[ovs-dev] [PATCH] FAQ: Describe use of Linux bond devices with Open vSwitch.

Reid Price rprice at nicira.com
Thu Mar 21 22:42:23 UTC 2013


One nit, there is only one line between the 'Bonds' section and 'Controllers'
section.  Everywhere else in the file you use 2 lines, with the (accidental)
exception of between 'General' and 'Releases', which has 3.

  -Reid

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> CC: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> ---
>  FAQ |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
> index 1a2c4f8..90d0003 100644
> --- a/FAQ
> +++ b/FAQ
> @@ -765,6 +765,35 @@ A: Do you have a controller configured on br0 (as the commands above
>     can refer to the answer there for more information.
>
>
> +Bonds
> +-----
> +
> +Q: Can I use Linux bond devices on Open vSwitch bridges?
> +
> +A: Yes.  If you are already accustomed to configuring and using Linux
> +   bond devices, then you can continue to use them with Open vSwitch.
> +   You can add a Linux bond device to an Open vSwitch bridge with
> +   "ovs-vsctl add-port", the same way as with other network devices.
> +
> +   You should not configure an IP address on a Linux bond device that
> +   you add to an Open vSwitch bridge.  See the "Configuration
> +   Problems" section for more information.
> +
> +   Linux bonds may have reduced performance compared to Open vSwitch
> +   bonds, because Open vSwitch lacks the direct visibility into the
> +   attached interfaces that would allow it take advantage of NIC
> +   offload features.
> +
> +   Linux bonds and Open vSwitch bonds have different features.  Linux
> +   bonds don't, for example, offer the SLB balancing mode, and cannot
> +   because the bond device does not have access to the Open vSwitch
> +   MAC table.
> +
> +Q: It looks like each of the interfaces in my bonded port shows up
> +   as an individual OpenFlow port.  Is that right?
> +
> +A: See the "Controllers" section below.
> +
>  Controllers
>  -----------
>
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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