[ovs-discuss] Fast fail over group type entries

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 09:47:58PM +0530, Padma Jayasankar wrote:
>  I tried to install Fast fail over group entry from the controller. I am
> able to see the following entry in the switch
> 
> sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows s12
> OFPST_FLOW reply (OF1.3) (xid=0x2):
>  cookie=0x0, duration=16.213s, table=0, n_packets=3856, n_bytes=161952,
> priority=65535,in_port=3,dl_dst=12:70:1d:ab:fe:4c actions=goto_table:1
> 
> sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-groups s12
> OFPST_GROUP_DESC reply (OF1.3) (xid=0x2):
>  group_id=4,type=ff,bucket=weight:0,watch_port:1,watch_group:1,actions=output:1,bucket=weight:0,watch_port:2,watch_group:2,actions=output:2
> 
> But the packets are not flowing. Is there anything wrong in this. Do we
> have to set anything else in openvswitch to enable liveness check. Please
> clarify.

You need a "group" action somewhere.