Description of the OVN logical components of the virtualized network
- OVN node switch
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A virtual switch named
<node-name>. The OVN node switch is named according to the hostname of the node.-
In this example, the
node-nameismicroshift-dev.
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- OVN cluster router
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A virtual router named
ovn_cluster_router, also known as the distributed router.-
In this example, the node network is
10.42.0.0/16.
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- OVN join switch
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A virtual switch named
join. - OVN gateway router
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A virtual router named
GR_<node-name>, also known as the external gateway router. - OVN external switch
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A virtual switch named
ext_<node-name>.