[ovs-dev] is vxlan well supported by ovn ?

Krzysztof Klimonda kklimonda at syntaxhighlighted.com
Fri Jun 25 09:42:36 UTC 2021


Hi,

Is this a limitation for a number of logical switches and logical ports that are part of networks that use vxlan (for example, by utilizing vtep interfaces) or for a total number of LSs and LSPs in a deployment?

Best Regards
Krzysztof

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021, at 18:32, Ihar Hrachyshka wrote:
> It is supported but with a number of limitations. Specifically, the
> number of switches, and ports per switch, is limited to 2^11 when
> VXLAN is used in a cluster. This is due to design limitations as
> described in e.g.:
> https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2020-March/369201.html
> 
> Ihar
> 
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM ovsluck <ovsluck at 163.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Pettit and all:
> >
> >        vxlan is almost data-center's standard protocol ,can be  offloaded  to hardware.
> >
> >  is vxlan  well supported by ovn ? and what plans for the future?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
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