[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: Describe how bonded ports interact with OpenFlow.
Ethan Jackson
ethan at nicira.com
Mon Oct 1 20:21:25 UTC 2012
Acked-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
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> diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
> index a98739c..b14bfa4 100644
> --- a/FAQ
> +++ b/FAQ
> @@ -747,6 +747,27 @@ A: ovs-dpctl queries a kernel datapath, not an OpenFlow switch. It
> won't display the information that you want. You want to use
> "ovs-ofctl dump-flows" instead.
>
> +Q: It looks like each of the interfaces in my bonded port shows up
> + as an individual OpenFlow port. Is that right?
> +
> +A: Yes, Open vSwitch makes individual bond interfaces visible as
> + OpenFlow ports, rather than the bond as a whole. The interfaces
> + are treated together as a bond for only a few purposes:
> +
> + - Sending a packet to the OFPP_NORMAL port. (When an OpenFlow
> + controller is not configured, this happens implicitly to
> + every packet.)
> +
> + - The "autopath" Nicira extension action. However, "autopath"
> + is deprecated and scheduled for removal in February 2013.
> +
> + - Mirrors configured for output to a bonded port.
> +
> + It would make a lot of sense for Open vSwitch to present a bond as
> + a single OpenFlow port. If you want to contribute an
> + implementation of such a feature, please bring it up on the Open
> + vSwitch development mailing list at dev at openvswitch.org.
> +
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