[ovs-discuss] how to attach vxlan interface with a different physical interface

[Flavio Leitner]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 02:10:37PM +0800, FengYu LeiDian wrote:
> Hi
> 
> ovs-vsctl add-port OVS-BR0 vxlan2 -- set Interface vxlan2 type=vxlan
> options:remote_ip=192.168.1.11
> 
[...]
> status : {tunnel_egress_iface="eth0", tunnel_egress_iface_carrier=up}
> 
> Looks like all vxlan packet will go through physical interface eth0, I
> try to change this by using eth5, but no luck, still saw eth0.
> Is there anything I missed obviously?

You're saying that the other peer is on 192.168.1.11, so OVS is
choosing the device which that address is reachable.

What does 'ip route get 192.168.1.11' returns for you?

fbl