ovs-controller: Document how to use with management protocol.

[openvswitch] / utilities / ovs-ofctl.8.in

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
index e7d7fc54dfa01ed3c763bef13c6c968162e8a894..948df51d719dc6d4aec02f95f385d5b92a1de93e 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@ Sets the IP ToS/DSCP field to \fItos\fR.  Valid values are between 0 and
 255, inclusive.  Note that the two lower reserved bits are never
 modified.
 .
+.IP \fBresubmit\fB:\fIport\fR
+Re-searches the OpenFlow flow table with the \fBin_port\fR field
+replaced by \fIport\fR and executes the actions found, if any, in
+addition to any other actions in this flow entry.  Recursive
+\fBresubmit\fR actions are ignored.
+.IP
+This action is a Nicira vendor extension that, as of this writing, is
+only known to be implemented by Open vSwitch.
+.
 .RE
 .
 .IP
@@ -398,6 +407,16 @@ modified.
 not yet expose to the user.)
 .
 .PP
+The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBmod\-flows\fR commands
+support an additional optional field:
+.
+.IP \fBcookie=\fIvalue\fR
+.
+A cookie is an opaque identifier that can be associated with the flow.
+\fIvalue\fR can be any 64-bit number and need not be unique among
+flows.
+.
+.PP
 The \fBadd-flow\fR, \fBadd-flows\fR, and \fBdel-flows\fR commands
 support an additional optional field:
 .