Open vSwitch - A Quick read.
By definition, Open vSwitch is open-source virtual switch software designed for virtual servers. It is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license. Open vSwitch is designed to be compatible with modern switching chipsets so that it can be ported to high fan-out switches, thus providing the same flexibility of control to physical infrastructure as virtual ones. Open vSwitch differs from traditional approaches, in that it exports an interface for fine-grained control of the forwarding, which can be used to support QoS, tunneling, and filtering rules. In this short post, we will see what might somebody do with a thing like Open vSwitch? Can it be enablement of automated network infrastructure for virtualized environments? The answer is a yes. To list down, here’s a quick recap of some of the features and tools of Open vSwitch that are worth a mention: Fully functional Layer 2 switch NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, and RSPAN support 8...