[ovs-discuss] can i attach a bond to ovs?

[Ben Pfaff]

1. STP could work on a bond port but we haven't implemented support
   for it yet.

2. I don't know.  My guess is "no".

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 04:00:28PM +0800, yue wang wrote:
> Hi,Ben
> i have two question:
> 
> 1.could you please explain why STP can't work on bond port?i see that in
> doc:
> 
> *If spanning tree is enabled on the bridge, member ports are enabled by
> default (with the exception*
> *of bond, internal, and mirror ports which do not work with STP).*
> *
> *
> *2.can ovs with STP enabled  work together with linux bond?*
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:08 AM, yue wang <heuye.wang at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > no problems until now.
> > i will test it in these weeks.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 04:14:27PM +0800, yue wang wrote:
> >> > i didn't find any docs about how ovs deal with 'external bond'???not
> >> created
> >> > by ovs-vsctl add-bond command???
> >>
> >> It should work OK.
> >>
> >> > eg:
> >> > i do like this:
> >> > 1.create a bond0???eth0???eth1???eth2 as its slaves???
> >> > 2.attach the bond0 to ovs:
> >> >     *ovs-vsctl add-port br0 bond0*
> >> > *
> >> > *
> >> > Could both ovs and bonding work correctly?any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Sure.  (Have you noticed any problems?)
> >>
> >
> >