-configuration. Running ovs-vswitchd(8) with the bridge.<name>.controller
-set of parameters as described in ovs-vswitchd.conf(5) will cause it to
-connect to the specified controller using OpenFlow. We recommend using
-OpenFlow in this manner, however, it is also possible to use Open vSwitch
-as a simple OpenFlow switch like that provided by the OpenFlow reference
-implementation [1].
+configuration. This is the simplest method of using it with an OpenFlow
+controller. All that is required is to follow the instructions in
+INSTALL.Linux and add the bridge.<name>.controller set of parameters to the
+ovs-vswitchd(8) configuration file as described in ovs-vswitchd.conf(5).
+We recommend using OpenFlow in this manner. However, it is also possible to
+use Open vSwitch as a simple OpenFlow switch like that provided by the
+OpenFlow reference implementation [1]. The remainder of this file describes
+how to user it in that manner.