[ovs-discuss] Switch MAC address

[Amit Tewari]

Hi,
Please tell did you saw the error string in log?
and what is your interfaces mac address.
  *Amit Tewari*

 *Module Lead*

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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Swapnil Sarda <sarda.swapnil at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes, the switches are virtual. And they are created by mininet.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Amit Tewari <stephansamit at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> openvswitch uses * pick_datapath_id routine *in *ofproto.c module* to
>> get datapath id from local port, but if there is some error , it generates
>> warning log. please check warning messages in your log . it will give you
>> the possible error string so you can debug the issue.
>>    *Amit Tewari*
>>
>>  *Module Lead*
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>> Nec Hcl St
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>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Amit Tewari <stephansamit at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> yes its true.
>>> Swapnil  you can share your switch and port configuration.
>>>   *
>>> Amit Tewari*
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>>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> At least on Linux the local port always has a MAC address.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:02:03PM +0530, Amit Tewari wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > Openvswitch uses local port  mac address for datapath id. in your
>>>> case may
>>>> > be local port has no mac address (it may be virtual). that why it is
>>>> > choosing random number as mac address. Please check dis
>>>> >   *Amit Tewari*
>>>> >
>>>> >  *Module Lead*
>>>> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Swapnil Sarda <
>>>> sarda.swapnil at gmail.com>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?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Thanks.
>>>> > >
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