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[ovs-dev,OVN] Add info to help understand VTEP gateway easier

Message ID 20200509082234.104626-1-taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com
State Accepted
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Series [ovs-dev,OVN] Add info to help understand VTEP gateway easier | expand

Commit Message

taoyunxiang May 9, 2020, 8:22 a.m. UTC
It is a must to set the column of the "addresses" to "unknown".
It will add a priority 0 entry in "ls_in_l2_lkup" stage.
If not, the  traffic can't go to physical network. I think
it is better to explain in this doc, so the player of OVN
can be easier to use VTEP gateway.

Author: Tao YunXiang <taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
Signed-off-by: Tao YunXiang <taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
---
 ovn-architecture.7.xml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Numan Siddique May 11, 2020, 6:39 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 1:53 PM Tao YunXiang <
taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com> wrote:

> It is a must to set the column of the "addresses" to "unknown".
> It will add a priority 0 entry in "ls_in_l2_lkup" stage.
> If not, the  traffic can't go to physical network. I think
> it is better to explain in this doc, so the player of OVN
> can be easier to use VTEP gateway.
>
> Author: Tao YunXiang <taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tao YunXiang <taoyunxiang@cmss.chinamobile.com>
>

Thanks for improving the documentation. I applied this patch to master.

Numan


> ---
>  ovn-architecture.7.xml | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/ovn-architecture.7.xml b/ovn-architecture.7.xml
> index 78a132dc8..6aabf5d07 100644
> --- a/ovn-architecture.7.xml
> +++ b/ovn-architecture.7.xml
> @@ -2165,6 +2165,10 @@
>        vtep-logical-switch</var> and <var>vtep-physical-switch</var> keys
>        in the <var>options</var> column must also be specified, since
>        multiple VTEP gateways can attach to the same VTEP logical switch.
> +      Next, the <var>addresses</var> column of this logical port must be
> set
> +      to "unknown", it will add a priority 0 entry in "ls_in_l2_lkup"
> +      stage. So, traffic with unrecorded mac by OVN would go through
> +      the <code>Logical_Switch_Port</code> to physical network.
>      </li>
>
>      <li>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>
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diff --git a/ovn-architecture.7.xml b/ovn-architecture.7.xml
index 78a132dc8..6aabf5d07 100644
--- a/ovn-architecture.7.xml
+++ b/ovn-architecture.7.xml
@@ -2165,6 +2165,10 @@ 
       vtep-logical-switch</var> and <var>vtep-physical-switch</var> keys
       in the <var>options</var> column must also be specified, since
       multiple VTEP gateways can attach to the same VTEP logical switch.
+      Next, the <var>addresses</var> column of this logical port must be set
+      to "unknown", it will add a priority 0 entry in "ls_in_l2_lkup"
+      stage. So, traffic with unrecorded mac by OVN would go through
+      the <code>Logical_Switch_Port</code> to physical network.
     </li>
 
     <li>