As Ben mentioned, VXLAN isn't merged yet into the main codebase--the patch is currently being reworked--so we can't support it. In the meantime, I'd recommend using GRE, which should do everything you need and has been supported by OVS for a long time, so the interfaces are more stable.
--Justin On Jan 24, 2012, at 1:08 PM, senthil arumugam wrote: > Ben > > Sorry. I forgot to mention it. I have applied the patches as per the thread > > [ovs-dev] [PATCH] Implement draft VXLAN L2-over-L3 tunneling protocol. > > And I could ping vm1 and vm2 across this tunnel. > > What I am looking for is how to pass VNI in the setup command. > > Thanks > =Senthil > > > From: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> > To: senthil arumugam <hai_sent...@yahoo.com> > Cc: je...@nicira.com; jpet...@nicira.com > Sent: Tue, January 24, 2012 12:29:53 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: VXLAN: How to pass VNI while setting up VXLAN Tunnel > > Open vSwitch doesn't currently support VXLAN. > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:55:41AM -0800, senthil arumugam wrote: > > Experts > > Please give me a pointer to get it.. > > > > Thanks > > =Senthil > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > > From: senthil arumugam <geetha_sent...@sbcglobal.net> > > To: discuss@openvswitch.org > > Cc: senthil arumugam <hai_sent...@yahoo.com> > > Sent: Mon, January 23, 2012 11:11:08 AM > > Subject: VXLAN: How to pass VNI while setting up VXLAN Tunnel > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > I could set up vxlan tunnel across 2 hosts > > > > - sudo ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vx0 -- set interface vx0 type=vxlan > > options:remote_ip=10.0.0.2 > > > > I am looking at a way by which I can pass VNI (VXLAN NETWORK IDENTIFIER) > > while > > setting tp this tunnel; > > > > I tried with following command that is accepted. > > - sudo ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vx0 -- set interface vx0 type=vxlan > > options:remote_ip=10.2.0.1 options:id=9 ( I also triied - options:vni=9) > > > > But while looking at VXLAN header contents through wireshark, I still see > > that > > VNI is not set.. So not sure the option 'id' maps to VNI > > > > Thanks > > _Senthil _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
