[ovs-dev] [PATCH] utilities: Implement ovs-vlan-test script

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Wed Dec 22 18:53:58 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:43:13AM -0800, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> > No, I really meant what I wrote.  It is documented to work--see the
> > "add-port" command in the ovs-vsctl manpage--so if it doesn't, then we
> > should fix ovs-vsctl or its manpage.
> >
> 
> Sorry to bring this up again.  I can't really get it to work with the
> following command.
> 
> $ ovs-vsctl -- add-br vlan-br -- add-port vlan-br vlan-br tag=10 --
> add-port vlan-br eth1
> ovs-vsctl: cannot create a port named vlan-br because a bridge named
> vlan-br already exists
> 
> It does work if the middle part is add-port vlan-br vlan-br-tag tag=10
> but that's not really what I want.  I want something with an actual
> interface which I can attach an IP address to and send traffic
> through.

Oh, you need to make it an internal interface too:
        set Interface vlan-br-tag type=internal




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