[ovs-discuss] How to get VMs' mac address from Open vswitch.

[Ben Pfaff]

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On Jul 9, 2013 7:37 PM, "Sam Su" <sam.debian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> Thank you for the info.
>
> I can get my VM's mac address(port 3) now using the command as below:
>
> *root at server-01:~# ovs-appctl fdb/show br0*
> * port VLAN MAC Age 3 0 08:00:27:5a:5c:3a 58 2 0 08:00:27:c0:00:08 1 0 0
> 00:0c:29:b5:1d:a1 1*
>
> However after 60 seconds,the learned VM's mac is expired, I cannot query
> that mac after that.
> *root at server-01:~# ovs-appctl fdb/show br0*
> * port  VLAN  MAC                Age*
> *    2     0  08:00:27:c0:00:08    0
> *
> *    0     0  00:0c:29:b5:1d:a1    0*
> *
> *
> I am wondering is it possible to keep mac-address table never expired when
> the peer port (VM's NIC) is up?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 01:45:10PM -0700, Sam Su wrote:
>> > As we know, users can get all servers MAC addresses from a physical
>> switch
>> > (e.g. 'show mac address-table' for a cisco switch).
>> > I am wondering how to get VMs (attached to the open vswitch) MAC
>> addresses
>> > from an Open vswitch?
>>
>> It's documented.
>>
>
>
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