Re: [ovs-discuss] Bridging OVS bridges

2012-10-05 Thread Arno Toell
Hi, On 05.10.2012 18:26, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:37:28PM +0200, Arno Toell wrote: >> OVS won't allow me to add the same interface to more than one bridge. >> Now, how to achieve what I want then? I realize I could use a virtual >> machine for each switch and add the virtual m

Re: [ovs-discuss] Bridging OVS bridges

2012-10-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 05:37:28PM +0200, Arno Toell wrote: > OVS won't allow me to add the same interface to more than one bridge. > Now, how to achieve what I want then? I realize I could use a virtual > machine for each switch and add the virtual machine interfaces, but that > seems overkill. U

[ovs-discuss] Bridging OVS bridges

2012-10-05 Thread Arno Toell
Hello, for STP/virtualization experiments I am preparing a topology of switches. To achieve this, I'd need to simulate inter-bridge links, similar to the physical concept of upstream ports to an aggregation switch. To start with, I was thinking of a very simple topology consisting of a fat tree t