[ovs-discuss] Distributed switch

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:39:38PM +0200, Julien GUAY wrote:
> > Each virtual switch (ovs-vswitchd) needs its own database server
> > (ovsdb-server).  These should run within the same operating system
> > instance (e.g. both within the same Dom0).
> >
> So I don't understand how I can connect a DomU from another Dom0 to this
> switch.

You run one OVS instance per Dom0.  You set up VLANs or GRE tunnels on
each OVS instance to connect them together into a distributed switch.