[ovs-discuss] Does openvswitch support LACP with VM?

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Wed Jan 14 17:36:38 UTC 2015


On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:58:16PM +0800, 心灵贩子 wrote:
> Hi, all
>   
>     I'm trying to research if the openvswitch could support LACP between VM.
>     My topo is:
> 
>                                vSwitch
>             ---------------------------------
>                 |           |                   |
>                 |           |                   |
>                 |           |                   |    
>              ------    ------          --------
>                VM1      VM2             VM3‍
> 
>    I want to make bond with vm1 and vm2, then from vm3 ping the bond interface. Check if the request will be load balance to each VM1 and VM2.
>    Right now, when I make bond with vm1 and vm2, and from vm3 ping the bond interface, each port on vm1 and vm2 received the same ping request and reply the response. So that there will be a duplicate package send to vm3. That is not my wish. 
>    As my understanding, the port of vm1 and vm2 should negotiation with vSwitch port to make bond. But right now, the port of vm1 and vm2 are negotiation by themself.
> 
> Could anyone tell me how to enable the bond between the VMs? 

Did you configure the ports as a bonded pair, e.g. with "ovs-vsctl
add-bond"?



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