[ovs-discuss] Newbie Questions

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Jul 19 20:16:05 UTC 2012


On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 08:42:51PM +0200, Arindam Choudhury wrote:
> How IP addresses are manipulated in Open Vswitch?

With "ifconfig" or "ip", normally.

> If I create virtual machines connected to br0. There IP address will also
> be in the same subnet of  XX.XX.XX.XX.?

They don't have to be.

> For a different subnet, do I have to create another bridge? 

No.

> Is it required for every bridge to ported to a physical NIC?

If you want the bridge to be able to pass along packets to a physical
NIC.

> Can I create a DHCP server in Open Vswitch?

You can use DHCP with Open vSwitch.



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