[ovs-discuss] Group table with different split weight

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Tue Jan 26 16:20:45 UTC 2016


There is no difference between 1, 1, 1 and 2, 2, 2.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 02:26:20PM -0500, Jiaqi Zheng wrote:
> Also I know the split weight is an integer. I have three out ports. If I
> set split weight to 1, 1 and 1 or I set split weight to 2, 2 and 2, what is
> the difference ? It is the same, right ? The group will normalize them
> automatically ?
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:05:03PM -0500, Jiaqi Zheng wrote:
> > > I only have three flow and the group table with three outport is
> > configured
> > > with the same split weight :
> > > Flow 1:  source mac: 10.0.0.1 destination mac: 10.0.0.2
> > > Flow 2:  source mac: 10.0.0.1 destination mac: 10.0.0.3
> > > Flow 3:  source mac: 10.0.0.1 destination mac: 10.0.0.4
> > >
> > > You mean the packets will evenly when the number of flows are large ?
> >
> > Yes.  Hashing is probabilistic.
> >



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