Proxmox internal networking and OpenVswitch

[1nerdyguy]

I'm looking to replicate the ESXI setup of the internal switch, where VM's can talk to eachother directly over the bus instead of going out to the switch and then back.

Can this be accomplished with OpenVswitch? That way, my webhost can talk to my mysql server directly, while both of them have access to the internet still as well?

In the past, I made another linux bridge with no nics on it and attached to that, but I"m hoping to avoid setting up dual NICs/IP/etc.

 

[malvank]

I'm looking to replicate the ESXI setup of the internal switch, where VM's can talk to eachother directly over the bus instead of going out to the switch and then back.

Can this be accomplished with OpenVswitch? That way, my webhost can talk to my mysql server directly, while both of them have access to the internet still as well?

In the past, I made another linux bridge with no nics on it and attached to that, but I"m hoping to avoid setting up dual NICs/IP/etc.

Isn't this what a Linux Bridge is used for without any ports defined? This is equvilent to an internal switch in ESXi. Even on ESXi you can't avoid and extra IP address for the internal network switch as far as i know?