This command does nothing and finishes successfully if the OVS daemons
aren't running.
.
+.SH "The ``restart'' command"
+.
+.PP
+The \fBrestart\fR command performs a \fBstop\fR followed by a \fBstart\fR
+command. The command can take the same options as that of the \fBstart\fR
+command. In addition, it saves and restores Openflow flows for each
+individual bridge.
+.
.SH "The ``status'' command"
.
.PP
bridge ``local ports''.
.
.IP 2.
+Saves the Openflow flows of each bridge.
+.
+.IP 3.
Stops the Open vSwitch daemons, as if by a call to \fBovs\-ctl
stop\fR.
.
-.IP 3.
+.IP 4.
Saves the kernel configuration state of the OVS internal interfaces
listed in step 1, including IP and IPv6 addresses and routing table
entries.
.
-.IP 4.
+.IP 5.
Unloads the Open vSwitch kernel module (including the bridge
compatibility module if it is loaded).
.
-.IP 5.
-Starts OVS back up, as if by a call to \fBovs\-ctl start\fR. This
-reloads the kernel module and restarts the OVS daemons (including
-\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR, if \fB\-\-brcompat\fR is specified).
-.
.IP 6.
-Restores the kernel configuration state that was saved in step 3.
+Starts OVS back up, as if by a call to \fBovs\-ctl start\fR. This
+reloads the kernel module, restarts the OVS daemons (including
+\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR, if \fB\-\-brcompat\fR is specified) and finally
+restores the saved Openflow flows.
.
.IP 7.
+Restores the kernel configuration state that was saved in step 4.
+.
+.IP 8.
Checks for daemons that may need to be restarted because they have
packet sockets that are listening on old instances of Open vSwitch
kernel interfaces and, if it finds any, prints a warning on stdout.