一、总论

Openvswitch是一个virutal swtich， 支持Open Flow协议，当然也有一些硬件Switch也支持Open Flow协议，他们都可以被统一的Controller管理，从而实现物理机和虚拟机的网络联通。

Open Switch定义了一系列Flow Table，通过它来控制包的流向和结构。

根据Open Flow协议，Flow Table包含match field，如果匹配上了，则执行Action。

其中Match Field涵盖TCP/IP协议各层：

• Layer 1 – Tunnel ID, In Port, QoS priority, skb mark
• Layer 2 – MAC address, VLAN ID, Ethernet type
• Layer 3 – IPv4/IPv6 fields, ARP
• Layer 4 – TCP/UDP, ICMP, ND

 

 

Action也主要包含下面的操作：

• Output to port (port range, flood, mirror)
• Discard, Resubmit to table x
• Packet Mangling (Push/Pop VLAN header, TOS, ...)
• Send to controller, Learn

可以设置Tunnel

可以支持下列的框架来监控流量。

• sFlow
• NetFlow
• Port Mirroring
  • SPAN
  • RSPAN
  • ERSPAN

支持QoS

• Uses existing Traffic Control Layer
  • Policer (Ingress rate limiter)
  • HTB, HFSC (Egress traffic classes)
• Controller (Open Flow) can select Traffic Class

二、Openvswitch的架构

三、数据库结构和OVS-VSCTL

# ps aux | grep openvswitch 
root      1117  0.0  0.0  21200  1580 ?        S<   Jun09   0:35 ovsdb-server /etc/openvswitch/conf.db -vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err -vfile:info --remote=punix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock --private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key --certificate=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,ca_cert --no-chdir --log-file=/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log --pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pid --detach --monitor 
root      1153  0.6  1.1 169508 24016 ?        S<Ll Jun09  16:24 ovs-vswitchd unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock -vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err -vfile:info --mlockall --no-chdir --log-file=/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log --pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid --detach --monitor

我们发现有两个进程：

• ovsdb-server 维护数据库/etc/openvswitch/conf.db
• ovs-vswitchd 核心daemon
• 两者通过unix domain socket /var/run/openvswitch/db.sock 互相通信

ovs-vsctl就是通过和ovsdb-server通信，来修改数据库。

ovs-vswitchd会和ovsdb-server进行通信，来对虚拟设备做相应的修改。

所以ovs-vsctl里面的命令大多数都是对数据库的操作，因而我们必须好好的了解数据库。

如果我们cat /etc/openvswitch/conf.db，我们会发现它是json格式的。

数据库可以通过ovsdb-client dump将数据库内容打印出来

# ovsdb-client dump

Bridge table

_uuid                                controller datapath_id        datapath_type external_ids fail_mode flood_vlans flow_tables ipfix mirrors name   netflow other_config ports                                                                                                                                                                                          protocols sflow status stp_enable

------------------------------------ ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------------ --------- ----------- ----------- ----- ------- ------ ------- ------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ----- ------ ----------

929ab1c2-1146-411d-8557-af7498a26444 []         "0000080027dfbff7" ""            {}           []        []          {}          []    []      br-ex  []      {}           [52c02f9d-db2f-4c50-84ce-7a377530ad3b, 79f74c54-056d-4c60-82d7-46412ceee17e]                                                                                                                   []        []    {}     false    

12ebfe38-6dab-402a-8fb5-aa814a5a3f52 []         "00003afeeb122a40" ""            {}           []        []          {}          []    []      br-int []      {}           [02049620-d3b4-4ecf-9d9e-f8b40a039f64, 035eed84-ce54-44c4-97d5-92f9cc9d662e, 18eacfea-0982-4c89-b2aa-3e2c7dc2b6d3, d43963b0-be0b-4265-b0bb-4ebc928d3ee0, d564225b-60e4-4786-a5fc-6b1c8febd0fb] []        []    {}     false    

ccfc8a92-2d29-4a55-ae4b-21f59eeeaed7 []         "0000928afccc554a" ""            {}           []        []          {}          []    []      br-tun []      {}           [6d14a97d-28e8-42f8-b5d6-ec655ccc7b91, 8b0946ae-3177-4d5d-bc8e-6d04536701ad]                                                                                                                   []        []    {}     false    

Controller table

_uuid connection_mode controller_burst_limit controller_rate_limit enable_async_messages external_ids inactivity_probe is_connected local_gateway local_ip local_netmask max_backoff other_config role status target

----- --------------- ---------------------- --------------------- --------------------- ------------ ---------------- ------------ ------------- -------- ------------- ----------- ------------ ---- ------ ------

Flow_Sample_Collector_Set table

_uuid bridge external_ids id ipfix

----- ------ ------------ -- -----

Flow_Table table

_uuid flow_limit groups name overflow_policy

----- ---------- ------ ---- ---------------

IPFIX table

_uuid cache_active_timeout cache_max_flows external_ids obs_domain_id obs_point_id sampling targets

----- -------------------- --------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ -------- -------

Interface table

_uuid                                admin_state bfd bfd_status cfm_fault cfm_fault_status cfm_health cfm_mpid cfm_remote_mpids cfm_remote_opstate duplex external_ids                                                                                                                                             ifindex ingress_policing_burst ingress_policing_rate lacp_current link_resets link_speed  link_state mac mac_in_use          mtu  name             ofport ofport_request options          other_config statistics                                                                                                                                                                  status                                                                      type   

------------------------------------ ----------- --- ---------- --------- ---------------- ---------- -------- ---------------- ------------------ ------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------------- --------------------- ------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- --- ------------------- ---- ---------------- ------ -------------- ---------------- ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------

54ab6189-2611-40cc-884f-5ce20913bc32 down        {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 full   {}                                                                                                                                                       3       0                      0                     []           0           1000000000  down       []  "08:00:27:df:bf:f7" 1500 "eth1"           3      []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=0, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=0, tx_bytes=558, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=7}     {driver_name="e1000", driver_version="7.3.21-k8-NAPI", firmware_version=""} ""     

6da8e9cd-98df-451e-b7d9-fcddefe0325e up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 []     {}                                                                                                                                                       0       0                      0                     []           0           []          up         []  "c2:9e:64:de:bd:db" []   patch-int        1      []             {peer=patch-tun} {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=1340, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=18, tx_bytes=90, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=1}  {}                                                                          patch  

eda8218d-1d5e-4c52-ad89-24f8d0445ef9 up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 []     {}                                                                                                                                                       0       0                      0                     []           0           []          up         []  "fa:91:44:32:65:f9" []   patch-tun        1      []             {peer=patch-int} {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=90, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=1, tx_bytes=1340, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=18}  {}                                                                          patch  

ee54427c-133c-4b2a-a641-c2624732eb66 up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 []     {}                                                                                                                                                       5       0                      0                     []           0           []          up         []  "08:00:27:df:bf:f7" 1500 br-ex            65534  []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=648, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=8, tx_bytes=0, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=0}     {driver_name=openvswitch}                                                   internal

a45575fd-5179-459e-8951-3553c51f4aaa up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 []     {}                                                                                                                                                       6       0                      0                     []           2           []          up         []  "3a:fe:eb:12:2a:40" 1500 br-int           65534  []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=648, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=8, tx_bytes=2078, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=27} {driver_name=openvswitch}                                                   internal

801c0dec-44db-4161-b791-08828d542ecf up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 []     {}                                                                                                                                                       8       0                      0                     []           2           []          up         []  "92:8a:fc:cc:55:4a" 1500 br-tun           65534  []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=648, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=8, tx_bytes=0, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=0}     {driver_name=openvswitch}                                                   internal

e8193562-c3bb-4b48-a9bf-00bba5f2a213 up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 full   {attached-mac="fa:16:3e:37:28:e6", iface-id="7d18228b-476f-4b50-804a-18e60e6b0e6f", iface-status=active, vm-uuid="413d9fb4-34e5-4032-95ff-dea80f1f4adc"} 17      0                      0                     []           0           10000000000 up         []  "66:b8:10:c8:dc:df" 1500 "qvo7d18228b-47" 4      []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=530, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=7, tx_bytes=0, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=0}     {driver_name=veth, driver_version="1.0", firmware_version=""}               ""     

b33cdfe2-dab1-449e-b2be-ce85e2d0ac79 up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 full   {attached-mac="fa:16:3e:58:be:c6", iface-id="eea9263a-5e4b-4e5b-9923-3d59ca752082", iface-status=active, vm-uuid="98b592b1-7778-46f1-93df-3c5079650b71"} 14      0                      0                     []           0           10000000000 up         []  "7a:d4:a4:8d:60:b7" 1500 "qvoeea9263a-5e" 3      []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=530, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=7, tx_bytes=390, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=5}   {driver_name=veth, driver_version="1.0", firmware_version=""}               ""     

c0a5afe4-b7a8-4230-b3bb-af11a33de14e up          {}  {}         []        []               []         []       []               []                 full   {attached-mac="fa:16:3e:6f:5e:bf", iface-id="c64bd111-eff3-4c65-b096-53c3b3188a43", iface-status=active, vm-uuid="e2009bf8-de2b-4bff-a96a-627a61caf9e7"} 11      0                      0                     []           0           10000000000 up         []  "e2:d8:61:c4:1d:01" 1500 "qvoc64bd111-ef" 2      []             {}               {}           {collisions=0, rx_bytes=280, rx_crc_err=0, rx_dropped=0, rx_errors=0, rx_frame_err=0, rx_over_err=0, rx_packets=4, tx_bytes=250, tx_dropped=0, tx_errors=0, tx_packets=3}   {driver_name=veth, driver_version="1.0", firmware_version=""}               ""     

Manager table

_uuid connection_mode external_ids inactivity_probe is_connected max_backoff other_config status target

----- --------------- ------------ ---------------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------ ------

Mirror table

_uuid external_ids name output_port output_vlan select_all select_dst_port select_src_port select_vlan statistics

----- ------------ ---- ----------- ----------- ---------- --------------- --------------- ----------- ----------

NetFlow table

_uuid active_timeout add_id_to_interface engine_id engine_type external_ids targets

----- -------------- ------------------- --------- ----------- ------------ -------

Open_vSwitch table

_uuid                                bridges                                                                                                            cur_cfg db_version external_ids                                       manager_options next_cfg other_config ovs_version ssl statistics system_type system_version

------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ---------- -------------------------------------------------- --------------- -------- ------------ ----------- --- ---------- ----------- --------------

ab19a0f9-1dc8-44d0-ac00-a9687bb43fdd [12ebfe38-6dab-402a-8fb5-aa814a5a3f52, 929ab1c2-1146-411d-8557-af7498a26444, ccfc8a92-2d29-4a55-ae4b-21f59eeeaed7] 273     "7.3.0"    {system-id="6b963f5d-45e7-409f-b5ee-8e30006dcd73"} []              273      {}           "2.0.1"     []  {}         Ubuntu      "14.04-trusty"

Port table

_uuid                                bond_downdelay bond_fake_iface bond_mode bond_updelay external_ids fake_bridge interfaces                             lacp mac name             other_config qos statistics status tag trunks vlan_mode

------------------------------------ -------------- --------------- --------- ------------ ------------ ----------- -------------------------------------- ---- --- ---------------- ------------ --- ---------- ------ --- ------ ---------

52c02f9d-db2f-4c50-84ce-7a377530ad3b 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [ee54427c-133c-4b2a-a641-c2624732eb66] []   []  br-ex            {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

18eacfea-0982-4c89-b2aa-3e2c7dc2b6d3 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [a45575fd-5179-459e-8951-3553c51f4aaa] []   []  br-int           {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

8b0946ae-3177-4d5d-bc8e-6d04536701ad 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [801c0dec-44db-4161-b791-08828d542ecf] []   []  br-tun           {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

79f74c54-056d-4c60-82d7-46412ceee17e 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [54ab6189-2611-40cc-884f-5ce20913bc32] []   []  "eth1"           {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

6d14a97d-28e8-42f8-b5d6-ec655ccc7b91 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [6da8e9cd-98df-451e-b7d9-fcddefe0325e] []   []  patch-int        {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

035eed84-ce54-44c4-97d5-92f9cc9d662e 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [eda8218d-1d5e-4c52-ad89-24f8d0445ef9] []   []  patch-tun        {}           []  {}         {}     []  []     []      

d564225b-60e4-4786-a5fc-6b1c8febd0fb 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [e8193562-c3bb-4b48-a9bf-00bba5f2a213] []   []  "qvo7d18228b-47" {}           []  {}         {}     1   []     []      

02049620-d3b4-4ecf-9d9e-f8b40a039f64 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [c0a5afe4-b7a8-4230-b3bb-af11a33de14e] []   []  "qvoc64bd111-ef" {}           []  {}         {}     1   []     []      

d43963b0-be0b-4265-b0bb-4ebc928d3ee0 0              false           []        0            {}           false       [b33cdfe2-dab1-449e-b2be-ce85e2d0ac79] []   []  "qvoeea9263a-5e" {}           []  {}         {}     1   []     []      

QoS table

_uuid external_ids other_config queues type

----- ------------ ------------ ------ ----

Queue table

_uuid dscp external_ids other_config

----- ---- ------------ ------------

SSL table

_uuid bootstrap_ca_cert ca_cert certificate external_ids private_key

----- ----------------- ------- ----------- ------------ -----------

sFlow table

_uuid agent external_ids header polling sampling targets

----- ----- ------------ ------ ------- -------- -------

数据库表之间的关系如图所示

其中Open_vSwitch是根，结构如下：

这个表示ovs-vswitchd的配置，包含下面的几方面:

• 对bridge设备的配置，bridges指向bridge表，我们能看到的openvswitch的主要功能都是在bridge上实现的，在bridge表中详细叙述。
• 对本身的一些配置;
  • other_config : stats-update-interval ：将统计信息写入数据库的间隔时间
  • other_config : flow-restore-wait ： 为hot-upgrade使用的，如果设为true则不处理任何的包。一般使用的过程为，先停掉ovs-vswitchd，然后将这个值设为true，启动ovs-vswitchd，这个时候不处理任何包，然后使用ovs-ofctl将flow table restore到一个正确的状态，最后设置这个值为false，开始处理包 
  • other_config : flow-limit ：在flow table中flow entry的数量
  • other_config : n-handler-threads ：用于处理新flow的线程数
  • other_config : n-revalidator-threads ：用于验证flow的线程数.
  • other_config : enable-statistics 是否统计
    • statistics : cpu 统计cpu数量，线程
    • statistics : load_average system load
    • statistics : memory 总RAM，swap
    • statistics : process_NAME ：with NAME replaced by a process name，统计memory size, cpu time等 
    • statistics : file_systems：mount point, size, used
• client request id: 也即cur_cfg和next_cfg，当一个client修改了数据库的之后，增加next_cfg，然后等待openvswitch应用这些修改，当修改应用完毕，则cur_cfg = next_cfg。如果我们打开/etc/openvswitch/conf.db文件，我们发现，随着我们队openvswitch的配置，cur_cfg是不断++的
• 对SSL的配置：指向SSL表，主要配置private key, certificate(里面是public key)，已经CA的certificate
• 对ovsdb-server的配置，指向Manager表，ovs-vswitchd作为它的client，配置一下db connection的选项

在SSL表中，包含了经典的SSL connection的所有配置：

openvswitch本身的private key和public key对，其中public key放在certificate中，并且需要CA使用自己的private key进行签名，CA来担保这个certificate是合法的，为了验证这个CA签名，当然需要CA的public key，而CA的public key是放在ca cert里面的，当然也需要被签名，被更高级的CA担保，或者自己担保自己。

bootstrap_ca_cert是一个boolean，如果是true，则每次启动的时候，都会向controller去拿最新的ca cert。 

 

 

我们如果仔细观察ovsdb-server进程，据发现这些配置被使用了。

ovsdb-server /etc/openvswitch/conf.db -vconsole:emer -vsyslog:err -vfile:info --remote=punix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock --private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key --certificate=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,ca_cert --no-chdir --log-file=/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log --pidfile=/var/run/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pid --detach –monitor

我们还可以配置ovs-vswitchd和ovs-controller之间通过ssl相互通信，使用的是双向SSL互信

配置ovs-vswitchd，使用switch的private key(sc-privkey.pem)和public key(sc-cert.pem)，但是指定的是controller的CA Cert(cacert.pem)

cd /etc/openvswitch
sudo ovs-pki req+sign sc switch
sudo ovs-vsctl set-ssl \
    /etc/openvswitch/sc-privkey.pem \
    /etc/openvswitch/sc-cert.pem \
    /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/cacert.pem

配置并启动controller

cd /etc/openvswitch
sudo ovs-pki req+sign ctl controller

sudo ovs-controller -v pssl:6633 \
     -p /etc/openvswitch/ctl-privkey.pem \
     -c /etc/openvswitch/ctl-cert.pem \
     -C /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/cacert.pem

这里配置的是controller的的private key(ctl-privkey.pem)和public key(ctl-cert.pem)，但是指定的是switch的CA Cert(cacert.pem)

这个SSL机制有关，当建立SSL连接的时候，

当client连接Server的时候，Server会将自己的certificate发给client，将来Client会用Server的certificate来解密Server用private key加密的信息，然而这个certificate是否合法，需要CA进行验证，由于这个certificate是Server的，当然client要使用Server的CA cert进行验证。同理Server会向client请求Client的certificate，来解密Client的private key加密的信息，则会用Client的CA cert进行验证。

当建立ssl连接后，我们可以看到下面的样子：

mininet@mininet:~$ sudo ovs-vsctl show
902d6aa3-6a0a-4708-a286-3301c8b36430
    Bridge "s1"
        Controller "ssl:127.0.0.1:6633"
            is_connected: true
        fail_mode: secure
        Port "s1"
            Interface "s1"
                type: internal
        Port "s1-eth1"
            Interface "s1-eth1"
        Port "s1-eth2"
            Interface "s1-eth2"
    ovs_version: "2.0.1"

连接controller时某一个switch连接到某个controller.

然而连接manager时某一个openvswitch daemon连接到某个manager.

五、Manager

Manager表配置的是ovsdb-server的，他配置了ovsdb-server使用manager_options中的配置来监听端口，等待client来连接。

其中最重要的一项就是target：

• ssl:ip[:port]：ovsdb-server会监听在ip的port上，协议为ssl
• tcp:ip[:port]：会监听在ip的port上，协议为tcp
• pssl:[port][:ip]：会监听在端口port上，协议为ssl
• ptcp:[port][:ip]：会监听在端口port上，协议为ssl

可以通过下面的命令进行设置：

ovs-vsctl set-manager…

从架构图中我们看出，ovs-vswitchd是ovsdb-server的client，两者是通过unix domain sock /var/run/openvswitch/db.sock进行通信的。

ovs-vsctl也是ovsdb-server的客户端，默认情况下，ovs-vsctl是运行在ovsdb-server同一台机器上，也是通过/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock进行通信的。

我们看ovs-vsctl有参数--db，默认是unix:file，然而也可以是tcp:ip:port或者ssl:ip:port

这就使得ovs-vsctl在另外一台机器上，也能远程控制ovsdb-server.

我们有两台机器，一台16.158.165.153，我们设置manager

sudo ovs-vsctl set-manager ptcp:8881

$ sudo ovs-vsctl show 
ab19a0f9-1dc8-44d0-ac00-a9687bb43fdd 
    Manager "ptcp:8881" 
    Bridge br-int 
        Port br-int 
            Interface br-int 
                type: internal 
        Port patch-tun 
            Interface patch-tun 
                type: patch 
                options: {peer=patch-int} 
        Port "qvoeea9263a-5e" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvoeea9263a-5e" 
        Port "qvo7d18228b-47" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvo7d18228b-47" 
        Port "qvoc64bd111-ef" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvoc64bd111-ef" 
    Bridge br-ex 
        Port br-ex 
            Interface br-ex 
                type: internal 
        Port "eth1" 
            Interface "eth1" 
    Bridge br-tun 
        Port patch-int 
            Interface patch-int 
                type: patch 
                options: {peer=patch-tun} 
        Port br-tun 
            Interface br-tun 
                type: internal 
    ovs_version: "2.0.1"

另一台机器16.158.165.102，我们在上面运行

root@openstackcliu8:~# ovs-vsctl show 
21c19aae-c278-4c65-9c6b-9b2c4d67b6dd 
    ovs_version: "2.0.1"

发现表是空的。

# ovs-vsctl --db=tcp:16.158.165.153:8881 show 
ab19a0f9-1dc8-44d0-ac00-a9687bb43fdd 
    Manager "ptcp:8881" 
    Bridge br-int 
        Port br-int 
            Interface br-int 
                type: internal 
        Port patch-tun 
            Interface patch-tun 
                type: patch 
                options: {peer=patch-int} 
        Port "qvoeea9263a-5e" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvoeea9263a-5e" 
        Port "qvo7d18228b-47" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvo7d18228b-47" 
        Port "qvoc64bd111-ef" 
            tag: 1 
            Interface "qvoc64bd111-ef" 
    Bridge br-ex 
        Port br-ex 
            Interface br-ex 
                type: internal 
        Port "eth1" 
            Interface "eth1" 
    Bridge br-tun 
        Port patch-int 
            Interface patch-int 
                type: patch 
                options: {peer=patch-tun} 
        Port br-tun 
            Interface br-tun 
                type: internal 
    ovs_version: "2.0.1"

六、Bridge表 

Open_vSwitch指向Bridge表

Bridge表无疑是最重要的表，所谓的virtual switch，多是用bridge来实现的。

Bridge有下面几项配置：

• 核心功能配置项
  • name
  • ports：指向Port表，
  • mirrors：指向mirror表
  • netflow
  • sflow
  • ipfix
  • flood_vlans：是一些vlan id，对于这些vlan id，mac address learning是不做的，每次寻找mac都进行arp
• OpenFlow配置项：从架构图中我们可以看出，openvwitch的一个bridge可以通过openflow协议，被一个统一的controller管理的
  • Controller
  • flow_tables
  • fail_mode:
    • 一旦一个bridge连到一个openflow controller，则flow table就由controller统一管理，如果连接断了
    • secure： 这个bridge会试图一直连接controller，并不自己建立flow table
    • standalone：一旦bridge三次连不上controller，就自己建立和管理flow table
  • datapath_id：
• Spaning Tree配置

单纯创建一个bridge 很简单

ovs-vsctl add-br helloworld，但是里面的若干配置相对比较复杂。

下一节，我们来看Controller