What is Open vSwitch?
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware's vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco's Nexus 1000V. See full feature list here
open vswitch
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一.Openvswitch工作原理
openvSwitch是一个高质量的、多层虚拟交换机,使用开源Apache2.0许可协议,由 Nicira Networks开发,主要实现代码为可移植的C代码。它的目的是让大规模网络自动化可以通过编程扩展,同时仍然支持标准的管理接口和协议(例如NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag)。此外,它被设计位支持跨越多个物理服务器的分布式环境,类似于VMware的vNetwork分布式vswitch或Cisco Nexus 1000 V。Open vSwitch支持多种linux 虚拟化技术,包括Xen/XenServer, KVM和VirtualBox。 openvswitch是一个虚拟交换软件,主要用于虚拟机VM环境,作为一个虚拟交换机,支持Xen/XenServer,KVM以及virtualBox多种虚拟化技术