A physical switch that implements a VTEP.
Summary:
ports set of Physical_Ports
tunnels set of Tunnels
Network Status:
management_ips set of strings
tunnel_ips set of strings
Identification:
name string (must be unique within
table)
description string
Error Notification:
switch_fault_status : mac_table_exhaustion
none
switch_fault_status : tunnel_exhaustion
none
switch_fault_status : lr_switch_bindings_fault
none
switch_fault_status : lr_static_routes_fault
none
switch_fault_status : lr_creation_fault
none
switch_fault_status : lr_support_fault
none
switch_fault_status : unspecified_fault
none
switch_fault_status : unsupported_source_node_replication
none
Common Column:
other_config map of string-string pairs
Details:
ports: set of Physical_Ports
The physical ports within the switch.
tunnels: set of Tunnels
Tunnels created by this switch as instructed by the NVC.
Network Status:
management_ips: set of strings
IPv4 or IPv6 addresses at which the switch may be
contacted for management purposes.
tunnel_ips: set of strings
IPv4 or IPv6 addresses on which the switch may originate
or terminate tunnels.
This column is intended to allow a Manager to determine
the Physical_Switch that terminates the tunnel represented
by a Physical_Locator.
Identification:
name: string (must be unique within table)
Symbolic name for the switch, such as its hostname.
description: string
An extended description for the switch, such as its switch
login banner.
Error Notification:
An entry in this column indicates to the NVC that this switch has
encountered a fault. The switch must clear this column when the
fault has been cleared.
switch_fault_status : mac_table_exhaustion: none
Indicates that the switch has been unable to process MAC
entries requested by the NVC due to lack of table
resources.
switch_fault_status : tunnel_exhaustion: none
Indicates that the switch has been unable to create
tunnels requested by the NVC due to lack of resources.
switch_fault_status : lr_switch_bindings_fault: none
Indicates that the switch has been unable to create the
logical router interfaces requested by the NVC due to
conflicting configurations or a lack of hardware
resources.
switch_fault_status : lr_static_routes_fault: none
Indicates that the switch has been unable to create the
static routes requested by the NVC due to conflicting
configurations or a lack of hardware resources.
switch_fault_status : lr_creation_fault: none
Indicates that the switch has been unable to create the
logical router requested by the NVC due to conflicting
configurations or a lack of hardware resources.
switch_fault_status : lr_support_fault: none
Indicates that the switch does not support logical
routing.
switch_fault_status : unspecified_fault: none
Indicates that an error has occurred in the switch but
that no more specific information is available.
switch_fault_status : unsupported_source_node_replication: none
Indicates that the requested source node replication mode
cannot be supported by the physical switch; this
specifically means in this context that the physical
switch lacks the capability to support source node
replication mode. This error occurs when a controller
attempts to set source node replication mode for one of
the logical switches that the physical switch is keeping
context for. An NVC that observes this error should take
appropriate action (for example reverting the logical
switch to service node replication mode). It is
recommended that an NVC be proactive and test for support
of source node replication by using a test logical switch
on vtep physical switch nodes and then trying to change
the replication mode to source node on this logical
switch, checking for error. The NVC could remember this
capability per vtep physical switch. Using mixed
replication modes on a given logical switch is not
recommended. Service node replication mode is considered a
basic requirement since it only requires sending a packet
to a single transport node, hence it is not expected that
a switch should report that service node mode cannot be
supported.
Common Column:
The overall purpose of this column is described under Common
Column at the beginning of this document.
other_config: map of string-string pairs
