[ovs-discuss] Upstream Linux status and where to follow

2011-06-16 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, I was just wondering what the upstream status of the open vSwitch Linux kernel modules was and where I can follow the progress? For example, is there a ongoing thread or git repo or even just keywords to search on lkml? Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://www.linkedin.com/in/deshantm

Re: [ovs-discuss] New to Open vSwitch, want to try it with Xen

2011-04-03 Thread Todd Deshane
to setup a bridge and create >>> virtual interfaces. >>> >>> Do I have to edit the scripts to use ovs-vsctl? Or can I bypass the xen >>> scripts and map interfaces manually? >>> >>> Any pointers or links would be helpful. Thanks! >>> &g

Re: [ovs-discuss] Open vSwitch beats Linux Bridge

2011-02-06 Thread Todd Deshane
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Daniel Tiron wrote: > Hi. > > During my research I did some performance tests. In some of your paper > on ovs I read that "Open vSwitch is almost as fast as the native > bridge". Well in my environment ovs beats the Linux Bridge [1]. > > Do you have any explanation

Re: [ovs-discuss] Fedora 13 - Howto

2010-10-04 Thread Todd Deshane
ub.com/deshantm/Open-vSwitch-Testing/blob/master/bin/ovst-setup-network -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

[ovs-discuss] Training Materials

2010-09-16 Thread Todd Deshane
, particularly those with large installations (think data centers, etc.) Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

Re: [ovs-discuss] flow control rules testing

2010-09-08 Thread Todd Deshane
fctl > I used ovs-ofctl. NOX is planned for future work as it has other benefits for our architecture. Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openv

Re: [ovs-discuss] flow control rules testing

2010-09-07 Thread Todd Deshane
//github.com/deshantm/Todd-Deshane-s-PhD-Dissertation/raw/master/figs/linux-network-ovs.eps And described here: http://github.com/deshantm/Todd-Deshane-s-PhD-Dissertation/blob/master/chapter-05.tex I'll try post more details later. Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http

[ovs-discuss] MAC address question

2010-08-08 Thread Todd Deshane
dress change to in that case? All I really want to know for now is what the behavior is and that I am accurately writing my rules to reflect that. Thanks! Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list di

Re: [ovs-discuss] Need suggestion regarding OpenvSwitch

2010-07-11 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi Waqas, On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Waqas Daar wrote: > Hi Todd, > I highly appreciate for your prompt and detailed reply. One thing I want to > ask is it possible that I can alter the controller's code > afterwards. Because I want to isolate the control and data plane of the > quagga soft

Re: [ovs-discuss] Need suggestion regarding OpenvSwitch

2010-07-10 Thread Todd Deshane
arted with ovs-vsctl. I would also recommend that you take a look at the ovs-vsctl man page. I initially thought I needed nox, but ovs-vsctl handles the functionality that I am currently using. Hope that helps to get your started. Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddes

Re: [ovs-discuss] quick question about ovsdb

2010-07-10 Thread Todd Deshane
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Justin Pettit wrote: > On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:50 PM, Todd Deshane wrote: >> Also, what would be the recommended way to delete/clean up the database? > > Here's the relavent code in "xenserver/etc_init.d_openvswitch": > >      s

[ovs-discuss] quick question about ovsdb

2010-07-08 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi All, I just wanted to double check my understanding of how the ovs database works. It seems that the database will persist even across a reboot, is that true? Also, what would be the recommended way to delete/clean up the database? Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http

[ovs-discuss] Fedora fixes added to Open vSwitch testing script

2010-06-11 Thread Todd Deshane
-vSwitch-Testing -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

Re: [ovs-discuss] Simple Open vSwitch Testing framework

2010-05-23 Thread Todd Deshane
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Todd Deshane wrote: > Hi All, > > I wrote a set of scripts [1] to do some basic benchmarking of Open > vSwitch to be able to compare its performance to standard bridging. > > > > [1] http://git.cslabs.clarkson.edu/ovs-testing/ovs-testin

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem with OpenVswitch 1.0.0 database backend and persistent settings.

2010-05-22 Thread Todd Deshane
though that trick works, it is clearly a hack. I think libvirt will (if they haven't already) add support for gracefully handling open vSwitch and similar things. Especially since qemu is discussing supporting (maybe they already do support) various network backends (vepa, vswitches, macvta

[ovs-discuss] Simple Open vSwitch Testing framework

2010-05-21 Thread Todd Deshane
ebian specific. Patches would be very welcome for other distributions. Xen support should also be easy to add. Thanks, Todd [1] http://git.cslabs.clarkson.edu/ovs-testing/ovs-testing -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ di

Re: [ovs-discuss] Informations sur l'historique d'openswitch

2010-05-20 Thread Todd Deshane
inal143.pdf http://openvswitch.org/papers/hotnets2009.pdf Hope that helps. Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-20 Thread Todd Deshane
to repeat and extend to make fancier graphs. I'll post an update to the list when I have it ready (enough). Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://open

[ovs-discuss] INSTALL.KVM draft to be included in the Usage Guides

2010-05-19 Thread Todd Deshane
Hi, Attached is a draft of a KVM usage guide. Feel free to use, modify, and include as desired. Comments welcome. Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com INSTALL.KVM Description: Binary data ___ discuss mailing

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-19 Thread Todd Deshane
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:39:15PM -0400, Todd Deshane wrote: >> Maybe it would be useful to have a INSTALL.KVM? >> >> It would be the same as INSTALL.Linux, except for at the end, a >> description of using the custom

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-18 Thread Todd Deshane
-net >> tap,script=externalbr-ifup,downscript=externalbr-ifdown -cdrom >> ~/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso & >> >> #When running these this time, notice the addition of the tap0, that's >> the interface given to the kvm guest >> sudo ovs-dpctl show e

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-13 Thread Todd Deshane
nd other ovs-ofctl actions like: add-flow SWITCH FLOW add flow described by FLOW add-flows SWITCH FILEadd flows from FILE del-flows SWITCH [FLOW] delete matching FLOWs Hope that helps. Questions and comments are welcome. Thank

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-13 Thread Todd Deshane
still non-obvious. I'll make an attempt today or tomorrow and try to post a quick howto. Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

Re: [ovs-discuss] Openswitch VM to VM traffic switching

2010-05-12 Thread Todd Deshane
!/bin/sh switch=externalbr sed -i "/$1/d" /etc/ovs/ovs-vswitchd.conf /sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 down > I would like to create two VMs on bridge br1 and assign IPs to the virtual > NICs and be able to ping the other VM as a basic test. > Can someone help me out? I should be abl

Re: [ovs-discuss] filtering macs/ip

2010-05-04 Thread Todd Deshane
t;From the man page for ovf-ofctl: idle_timeout=seconds Causes the flow to expire after the given number of seconds of inactivity. A value of 0 prevents a flow from expiring due to inactivity. The default is 60 seconds. Hope that helps. Todd -- Todd Desh

Re: [ovs-discuss] VM isolation with OVS on XCP

2010-04-28 Thread Todd Deshane
booting domUs are > answered by the appropriate DHCP server and not a domU? > The fact that you can restrict flows based on MAC address and port should be enough to make sure that the appropriate DHCP server answers. Again, see that previous thread. It references documentation on creating

Re: [ovs-discuss] filtering macs/ip

2010-04-27 Thread Todd Deshane
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Jesse Gross wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:37 AM, George Shuklin wrote: >> >> Good day. >> >> Is any way to filter with ovs VM's traffic (like mac spoofing or ip >> usurpation)? >> >> I was tried to find any, but found none. > > There isn't currently a specifi

[ovs-discuss] Open vswitch in a driver domain with PCI Passthrough

2010-03-22 Thread Todd Deshane
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[ovs-discuss] Database configuration question (Was Re: Open vSwitch 0.99.2 Available)

2010-03-04 Thread Todd Deshane
anges related to basic usage that come along with this new configuration database management? Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem with a desired flow getting deleted

2010-02-15 Thread Todd Deshane
le [ $? -ne 0 ]; do sleep 1 ifconfig -a | grep externalbr >/dev/null done dhclient externalbr > /dev/null 2>&1 Is there or will there be ovs and vswtichd init scripts? Thanks! Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem with a desired flow getting deleted

2010-02-13 Thread Todd Deshane
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Todd Deshane wrote: > So I think the next problem that I would like to solve is getting the > host network to work correctly. When I do the obvious of simply > copying the flows for the VM and changing the mac address to that of > eth0, the host is

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem with a desired flow getting deleted

2010-02-12 Thread Todd Deshane
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Justin Pettit wrote: > Those flow entries all look reasonable to me.  I don't see anything that > would allow SSH or ICMP.  Are you sure that you have the correct datapath > configured?  I notice all those packet and byte counters are zero.  Can you > try runni

Re: [ovs-discuss] Problem with a desired flow getting deleted

2010-02-11 Thread Todd Deshane
> > (Sent from my phone. Sorry for any typos.) > > > > On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Todd Deshane wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I almost have open vSwitch working the way I want it to, but I am >> running across some unexpected problems. I've setup 2 sw

[ovs-discuss] Problem with a desired flow getting deleted

2010-02-11 Thread Todd Deshane
out it being restarted), which probably has something to do with how the switch does its learning. Any thoughts, suggestions, or things to try would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com __

Re: [ovs-discuss] kvm and open vSwitch, basic connectivity not working

2010-02-09 Thread Todd Deshane
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Peter Balland wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Todd Deshane wrote: >> >> ovs-dpctl dump-flows internalbr (seems to reveal the problem -- >> actions drop is specified) >> in_port0003:vlan65535 mac52:54:00:12:34:56->52:54:

Re: [ovs-discuss] kvm and open vSwitch, basic connectivity not working

2010-02-09 Thread Todd Deshane
make more sense for me to setup an open flow controller (such as the basic one that comes with vswitch or a more advanced one like nox), to accomplish this basic functionality or will simply using the ovs-dpctl and ovs-ofctl commands suffice for basic demonstration purposes? Let me know your rec

Re: [ovs-discuss] kvm and open vSwitch, basic connectivity not working

2010-02-09 Thread Todd Deshane
t;> seconds due to excessive rate >> Feb 07 23:50:51|00012|bridge|WARN|bridge internalbr: received packet >> on unknown interface 3 >> Feb 07 23:51:34|00013|bridge|WARN|Dropped 5 log messages in last 43 >> seconds due to excessive rate >> Feb 07 23:51:34|00014|bridg

[ovs-discuss] kvm and open vSwitch, basic connectivity not working

2010-02-07 Thread Todd Deshane
l bridge (such as dummy0) and an external bridge (such as eth0). Any ideas or suggestion on thing that I could try? Thanks, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com ___ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org