[ovs-discuss] questions about open flow setup

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Jul 12 17:28:21 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 06:53:25PM +0200, Waqas Daar wrote:
> I have resolved the issue. As you have already commented on my topology so
> you have a better idea about my test bed. I have successfuly installed the
> openswitched and controller ( NOX ) on the other virtual machine. I have
> created a bridge and add 3 ports on the bridge 'bro' (control-eth0,
> host1-eth1, host2-eth2). Now I want to add a host and controller in the
> bridge so that they can communicate and controller can populate the flow
> table. Can you please help me. I have read the ovs-switched,ovs-openflowed
> but I am confused.

You only need ovs-vswitchd or ovs-openflowd but not both.  The former is
more flexible.

The controller just needs an ordinary port on the bridge and an IP
address.  Then it can talk to OVS running in Dom0.

Maybe you should attach that topology diagram.




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