On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Faisal Ali <justhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Why is it when a simple bridge is created in Xensever it shows LINK_DOWN and > PORT_DOWN as follows: > > [root@test ~]# ovs-vsctl add-br br99 > [root@test ~]# ovs-ofctl show br99 > OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY (xid=0x1): ver:0x1, dpid:0000669fd50b238d > n_tables:255, n_buffers:256 > features: capabilities:0xc7, actions:0xfff > LOCAL(br99): addr:1a:1e:07:97:fd:4a > config: PORT_DOWN > state: LINK_DOWN > OFPT_GET_CONFIG_REPLY (xid=0x3): frags=normal miss_send_len=0 > > However, the VMs connected to the bridge can communicate to each other just > fine.
The local port is used to allow the hypervisor to communicate on the network. It can be down while VM ports are up. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
