схема базы данных OVN_Southbound (OVN_Southbound database schema)
Multicast_Group TABLE
The rows in this table define multicast groups of logical ports.
Multicast groups allow a single packet transmitted over a tunnel
to a hypervisor to be delivered to multiple VMs on that
hypervisor, which uses bandwidth more efficiently.
Each row in this table defines a logical multicast group numbered
tunnel_key
within datapath
, whose logical ports are listed in the
ports
column.
Summary:
datapath Datapath_Binding
tunnel_key
integer, in range 32,768 to 65,535
name
string
ports
set of 1 or more weak reference to
Port_Binding
s
Details:
datapath
: Datapath_Binding
The logical datapath in which the multicast group resides.
tunnel_key
: integer, in range 32,768 to 65,535
The value used to designate this logical egress port in
tunnel encapsulations. An index forces the key to be
unique within the datapath
. The unusual range ensures that
multicast group IDs do not overlap with logical port IDs.
name
: string
The logical multicast group's name. An index forces the
name to be unique within the datapath
. Logical flows in
the ingress pipeline may output to the group just as for
individual logical ports, by assigning the group's name to
outport
and executing an output
action.
Multicast group names and logical port names share a
single namespace and thus should not overlap (but the
database schema cannot enforce this). To try to avoid
conflicts, ovn-northd
uses names that begin with _MC_
.
ports
: set of 1 or more weak reference to Port_Binding
s
The logical ports included in the multicast group. All of
these ports must be in the datapath
logical datapath (but
the database schema cannot enforce this).