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.TH ovs\-dpctl 8 "August 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-dpctl
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fBovs\-dpctl\fR program can create, modify, and delete Open vSwitch
-datapaths. A single machine may host up to 256 datapaths (numbered 0
-to 255).
+datapaths. A single machine may host any number of datapaths.
.PP
A newly created datapath is associated with only one network device, a
virtual network device sometimes called the datapath's ``local port''.
The following commands manage datapaths.
.
.TP
-\fBadd\-dp \fIdp\fR [\fInetdev\fR...]
+\fBadd\-dp \fIdp\fR [\fInetdev\fR[\fB,\fIoption\fR]...]
Creates datapath \fIdp\fR, with a local port also named \fIdp\fR.
This will fail if a network device \fIdp\fR already exists.
.IP
-If \fInetdev\fRs are specified, \fBovs\-dpctl\fR adds them to the datapath.
+If \fInetdev\fRs are specified, \fBovs\-dpctl\fR adds them to the
+new datapath, just as if \fBadd\-if\fR was specified.
.
.TP
\fBdel\-dp \fIdp\fR
\fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) documents the available port types and
options.
.
+.IP "\fBset\-if \fIdp port\fR[\fB,\fIoption\fR]..."
+Reconfigures each \fIport\fR in \fIdp\fR as specified. An
+\fIoption\fR of the form \fIkey\fB=\fIvalue\fR adds the specified
+key-value option to the port or overrides an existing key's value. An
+\fIoption\fR of the form \fIkey\fB=\fR, that is, without a value,
+deletes the key-value named \fIkey\fR. The type of a port cannot be
+changed, so \fBtype=\fItype\fR is only allowed if \fItype\fR is the
+port's existing type.
.TP
\fBdel\-if \fIdp netdev\fR...
Removes each \fInetdev\fR from the list of network devices datapath
up may be confused about their disappearance.
.
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-statistics\fR"
+.IP "\fB\-s\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-statistics\fR"
Causes the \fBshow\fR command to print packet and byte counters for
each port within the datapaths that it shows.
-.TP
-\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
+.
+.IP "\fB\-t\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR"
Limits \fBovs\-dpctl\fR runtime to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds. If
the timeout expires, \fBovs\-dpctl\fR will exit with a \fBSIGALRM\fR
signal.