[ovs-discuss] Simple MPLS experiment with OpenvSwitch

[Justin Pettit]

I'm not familiar with Mininet's configuration, but OVS does have some documentation on running the userspace switch:

	http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob;f=INSTALL.userspace

You won't be using ovs-dpctl, since that's just for speaking with the kernel module, which isn't needed for the userspace switch.

--Justin


On Mar 9, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Dushyant Arora <dushyantarora13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for replying Ben. I changed the Mininet python file to use a UserSwitch :
> 
> def emptyNet():
> 
>    "Create an empty network and add nodes to it."
> 
>    net = Mininet( controller=lambda name: NOX ( name, 'NOXSwitch' ),
> switch=UserSwitch )
> 
> 
> but now when I fire up Mininet I don't the switch when using utilities
> ovs-vsctl and ovs-dpctl
> 
> $ sudo ovs-vsctl show
> 01407762-26a9-43f5-9094-7b9bcf45eacc
> $ sudo ovs-dpctl show
> system at ovs-system:
> 	lookups: hit:2019 missed:302 lost:0
> 	flows: 0
> 	port 0: ovs-system (internal)
> 
> I have been using the kernel module so far, so please pardon my
> ignorance. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 06:54:31PM -0500, Dushyant Arora wrote:
>>> I am trying to run a very basic MPLS test. I have the following
>>> versions of OpenvSwitch and Mininet:
>>> 
>>> $ ovs-vsctl --version
>>> ovs-vsctl (Open vSwitch) 1.10.90
>>> Compiled Mar  5 2013 16:25:06
>>> $ mn --version
>>> 2.0.0
>> 
>> MPLS only works with the userspace switch at the moment.
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