* Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunk and access ports
* NIC bonding with or without LACP on upstream switch
- * NetFlow, sFlow(R), SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN for increased visibility
+ * NetFlow, sFlow(R), and mirroring for increased visibility
* QoS (Quality of Service) configuration, plus policing
* GRE, GRE over IPSEC, and CAPWAP tunneling
* 802.1ag connectivity fault management
The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with
testing focused on 2.6.32 with Centos and Xen patches. Open vSwitch
-also has special support for Citrix XenServer hosts.
+also has special support for Citrix XenServer and Red Hat Enterprise
+Linux hosts.
Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in
userspace, without assistance from a kernel module. This userspace
* ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module.
- * Scripts and specs for building RPMs that allow Open vSwitch
- to be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in
- replacement for its switch, with additional functionality.
+ * Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Citrix XenServer and Red
+ Hat Enterprise Linux. The XenServer RPMs allow Open vSwitch to
+ be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in replacement
+ for its switch, with additional functionality.
* ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration
of ovs-vswitchd.
What other documentation is available?
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-To install Open vSwitch on a regular Linux machine, read INSTALL.Linux.
+To install Open vSwitch on a regular Linux machine, read INSTALL.
+
+For answers to common questions, read FAQ.
To use Open vSwitch as a drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge,
read INSTALL.bridge.
To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
-To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then
+To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Red Hat Enterprise
+Linux host, read INSTALL.RHEL.
+
+To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL, then
INSTALL.KVM.
+To use Open vSwitch with Libvirt, read INSTALL.Libvirt.
+
To install Open vSwitch without using a kernel module, read
INSTALL.userspace.