Open vSwitch Insights

What is Open vSwitch?

Open vSwitch (OVS) is an open-source software defined networking (SDN) virtual switch. It's designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). It is commonly used as a virtual switch in virtualization environments like Xen, KVM, and VirtualBox, and also increasingly used as a software switch within network hardware appliances. OVS allows for greater control and visibility over network traffic within virtualized environments.

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iptables

iptables is a user-space application program that allows system administrator to configure the tables provided by the Linux kernel firewall (implemented as different Netfilter modules) and the chains and rules it stores. While it addresses similar filtering/firewall use cases, it lacks the scale and features of OVS in virtualized environments.

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ESXi

ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor from VMware. While Open vSwitch can run on ESXi, VMware also provides its own virtual switch (vSphere Distributed Switch), which is a competitor.

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