[Xen-API] [XCP 1.6] broad-/multicast & Open vSwitch & SLB bonding -> FAIL

2013-01-16 Thread Markus Schuster
Hi everybody, I'm not sure if this is the best place to discuss this issue or if the Open vSwitch mailinglist might be better, but let's try: We have a pool of XCP 1.6 (final) hosts using Open vSwitch. Two NICs form an active/active SLB bond for network connectivity. Recently we migrated a two

Re: [Xen-API] [XCP 1.6 BETA] Upgrade to 1.6 switches network backend to Open vSwitch

2012-10-24 Thread Markus Schuster
Hi Lars! > > but a note in the release notes would be good. > If somebody can help me put together a short description of what should > be in the release notes, what the work-around is, etc. and I will add it > to the release notes Well, I don't have a real work-around as I only used some test

[Xen-API] [XCP 1.6 BETA] Upgrade to 1.6 switches network backend to Open vSwitch

2012-10-19 Thread Markus Schuster
Hi, one thing I discovered: When upgrading from XCP 1.5 (1.4.90) to 1.6 (61002c) the network backend is automatically switched from bridge to Open vSwitch. This is no bad idea in general, as Open vSwitch seems to work very well in 1.6, but if you configured an (unsupported) LACP bonding interfa