NOTE:fix https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/44091/ solves this issue, but a separated, specific fix is appreciated.

tested devstack + networking-odl + networking-l2gw with odl-netvirt-openstack, to test l2gateway with HP 5930.

The hwvtep southbound fails to add a logical switch in the ovsdb server of HP 5930:

2016-09-13 11:00:12,912 | TRACE | dispatcher-17394 | LogicalSwitchUpdateCommand | 252 - org.opendaylight.ovsdb.hwvtepsouthbound-impl - 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT | execute: creating LogicalSwitch entry: Logical_Switch : Row [columns=

{name=[name=68fc45d8-9799-4386-8739-63f5f9c5c722], tunnel_key=[tunnel_key=[1048]]}

]

2016-09-13 11:00:12,916 | DEBUG | dispatcher-17394 | TransactInvokerImpl | 252 - org.opendaylight.ovsdb.hwvtepsouthbound-impl - 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT | invoke: command: org.opendaylight.ovsdb.hwvtepsouthbound.transact.TransactCommandAggregator@55efcb57, tb: org.opendaylight.ovsdb.lib.operations.TransactionBuilder@688bfb47

2016-09-13 11:00:12,916 | TRACE | dispatcher-17394 | JsonRpcEndpoint | 245 - org.opendaylight.ovsdb.library - 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT | getClient Request : {"id":"10ad792d-58e6-44ee-82d1-3655b415bcfd","method":"transact","params":["hardware_vtep",{"op":"insert","row":

{"name":"68fc45d8-9799-4386-8739-63f5f9c5c722","tunnel_key":["set",[1048]]}

,"uuid-name":"LogicalSwitch_68fc45d8-9799-4386-8739-63f5f9c5c722","table":"Logical_Switch"},

{"op":"comment","comment":"Logical Switch: Creating 68fc45d8-9799-4386-8739-63f5f9c5c722"}

]}

2016-09-13 11:00:12,921 | DEBUG | dispatcher-17394 | TransactInvokerImpl | 252 - org.opendaylight.ovsdb.hwvtepsouthbound-impl - 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT | OVSDB transaction result: [OperationResult [count=0, uuid=null, rows=null, error=syntax error, details=Parsing ovsdb operation 1 of 2 failed: Type mismatch for member 'uuid-name'.], OperationResult [count=0, uuid=null, rows=null, error=null, details=null]]