Note
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-"ifdown" on a bridge will not bring individual ports on the bridge
+* "ifdown" on a bridge will not bring individual ports on the bridge
down. "ifup" on a bridge will not add ports to the bridge. This
behavior should be compatible with standard bridges (with
TYPE=Bridge).
+* If 'ifup' on an interface is called multiple times, one can see
+"RTNETLINK answers: File exists" printed on the console. This comes from
+ifup-eth trying to add zeroconf route multiple times and is harmless.
+
Examples
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NETMASK=X.Y.Z.0
HOTPLUG=no
+Enable DHCP on the bridge:
+* Needs OVSBOOTPROTO instead of BOOTPROTO.
+* All the interfaces that can reach the DHCP server
+as a space separated list in OVSDHCPINTERFACES.
+
+DEVICE=ovsbridge0
+ONBOOT=yes
+DEVICETYPE=ovs
+TYPE=OVSBridge
+OVSBOOTPROTO="dhcp"
+OVSDHCPINTERFACES="eth0"
+HOTPLUG=no
Adding physical eth0 to ovsbridge0 described above:
ONBOOT=yes
DEVICETYPE=ovs
TYPE=OVSPort
-OVS_BRIDGE=internet
+OVS_BRIDGE=ovsbridge0
BOOTPROTO=none
HOTPLUG=no