[ovs-discuss] Switch MAC address

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Sun Jan 27 16:30:45 UTC 2013


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 02:22:40PM +0530, Swapnil Sarda wrote:
> datapath_id from features_reply message is supposed to contain switch's MAC
> address. But I am getting datapath_id = 0x000000000001. This doesn't look
> like a MAC address (or is it?). How can I get the right MAC address?

The datapath_id is normally generated based on the MAC addresses of the
interfaces.  What interfaces does your switch have, and what are their
MAC addresses?



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