Installation Guide

46 HP VRS and VRS-G Software Installation
• hp-openvswitch-common
• hp-openvswitch-switch
• hp-python-openvswitch
Note: Donotinstalleitherhp‐openvswitch‐datapath‐dkms(seeInstalling the VRS Kernel
Module for MPLS over GRE
)orhp‐metadata‐agent(whichisreservedfor
OpenStackdeployments).ForOpenStackconfiguration,refertotheOpenStack
deploymentguide.
Note: dpkg‐iwillnotsolvedependencies.Ifyouaremissingdependencies,installthem:
apt-get -f install Thenrunthesamedpkgcommandagain.
8. Edit /etc/default/openvswitch to achieve the desired VRS configuration. The comments
in the file are self-explanatory. Add the VSC controller's IP addresses:
vi /etc/default/openvswitch
9. Restart the service to pick up the changes in /etc/default/openvswitch:
# service hp-openvswitch-switch restart
Stopping hp system monitor: * Killing hp-SysMon (21054)
Stopping hp rpc server: * Killing hp-rpc (21083)
Stopping hp monitor: * Killing hpMon (21086)
Stopping openvswitch: * ovs-brcompatd is not running
* Killing ovs-vswitchd (21038)
* Killing ovsdb-server (21019)
* Removing openvswitch module
* Inserting openvswitch module
* Starting ovsdb-server
* Configuring Open vSwitch system IDs
* Configuring Open vSwitch personality
* Starting ovs-vswitchd
Starting hp system monitor: * Starting hp-SysMon
Starting hp rpc server: * Starting hp-rpc
Starting hp monitor: * Starting hpMon
VRS-G on RHEL or Ubuntu 12.04
1. Install VRS following the instructions in either of the following:
• VRS on RHEL.
• VRS on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Ubuntu 12.04 Cloud Packages
2. Edit /etc/default/openvswitch-switch by setting PERSONALITY=vrs-g.
3. Restart the VRS service:
service openvswitch restart
Installing the VRS Kernel Module for MPLS over GRE
This section contains the following subsections:
• Installing VRS Kernel Module On RHEL