On 9 July 2011 17:13, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 09:13:48AM +0100, Haris Rotsos wrote: > > Currently I am trying to use ovs with the topology module of nox in order > to > > use the lldp protocol to discover devices connected to the switch. I was > > wondering if this is supported in the code of openvswitch . Is it > possible > > to enable such a protocol in openvswitch code and force it send updates? > I > > guess that using openlldp daemon could solve my problem, but I was > wondering > > if this is supported by the code of the switch too. > > OVS doesn't have built-in LLDP support. >
I tried lldpd and seems to work sufficiently in paraller with openvswitch. I think that this solves my problem. > > The second problem I noticed is that the nox packet send to the switch is > > not recognized by the switch. on every packet out message I see on the > log > > of the ovs-vswitchd > > > > Jul 09 09:07:39|01304|dpif|WARN|system@br0: execute 1 failed (Invalid > > argument) on packet 00:04:23:b1:57:24 > 01:23:20:00:00:01, ethertype > Unknown > > (0x88cc), length 34: > > 0x0000: 0207 0400 0423 b157 2404 0302 0001 0602 > .....#.W$....... > > 0x0010: 0078 0000 > > That's a strange message. What version of OVS are you using? > I am using the git master branch of the code. -- Charalampos Rotsos PhD student The University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory William Gates Building JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0FD Phone: +44-(0) 1223 767032 Email: cr...@cl.cam.ac.uk
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