All, Originally sent this under a different subject but it misrepresented the issue and I wanted to follow-up with more specific details. Hopefully it will spark a discussion as I am stuck on this.
Scenario: a simple network with two ovs switches (s1 and s2) with one host on each (named respectively) 1. start packet capture (Wireshark) 2. start pinging from h1 to h2 (sudo ip netns exec h1 ping 10.2) 3. down port s2-eth2 (sudo ovs-ofctl mod-port s2 s2-eth2 down) 4. confirm down state (sudo ovs-ofctl show s2) 5. observer port automatically reverting to UP state (n/a) 6. confirm observation (sudo ovs-ofctl show s2) 7. stop pinging (ctrl-C) 7. end scenario Observation: I first encountered this using OVS 2.3.2 and then upgraded to 2.5.0 to confirm it was not a version specific issue. I have also confirmed this behavior on multiple laptops (3) in the lab. Any thoughts on what I may be doing wrong are appreciated. Additional details provided below for clarity. Environment: Laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 OVS v2.5 Network as defined below (executed as bash script): echo "Creating namespaces" ip netns add h1 ip netns add h2 echo "Create switches" ovs-vsctl add-br s1 ovs-vsctl add-br s2 echo "Create links" ip link add h1-eth0 type veth peer name s1-eth1 ip link add h2-eth0 type veth peer name s2-eth1 ip link add s1-eth2 type veth peer name s2-eth2 echo "Move host ports into namespaces" ip link set h1-eth0 netns h1 ip link set h2-eth0 netns h2 ip netns exec h1 ip link show ip netns exec h2 ip link show echo "Connect switch ports to OVS" ovs-vsctl add-port s1 s1-eth1 ovs-vsctl add-port s1 s1-eth2 ovs-vsctl add-port s2 s2-eth1 ovs-vsctl add-port s2 s2-eth2 echo "Configure network" ip netns exec h1 ifconfig h1-eth0 10.1 ip netns exec h1 ifconfig lo up ip netns exec h2 ifconfig h2-eth0 10.2 ip netns exec h1 ifconfig lo up ifconfig s1 10.11 ifconfig s1-eth1 up ifconfig s1-eth2 up ifconfig s2 10.12 ifconfig s2-eth1 up ifconfig s2-eth2 up Terminal output for h1 show ping (start/end). Note the start and stop times; approx ~42 sec elapsed user@host:~/sdnTestDev$ date Wed Mar 16 11:28:58 PDT 2016 user@host:~/sdnTestDev$ sudo ip netns exec h1 ping 10.2 PING 10.2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.63 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.233 ms << lines omitted for sake of brevity>> 64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=36 ttl=64 time=0.254 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=37 ttl=64 time=0.216 ms ^C --- 10.2 ping statistics --- 37 packets transmitted, 22 received, 40% packet loss, time 35998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.091/0.247/1.630/0.305 ms user@host:~/sdnTestDev$ date Wed Mar 16 11:29:40 PDT 2016 Terminal out for port control confirming down and then back up state with no additional intervention. Yes, I know I could be using a third window but I assuming you appreciate I am not here to waste your time. user@host:~$ sudo date Wed Mar 16 11:29:08 PDT 2016 user@host:~$ sudo ovs-ofctl mod-port s2 s2-eth2 down user@host:~$ sudo ovs-ofctl show s2 OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY (xid=0x2): dpid:0000ce2051e11741 n_tables:254, n_buffers:256 capabilities: FLOW_STATS TABLE_STATS PORT_STATS QUEUE_STATS ARP_MATCH_IP actions: output enqueue set_vlan_vid set_vlan_pcp strip_vlan mod_dl_src mod_dl_dst mod_nw_src mod_nw_dst mod_nw_tos mod_tp_src mod_tp_dst 1(s2-eth1): addr:8a:be:67:ea:f5:8a config: 0 state: 0 current: 10GB-FD COPPER speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max 2(s2-eth2): addr:52:c6:84:5a:bb:8d config: PORT_DOWN state: LINK_DOWN current: 10GB-FD COPPER speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max LOCAL(s2): addr:ce:20:51:e1:17:41 config: 0 state: 0 speed: 0 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max OFPT_GET_CONFIG_REPLY (xid=0x4): frags=normal miss_send_len=0 user@host:~$ sudo date Wed Mar 16 11:29:29 PDT 2016 user@host:~$ sudo ovs-ofctl show s2 OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY (xid=0x2): dpid:0000ce2051e11741 n_tables:254, n_buffers:256 capabilities: FLOW_STATS TABLE_STATS PORT_STATS QUEUE_STATS ARP_MATCH_IP actions: output enqueue set_vlan_vid set_vlan_pcp strip_vlan mod_dl_src mod_dl_dst mod_nw_src mod_nw_dst mod_nw_tos mod_tp_src mod_tp_dst 1(s2-eth1): addr:8a:be:67:ea:f5:8a config: 0 state: 0 current: 10GB-FD COPPER speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max 2(s2-eth2): addr:52:c6:84:5a:bb:8d config: 0 state: 0 current: 10GB-FD COPPER speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max LOCAL(s2): addr:ce:20:51:e1:17:41 config: 0 state: 0 speed: 0 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max OFPT_GET_CONFIG_REPLY (xid=0x4): frags=normal miss_send_len=0 Wireshark Output: Note that ~10 sec after beginning the scenario h2 stops replying (i.e. the link goes down and then ~15 sec later the link has been restored. No. Time Source Destination Protocol Length Info 130 8.998387000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=10/2560, ttl=64 (reply in 131) 131 8.998416000 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) reply id=0x1b84, seq=10/2560, ttl=64 (request in 130) 132 8.998437000 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) reply id=0x1b84, seq=10/2560, ttl=64 133 8.998439000 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) reply id=0x1b84, seq=10/2560, ttl=64 134 8.998453000 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) reply id=0x1b84, seq=10/2560, ttl=64 135 9.998330000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=11/2816, ttl=64 136 10.998308000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=12/3072, ttl=64 137 11.998335000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=13/3328, ttl=64 << lines omitted for sake of brevity>> 180 24.998271000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=26/6656, ttl=64 181 24.998375000 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) request id=0x1b84, seq=26/6656, ttl=64 (reply in 182) 182 24.998394000 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1 ICMP 100 Echo (ping) reply id=0x1b84, seq=26/6656, ttl=64 (request in 181)
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