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FAQ: Describe how bonded ports interact with OpenFlow.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> Acked-by: Kyle Mestery <kmestery@cisco.com> Acked-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan@nicira.com>
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@@ -747,6 +747,27 @@ A: ovs-dpctl queries a kernel datapath, not an OpenFlow switch. It
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won't display the information that you want. You want to use
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"ovs-ofctl dump-flows" instead.
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Q: It looks like each of the interfaces in my bonded port shows up
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as an individual OpenFlow port. Is that right?
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A: Yes, Open vSwitch makes individual bond interfaces visible as
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OpenFlow ports, rather than the bond as a whole. The interfaces
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are treated together as a bond for only a few purposes:
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- Sending a packet to the OFPP_NORMAL port. (When an OpenFlow
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controller is not configured, this happens implicitly to
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every packet.)
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- The "autopath" Nicira extension action. However, "autopath"
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is deprecated and scheduled for removal in February 2013.
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- Mirrors configured for output to a bonded port.
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It would make a lot of sense for Open vSwitch to present a bond as
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a single OpenFlow port. If you want to contribute an
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implementation of such a feature, please bring it up on the Open
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vSwitch development mailing list at dev@openvswitch.org.
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