[ovs-dev] Regarding open-vSwitch

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:15:06AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> [Adding ovs-dev]
> On Dec 31, 2012 9:19 AM, "APURVA PATIL" <apurvap25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > We want to establish communication between VMs on two different hosts. So,
> > we wanted to know whether it is possible using open-vSwitch. We tried to
> > setup on a normal PC connected to a LAN and the following problems arose :
> >
> > a)  The host gets disconnected from Internet.
> > b)  On installing it on two PCs connected to LAN, the Vms on corresponding
> > PCs seem to get same IP addresses . So, guest connectivity also hangs.

It sounds like you need to read the FAQ.  http://openvswitch.org/faq/

> > c)  Since we are using Ubuntu 12.04, is there any constraint for support
> > of open-vSwitch on KVM version ?

I don't think the KVM version matters.

> > d)  Do we require cloud-setup for the two PCs or does it suffice if they
> > have LAN interconnectivity ?

I don't understand the question.