[ovs-discuss] OVSwitch - Meters

[Ben Pfaff]

Queues are supported, please read the documentation for details.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:23:34PM +0000, Rui Braz wrote:
> Got it, thanks Ben. One last question, sbsides meters, are queues also not supported on openvswitch ?
> 
> Regards, 
> Nuno B.
> 
> ________________________________________
> De: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> Enviado: 25 de fevereiro de 2015 19:46
> Para: Rui Braz
> Cc: discuss at openvswitch.org
> Assunto: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVSwitch - Meters
> 
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 07:05:44PM +0000, Rui Braz wrote:
> > I looked into the FAQ from openvswitch.org and it says there:
> >
> > "Since version 2.0, Open vSwitch has OpenFlow protocol support for
> > OpenFlow meters. There is no implementation of meters in the Open
> > vSwitch software switch (neither the kernel-based nor userspace
> > switches)."
> >
> > It means that we still can install meters, for instance using a
> > controller API such as Northbound API from OpenDaylight, however the
> > meter won't be applied ?
> 
> You can't install meters, because the datapaths do not support them.
> 
> > Or its just we just can't add meters using ovs-vsctl command ?
> 
> ovs-ofctl is the command that would add meters.  It can't install
> meters, because the datapaths do not support them.