tested on slackware
sbopkg -i openvswitch-utils #less /usr/doc/openvswitch-utils-2.5.0/README.SLACKWARE chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch
to start it for the first time (not sure we should clean the db at starting… this is not totally rc.inet1 start ready),
#self verbose #/etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch start #/etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch stop /etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch clean-database /etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch start-clean echo -n ovs bridge xenbr0... ovs-vsctl add-br xenbr0 ovs-vsctl add-port xenbr0 eth0 ip addr flush dev eth0 ip addr add x.x.x.x/xx dev xenbr0 ip link set xenbr0 up ip link set eth0 up && echo done #ovs-vsctl set-controller xenbr0 tcp:x.x.x.x:6633 echo -n ovs bridge pubbr0... ovs-vsctl add-br pubbr0 ovs-vsctl add-port pubbr0 eth1 ip addr flush dev eth1 ip link set pubbr0 up ip link set eth1 up && echo done ovs-vsctl set-controller pubbr0 tcp:x.x.x.x:6633 echo '' ovs-vsctl show echo '' echo -n default route... route add default gw x.x.x.x && echo done
and to shut it down maybe simply (rc.inet1 stop),
ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig xenbr0 down ifconfig eth1 down ifconfig pubbr0 down #self verbose /etc/rc.d/rc.openvswitch stop
Enabling LACP,
ovs-vsctl add-bond xenbr0 bond0 eth0 eth2 eth3 lacp=active #ovs-vsctl set port bond0 lacp=active
eventually add this to your env,
alias ovs='ovs-vsctl'
Link Aggregation and LACP with Open vSwitch https://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/10/19/link-aggregation-and-lacp-with-open-vswitch/