[ovs-discuss] openvswitch multipath

[Ben Pfaff]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:39:15PM +0800, ???? wrote:
> I want to configure openvswitch multipath.  I want the packets from ofport portid 5 can be sent out to ofport portid 4 and ofport portid 9.  From man ovs-ofctl,  multipath as the actions. n_links is a parameter. I have done this:
> ovs-ofctl add-flow ovs-br0 "in_port=5, priority=100, actions=multipath(symmetric_l4, 1024, modulo_n, 2, 0, NXM_NX_REG0[0..1]), resubmit(,10)"
> 
> 
> The link result is saved to NXM_NX_REG. However, how is the link related to output port? 
> 
> 
> From one google webpage,
> http://docs.inocybe.com/dev-guide/content/_open_vswitch_rules.html
> I also did the following two lines:
> ovs-ofctl add-flow ovs-br0 "table=10, in_port=5, reg0=0, actions=output:9"
> ovs-ofctl add-flow ovs-br0 "table=10, in_port=5, reg0=1, actions=output:4"'
> 
> 
> However, reg0 did not work. Only the first flow entry is touched. 

Hmm, I'd expect that to work.  What traffic are you using to test?