[ovs-discuss] in-band control with ovs in network with loops

Giuseppe Cofano g.cofano87 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 23 10:34:32 UTC 2016


I need a preexisting non-SDN network to reach the SDN controller. STP is
necessary to prevent loops

Giuseppe Cofano, PhD
Dipartimento di Ing. Elettrica e dell'Informazione
Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari Italy
 +39 080 596 3851
 giuseppe.cofano at poliba.it <g.cofano at poliba.it>; g.cofano87 at gmail.com

2016-04-23 2:54 GMT+02:00 Joel Wirāmu Pauling <aenertia at aenertia.net>:

> Why are you using STP at all?
> On 22/04/2016 8:28 AM, "Giuseppe Cofano" <g.cofano87 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we're trying to set up a SDN network with 3 ovs over a ring topology with
>> in-band control.
>>
>> When we link the ovs instances to the SDN controller, a loop is generated
>> (of course). If we enable the STP before linking the switches to the
>> controller, one of the link remains disabled (thing we want to avoid).
>>
>> Any hint? Any option on ovs to enable?
>>
>> Best,
>> Giuseppe
>>
>> Giuseppe Cofano, PhD
>> Dipartimento di Ing. Elettrica e dell'Informazione
>> Politecnico di Bari, Italy
>> Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari Italy
>>  +39 080 596 3851
>>  giuseppe.cofano at poliba.it <g.cofano at poliba.it>; g.cofano87 at gmail.com
>>
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