[ovs-dev] LACP and sFlow export

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Dec 13 17:03:01 UTC 2011


On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 08:46:25PM -0800, Neil Mckee wrote:
> The sFlow standard will soon include an option to report LACP state
> along with the periodic counter-push.  It would be great for the
> Open vSwitch to include this.  It is important when aggregating
> sFlow data to estimate totals, so it's fundamental information to
> know accurately right up to the minute.  It will also be very
> helpful for automatic topology discovery.
> 
> proposed spec:
> http://www.sflow.org/draft_sflow_lag.txt

It seems reasonable to me.  Ethan knows more about LACP than the rest
of us.  Ethan, do you see any problems implementing this?



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