[ovs-discuss] Can LACP in OVS work when I connect OVS to an openflow controller?

[ZhengLingyun]

Thanks. It helps a lot.


At 2013-10-16 02:35:00,"Justin Pettit" <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:
>Correct, however, the LAG doesn't get assigned an OpenFlow port number, so the controller can't direct flows out it without using some mechanism like the "normal" action.
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>--Justin
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>On Oct 15, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Vasu Dasari <vdasari at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You will be using LACP mechanism just to create a LAG interfaces. You can accomplish that using OVS. You can create traffic flows to go over these LAG(like that on any other interfaces in the system) using openflow, using openflow controllers.
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>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:52 PM, ZhengLingyun <konghuarukhr at 163.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Ben.
>> I can avoid using ovs-controller. 
>> But I don't find document specifing if I can use LACP and openflow  simultaneously.
>> The remote controller has no openflow way to get the LACP configuration I think, so
>> the flow table will mass up, is that right?
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>> At 2013-10-15 23:55:30,"Ben Pfaff" <blp at nicira.com
>> > wrote:
>> >On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 04:07:39PM +0800, ZhengLingyun wrote:
>> >> I just enable the LACP function in OVS and connect the OVS to its
>> >> ovs-controller, it seems I will get a loop.
>> >
>> >Don't use ovs-controller.
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