Thank you Ben, I was also thinking that but was not sure as I am still trying to understand flows.
> On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:00 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > Would your per-VLAN flows have the same actions as the single flows > you showed below? If so, the there is no benefit to per-VLAN flows. > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 05:35:52PM -0500, Faisal Ali wrote: >> Sorry for being unclear. The broadcast flow defined below was >> originally applied to the bridge itself. >> >> Now I am adding vlans to the bridge, so my confusion is whether I >> have to define (adding vlan tag) this flow per vlan or will this >> flow definition suffice for all the vlans in the test bridge >> >> Thanks >> >> >>> On Oct 23, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: >>> >>> I don't know what you're trying to accomplish but "normal" understands >>> and honors VLANs. >>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 02:15:29PM -0500, Faisal Ali wrote: >>>> Thank you Ben, >>>> >>>> If I have many vlans will this same flow work for all vlans in the test >>>> bridge or do I have to define the flow per vlan >>>> >>>> ovs-ofctl add-flow test-br 'priority=1900 in_port=13 >>>> dl_dst='ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff' actions='normal'' >>>> ovs-ofctl add-flow test-br 'priority=1900 in_port=13 nw_dst='224.0.0.0/24' >>>> actions='normal'' >>>> >>>>>> On Oct 19, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 10:29:05PM -0500, Faisal Ali wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I setup a GRE tunnel (connected to switchport 4) and put a noflood option >>>>>> to prevent broadcast storms as below >>>>>> >>>>>> ovs-ofctl mod-port test-br 4 noflood >>>>>> >>>>>> But I need the broadcasts from VMs to be forwarded over the GRE tunnel >>>>>> so I >>>>>> put the following command >>>>>> >>>>>> ovs-ofctl add-flow test-br 'priority=1900 in_port=13 >>>>>> dl_dst='ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff' actions='normal'' >>>>>> ovs-ofctl add-flow test-br 'priority=1900 in_port=13 >>>>>> nw_dst='224.0.0.0/24' >>>>>> actions='normal'' >>>>>> >>>>>> However, I am not seeing broadcasts on the ovs bridge on the other end of >>>>>> the gre tunnel. But if I remove the noflood option from GRE port 4, the >>>>>> broadcasts is received. >>>>> >>>>> "normal" respects noflood. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
