[ovs-discuss] Open vSwitch balance-slb bond mode with two upstream switches

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Wed Sep 9 16:09:42 UTC 2015


On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 07:14:33PM +0000, Jason Burns wrote:
> Can the balance-slb bond mode in Open vSwitch be used for a bond
> connected to two separate upstream switches?
> 
> When I read the documentation [1] it states that only active-backup
> can be used to connect to two separate upstream switches, but no
> explanation is provided.

I don't recall the exact reason, but I remember that this caused
problems, and that's why we documented it.

I hope that someone else can speak up with the reason.



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