On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 09:28:47AM +0100, Mark Clarkson wrote: > This has been asked before on this list but with no reply. > > I have three ovs bridges on three physical hosts connected by ovs gre > tunnels. STP is enabled. > > Linux containers are added to the bridge using 'ovs-vsctl add-port br0 > vethXXX'. > > When 'add-port' is used the bridge loses connectivity for 15-20 seconds - I > presume it enters a learning state and the bridge goes into blocking mode. > > This is terrible for the system as connectivity is lost to all machines > connected to the bridge, and linux containers are added and deleted > frequently - they are transient build nodes with a short lifespan. > > Is there any way to stop from losing connection?
I don't think that the behavior you describe is intentional. It sounds like a bug or an unexpected interaction between features. I think you'll have to investigate and figure out why it's happening, and then once we understand that it can be fixed. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
