Port SFP
Examples
100G port
Step 1: set port flexible
ovs-vsctl set-qe-port-mode flexible sudo systemctl restart picos
Step 2: add 100G port
ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/1.1 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/1.1 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/3.1 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/3.1 type=pica8
Step 3: check the port light color and port speed
ovs-ofctl show br0 check ".*xe-1/1/1.1.*speed.*100000Mbps" check ".*xe-1/1/3.1.*speed.*100000Mbps" check the light color-----xe-1/1/1.1 and xe-1/1/3.1 blue
Step 4: set port breakout true on 100G’ port that can be split
ovs-vsctl set-port-breakout 1 true ovs-vsctl set-port-breakout 3 true sudo systemctl restart picos
Step 5: add bridge and port
ovs-vsctl add-br br0 - set bridge br0 datapath_type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/1.1 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/1.1 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/1.2 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/1.2 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/1.3 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/1.3 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/1.4 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/1.4 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/3.1 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/3.1 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/3.2 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/3.2 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/3.3 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/3.3 type=pica8 ovs-vsctl add-port br0 xe-1/1/3.4 vlan_mode=trunk tag=1 - set interface xe-1/1/3.4 type=pica8
Step 6: check the port speed
ovs-ofctl show br0
check “.*xe-1/1/1.1.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.2.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.3.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.4.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.1.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.2.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.3.*speed.*25000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.4.*speed.*25000Mbps”
Step 7: check the light color
xe-1/1/1.1--------white
xe-1/1/1.2--------white
xe-1/1/1.3---------white
xe-1/1/1.4---------white
Step 8: set the sub port to 10G
ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/1.1 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/1.2 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/1.3 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/1.4 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/3.1 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/3.2 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/3.3 options:link_speed=10G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/3.4 options:link_speed=10G
Step 9: check the port speed
ovs-ofctl show br0
check “.*xe-1/1/1.1.*speed.*10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.2.*speed.*10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.3.*speed.*10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/1.4.*speed.*10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.1.*speed.* 10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.2.*speed.* 10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.3.*speed.* 10000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.4.*speed.* 10000Mbps”
Step 10: check the light color
xe-1/1/1.1--------green xe-1/1/1.2-------- green xe-1/1/1.3--------- green xe-1/1/1.4--------- green
Step 11: clear the configuration
ovs-vsctl set-port-breakout all false sudo systemctl restart picos
Step 12: set the 100G port to 40G,check the speed and port light color
ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/1.1 options:link_speed=40G ovs-vsctl set interface xe-1/1/3.1 options:link_speed=40G ovs-ofctl show br0
check “.*xe-1/1/1.1.*speed.*40000Mbps”
check “.*xe-1/1/3.1.*speed.*40000Mbps”
xe-1/1/1.1-----------orange
xe-1/1/3.1-----------orange
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