[ovs-discuss] [ovn-dev] Hypervisors must use either geneve or stt to transmit packets ?

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Wed Jul 13 22:12:13 UTC 2016


On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 10:27:00AM +0800, nickcooper-zhangtonghao wrote:
> 	When testing the OVN basic feature, I find that hypervisors can use vxlan 
> to transmit packets. It is described in the “Encap TABLE”  section of the "ovn-sb.5” doc
> as 'Hypervisors must use either geneve or stt.  Gateways may use vxlan, geneve, or stt.’
> Why ? Update the doc ?

VXLAN doesn't have enough bits in the VNI to properly implement all of
the features of OVN, so it will not work properly.  When you say that it
worked in testing, what do you mean?



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