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- Suppport versions for openflow - Features available with datapaths - Support kernel versions for Linux Change-Id: I327d99c4f8c47d983fd7add27980c46dfe3fb4b6
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Version Constraints
This document aims to highlight and aid in the resolution of issues involved in the implementation of OVS, as well as specific issues on installing OVS with DPDK. In addition to this, the document includes links to specific information relating to the installation of OVS with DPDK on specific Linux platforms.
- The information contained in this file is based on the FAQ document for OVS.
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https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
General Issues
- Each version of OVS only works with a Linux kernel version within a certain range: ---------------------------------------| Open vSwitch | Linux Kernel Version | ----------------------| | 1.4.x | 2.6.18 to 3.2 | | 1.5.x | 2.6.18 to 3.2 | | 1.6.x | 2.6.18 to 3.2 | | 1.7.x | 2.6.18 to 3.3 | | 1.8.x | 2.6.18 to 3.4 | | 1.9.x | 2.6.18 to 3.8 | | 1.10.x | 2.6.18 to 3.8 | | 1.11.x | 2.6.18 to 3.8 | | 2.0.x | 2.6.32 to 3.10 | | 2.1.x | 2.6.32 to 3.11 | | 2.3.x | 2.6.32 to 3.14 | | 2.4.x | 2.6.32 to 4.0 | | 2.5.x | 2.6.32 to 4.3 | | 2.6.x | 3.10 to 4.7 | | 2.7.x | 3.10 to 4.9 | ---------------------------------------
- Linux Kernel version configuration error:
version newer than <y> is not supported (please refer to the
FAQ for advice)
- Solution options:
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- Use the kernel module supplied with the kernel.
- The Open vSwitch master branch may support the kernel version that you are using, consider building kernel verison from master. The following link provides instructions on implementing this for a ubuntu release: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel
- * OVS can currently run on any Linux-based virtulization platform.
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E.g. KVM, VirtualBox, Xen, Xen Cloud Platform, XenServer.
- * Open vSwitch userspace should also work with the Linux kernel module built
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into Linux 3.3 and later. It is not sensitive to the Linux kernel version and should build against almost any kernel.
- * OVS supports different datapaths on different platforms, each with a
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different feature set.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Feature | Linux upstream | Linux OVS tree | Userspace | Hyper-V | --------------------------- | NAT | 4.6 | YES | NO | NO | | Connection tracking | 4.3 | YES | PARTIAL | PARTIAL | | Tunnel-LISP | NO | YES | NO | NO | | Tunnel-STT | NO | YES | NO | YES | | Tunnel-GRE | 3.11 | YES | YES | YES | | Tunnel-VXLAN | 3.12 | YES | YES | YES | | Tunnel-Geneve | 3.18 | YES | YES | YES | | Tunnel-GRE-IPv6 | NO | NO | YES | NO | | Tunnel-VXLAN-IPv6 | 4.3 | YES | YES | NO | | Tunnel-Geneve-IPv6 | 4.4 | YES | YES | NO | | QoS-Policiing | YES | YES | YES | NO | | QoS-Shaping | YES | YES | NO | NO | | sFlow | YES | YES | YES | NO | | IPFIX | 3.10 | YES | YES | NO | | Set action | YES | YES | YES | PARTIAL | | NIC Bonding | YES | YES | YES | YES | | Multiple VTEP's | YES | YES | YES | YES | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DPDK versions that successfully build with Open vSwitch.
--------------------------| Open vSwitch | DPDK | ---------| | 2.2.x | 1.6 | | 2.3.x | 1.6 | | 2.4.x | 2.0 | | 2.5.x | 2.2 | | 2.6.x | 16.07.2 | | 2.7.x | 16.11.2 | | 2.8.x | 17.05.1 | --------------------------
If there is a performance drop when OVS is upgraded, this could mean that the OVS kernel datapath may have been updated to a newer version. Sometimes new versions of the OVS kernel module add functionality that is backwards compatible with older userspace components, but may cause a drop in performance with them. Updating the OVS userspace components to the latest released version should fix the performance degradation issue.
Open vSwitch only supports certain versions of OpenFlow:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Open vSwitch | OF1.0 | OF1.1 | OF1.2 | OF1.3 | OF1.4 | OF1.5 | OF1.6 | ----------------------------| | 1.9 and earlier | yes | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1.10 | yes | --- | [] | [] | --- | --- | --- | | 1.11 | yes | --- | [] | [] | --- | --- | --- | | 2.0 | yes | [] | [] | [] | --- | --- | --- | | 2.1 | yes | [] | [] | [] | --- | --- | --- | | 2.2 | yes | [] | [] | [] | [%] | [] | --- | | 2.3 | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [] | --- | | 2.4 | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [] | --- | | 2.5 | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [] | [] | | 2.6 | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [] | [] | | 2.7 | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [] | [] | | 2.8 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | [] | [*] | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[*] Supported, with one or more missing features. [%] Experimental, unsafe implementation.
https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/Documentation/faq/openflow.rst
In Open vSwitch 1.10 through 2.2, OpenFlow 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 must be enabled manually in ovs-switched. OpenFlow 1.4 and 1.5 in Open vSwitch 2.3 and later, as well as OpenFlow 1.6 in Open vSwitch 2.5 and later are supported but have missing features and so are not enabled by default. The user can overide any of these defaults:
All current versions of ovs-ofctl enable only OpenFlow 1.0 by default. Use the -O option to enable support for later versions of OpenFlow in ovs-ofctl.
- Difficulty connecting to an OpenFlow controller or OVSDB manager may be due to specifying the wrong port numbers. In OVS 2.4, the default ports were switched to the IANA-specified port numbers. For Openflow: 6633->6653 For OVSDB: 6632->6640
Specific Platform based Issues with OVS and DPDK
Certain issues specific to the linux platform being used to install OVS with DPDK are highlighted in each of the getting started guides below. * Centos: https://github.com/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/master/doc/source/getstarted/devstack/centos.rst * Fedora: https://github.com/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/master/doc/source/getstarted/devstack/fedora.rst * Ubuntu: https://github.com/openstack/networking-ovs-dpdk/tree/master/doc/source/getstarted/devstack/ubuntu.rst