[ovs-discuss] set-controller per table?

Ashok Chippa a.n.chippa at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 22:10:05 UTC 2015


Hi Ben et al.,

Thank you for your answer.

Couple of quick ones: 1) Are there names for these extensions and how do I
get them?
                                    2) Could you tell me the ETA of ovs 2.4
(with conntrack support)?

Thanks.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> You can do that by using the Open vSwitch extension that allows packets
> to be directed to a particular controller.  With ovs-ofctl, the syntax
> is "controller(id=<controller-id>)".  The controller must let the switch
> know its controller number through a separate extension.
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:34:40PM -0700, Ashok Chippa wrote:
> > Can I have TableX punt packets to controller 1, and TableY punt packets
> to
> > controller 2? In a table flow, if the action is "controller" which
> > controller does it send the packets to, in case there are multiple
> > controllers?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:37:04PM -0700, Ashok Chippa wrote:
> > > > As I understand, today openvswitch supports multiple controllers,
> but not
> > > > on a per table basis.
> > >
> > > What's a per-table controller and how is it different from an OpenFlow
> > > controller?
> > >
>
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