I cannot seem to find any proper info regarding the state of PVST in OVS. Thanks in advance! Julius ___ discuss ma

Re: [ovs-discuss] Install ovs on rhel5

2013-01-25 Thread Ramana Reddy
Seems that you are missing some thing, probably the datapath compilation is missing. Did you configure with --with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build option. Normally, in redhat and CentOS this is a simlink to /usr/src/linux-2.6.x On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Ryan Young wrote: > Hello a

[ovs-discuss] Install ovs on rhel5

2013-01-25 Thread Ryan Young
Hello all, I tried to install ovs on rhel5 following the INSTALL.RHEL, there is no error issued during the installation. When I installed the rpm of kmod for ovs and try to "modprobe openvswitch_mod.ko", the kernel can not find the module. After that I tried to install the package following http:/