[ovs-discuss] failed to configure bridge over the existing native linux bond interface

[Ashraf Khalid]

Hi,

I wanted to know procedure to setup bridge on top of an existing bond interface which is configured using linux native bonding.

I have configured "bond0" bond interface using eth1 and eth2 using mode=4 (alb) and LACP configured in the physical switches (stacked), and later tested it by assigning an IP address to the same, and it seems to be working just fine!

Later I removed the IP Address from bond interface which I have created (but retained the bonding configurations), and now I want to create a bridge named "cloudbr" using open vswitch that has trunks defined for multiple VLANs to be channeled, and LACP also to be activated. I have tried the same using ovs-vsctl command, but it is failing. I am getting confused on how to say that "cloudbr" should use the native linux bond interface (bond0) and I also do not know on how and where to configure the IP address for the VLAN. Do I need to create ports and interfaces for the "cloudbr" bridge? Can I assign IP address to the bridge itself, o rdo I need to assign it to the ports/interfaces? Anyway, I have failed to do so, and need your expert advice.

I am using CentOS 6.4 and Open vSwitch 1.10.

The aim is to use OpenvSwitch to test KVM HA cluster. I understand that openvSwitch will allow for clustering of hosts and distributed switching, and helps in VM migration with ease, as compared to using the Linux native bridge.

Kindly help!

Thanks & Regards,
Ashraf Khalid



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