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RE: [Xen-users] XCP and vswitch

To: 'Vern Burke' <vburke@xxxxxxxx>, "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] XCP and vswitch
From: Dave Scott <Dave.Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:39:30 +0000
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> Try openvswitch.org

:)

To add more colour: XCP uses the vswitch for all guest traffic by default, 
rather than the vanilla linux bridging code. This means that you should be able 
to use any vswitch/OpenFlow-capable tool on an XCP host.

Cheers,
Dave
> 
> Vern Burke
> 
> SwiftWater Telecom
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> On 2/16/2010 12:24 PM, Angel L. Mateo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new with XCP. In fact, I am evaluating XCP (and XenServer from
> > Citrix) to replace our Xen (standalone) servers. One of the things
> that
> > I have found in XCP and not in XenServer is that XCP supports vswitch,
> > which is interested for me.
> >
> > But I haven't found any documentation related with XCP and vswitch.
> Is
> > there any doc? Should I use standard network configuration or is it
> > better using vswitch?
> >
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