Hi Jason I recently integrated Open vSwitch with Xen.
There are 2 possible routes, the choice boils down to what level of customisation you need. The first is to load the bridge compatiblity module as part of OVS and the Xen scripts will work out of the box. Ideal for testing and simple deployments. This can be easily done by following the instructions in INSTALL.bridge Secondly you can modify the /etc/xen/scripts* to use ovs-vsctl to setup the bridge ports and apply flow rules on port creation with ovs-ofctl etc. I recommend this path if you require the use of VLANs, any kind of flow control etc. The specific scripts you need to modify are /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge and if you don't make it obselete by pushing the ip link set <vif> up back into vif-bridge then you need to edit the setup_bridge_port function in /etc/xen/scripts/xen-networking-common. I hope that sheds some light on what is required, don't hesitate to ping back if you require more help. Kind regards, Joseph. On 2 April 2011 08:27, Jason Long <jl...@jasonlong.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to try out open vswitch with xen. I followed the instructions in > INSTALL.Linux. Everything went good. The module is loaded, ovsdb-server > is running, ovs-switchd is running, and I setup a bridge named br0 to > include physical port eth1. > > Now what is the best way to make xen use open vswitch?? It runs network > scripts when xend starts that invoke brctl to setup a bridge and create > virtual interfaces. > > Do I have to edit the scripts to use ovs-vsctl? Or can I bypass the xen > scripts and map interfaces manually? > > Any pointers or links would be helpful. Thanks! > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Kind regards, Joseph. Founder | Director Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au | Phone: 1300 56 99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
