---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Saleha Asad <salehag...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] External IDs To: Justin Pettit <jpet...@nicira.com>
Yes I am using the command as specified in the ovs-vsctl page but once I set the External ID and it gets stored in Open vSwitch database how can I use this ID for network virtualization and include it in the packet header that I send over the tunnel? On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Justin Pettit <jpet...@nicira.com> wrote: > You can use "br-get-external-id", as documented in the ovs-vsctl man page. > You can also use the lower-level commands such as "get" with appropriate > arguments. Does that answer your question or are you asking how to query > it programmatically without using ovs-vsctl? > > --Justin > > > On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:02 AM, Saleha Asad <salehag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am exploring the ovs vsctl command the Open VSwitch database. As far > as I have understood the external IDs in the OVS can be used for network > virtualization and the ID can be set using the br-set-external-id command. > My question is that when I set this ID then how can I access it from the > database to use in my code? > > _______________________________________________ > > dev mailing list > > dev@openvswitch.org > > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > >
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