[ovs-discuss] how to install ovs with openflow on Xenserver?

[Ben Pfaff]

Thank you for the report.  I've sent out a patch (you are CCed) that
updates the instructions.  Can you check that the instructions look OK
to you now?

Thanks,

Ben.

On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 12:17:42PM +0530, Ramana Reddy wrote:
> The new OVS 1.1.1 and later require at least Xenserver 5.6 Fp1 and above.
> And the installation procedure mentioned in OVS 1.0.0 and previous is
> slightly diffrent from OVS 1.1.1 and above.
> 
> The instructions mentioned in INSTALL.XENSERVER ( for OVS-1.1.1) are:
> 
> **
> VERSION = <Open vSwitch version>
> <openvswitch version> is the version number that appears in the
>     name of the Open vSwitch tarball, e.g. 0.90.0.
> 
> *Observation:* This is clear.
> 
> KERNEL_NAME=<Xen Kernel name>
>  <Xen Kernel name> is the name of the Xen Kernel,
>     e.g. kernel-xen or kernel-NAME-xen. By convention, the name
>     starts with "kernel-" and ends with "-xen".
>     This can be obtained by executing
>         'rpm -q --queryformat "%{Name}" kernel.*xen'
>     with the "kernel-" stripped out using  sed 's/kernel-//'
>     e.g. kernel-NAME-xen => NAME-xen
> 
> *Observation:* This is not clear, and it seems that no kernel in Xenserver
> starts with kernel-xen or kernel-NAME-xen, and the command  'rpm -q
> --queryformat "%{Name}" kernel.*xen'  is not giving proper
> output. The instructions may work for xen.  I just mentioned "xen" after
> verifying the spec file, and it was
> working fine.
> 
>  KERNEL_VERSION=<Xen Kernel version>
>  KERNEL_FLAVOR=<Xen Kernel flavor(suffix) >
> 
> *Observation:* These two are clear.
> 
> I will recheck tomorrow with Xenserver 6.0 beta release with new OVS-1.2.2
> and let you know more if the ordinary
> procedure wouldn't work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ramana Reddy.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > What kind of problems did you run into on FP1/SP2?  What do you mean that
> > it would not work for new OVS?  We'd like to improve the instructions if
> > you have suggestions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> >
> > On Nov 5, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Ramana Reddy wrote:
> >
> > > I have installed OVS-1.1.1 on XenServer 5.6 Fp1,  and the installation
> > done successfully. The  installation parameters settings are slightly
> > different on XenServer 5.6 FP1 /SP2 for new OVS, where as the installation
> > > procedure is straight forward on XenServer 5.6 ( and it would not work
> > for new OVS).
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Nov 5, 2011, at 7:49 AM, ?????? wrote:
> > >
> > > > so, would you please give me a detailed document of how to install ovs
> > with openflow on xenserver?
> > >
> > >
> > > As Ben mentioned, there's no separate OpenFlow component.  I'd recommend
> > looking at the ovs-vsctl and ovs-ofctl man pages to read about configuring
> > OpenFlow.
> > >
> > > --Justin
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >

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