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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] Port satturation?
From:       jesse () nicira ! com (Jesse Gross)
Date:       2011-10-12 16:29:13
Message-ID: CAEP_g=_jeo4ZkVebe-t1+dXZ7Ox1iErrv7EuiQUi-FRsGbWC5A () mail ! gmail ! com
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2011/10/12 Vladimir Nikoli? <vladimir.nikolic at amis.si>:
> Yes, you are right.
> It never occured to me that arp timeout could be the problem. Probably
> because we never had that issue with Cisco switches (ours have 4 hours
> default arp timeout) and VMware ESXi internal switch (don't know what is
> default arp timeout).

You mean MAC learning timeout, not ARP.

> Is it possible the change arp timeout on OVS? Or to enter static mac
> addresses into switch mac address table?
> Thanks for you help.

No, there's no way to change the MAC timeout in OVS.  You could write
a flow using ovs-ofctl to achieve the same effect by always directing
traffic to a particular MAC to a given port.

You could also change the ARP timeout in your host.

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