[ovs-discuss] mod_vlan_id affect bandwith a lot

Jesse Gross jesse at nicira.com
Wed Oct 16 22:42:57 UTC 2013


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Li, Chen <chen.li at intel.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
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> I’m working on Openvswitch + Openstack.
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> I tested the bandwidth between the virtual machine (host 1) and a physical
> machine (host 2).
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> Physical machine       -  >   virtual machine
> 2.92 Gbits/sec
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> virtual machine         -  >   Physical machine
> 7.31 Gbits/sec
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> (The link between host 1 and host 2 is 10 Gbit/sec)
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> After
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> 1. Stop openvswitch-agent:
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> service quantum-openvswitch-agent stop
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> 2. removed flow rules on OVS bridge:
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> ovs-ofctl del-flows br-eth4 in_port=17
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> ovs-ofctl del-flows br-int in_port=5
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> 3. removed VLAN tag for OVS port:
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> ovs-vsctl clear port "qvo8fe2b20a-d3" tag
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> ovs-vsctl clear port "qvo906d5a8c-c1" tag
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> The network bandwidth between instance and a physical host reached 9.4 Gb/s.
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> Physical machine       -  >   virtual machine
> 9.40 Gbits/sec
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> virtual machine         -  >   Physical machine
> 9.39 Gbits/sec
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> Looks like mod_vlan_id/add_vlan_id really affect bandwidth a lot.
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> I want to get higher bandwidth under Openstack, especially for receive side.
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> Anyone know how to tuning it ?

Usually VLAN problems are the result of loss of offloads or
incompatibilities, particularly on older kernels. What kernel and
driver are you using?



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