[ovs-discuss] Open vSwitch Group Fast Failover

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Wed Jul 9 17:15:17 UTC 2014


I don't understand the question.

Maybe you are just asking how these work together.  I believe that, if
you enable CFM or BFD on a GRE interface, then CFM or BFD signaling
that the tunnel is down will cause a fast failover group to bypass
that interface.

On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 06:12:08PM +0100, Ricardo Santos wrote:
> Thank you. In this context, do you how can a GRE interface being used with
> group fast-failover?
> 
> 
> On 9 July 2014 18:08, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 04:57:01PM +0100, Ricardo Santos wrote:
> > > So right now my question gets more specific. Is there any method for
> > > getting fast failover to work when using GRE interfaces in OVS? How can a
> > > GRE interface state get flagged as down?
> >
> > You should be able to use CFM or BFD.
> >



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