lines are printed as \fB\\n\fR, and any instances of \fB\\\fR that
would otherwise appear in the output are doubled.
Prints a blank line for each command that has no output.
+This option does not affect the formatting of output from the
+\fBlist\fR or \fBfind\fR commands; see \fBTable Formatting Options\fR
+below.
.
.IP "\fB\-\-dry\-run\fR"
Prevents \fBovs\-vsctl\fR from actually modifying the database.
would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if
the system is overloaded.)
.
+.SS "Table Formatting Options"
+These options control the format of output from the \fBlist\fR and
+\fBfind\fR commands.
+.so lib/table.man
+.
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
.so lib/ssl.man
.so lib/ssl-bootstrap.man
.IP "\fBemer\-reset\fR"
Reset the configuration into a clean state. It deconfigures OpenFlow
controllers, OVSDB servers, and SSL, and deletes port mirroring,
-NetFlow, and sFlow configuration. This command also removes all
-\fBother\-config\fR keys from all database records, except that
-\fBother\-config:hwaddr\fR is preserved if it is present in a Bridge
-record. Other networking configuration is left as-is.
+\fBfail_mode\fR, NetFlow, and sFlow configuration. This command also
+removes all \fBother\-config\fR keys from all database records, except
+that \fBother\-config:hwaddr\fR is preserved if it is present in a
+Bridge record. Other networking configuration is left as-is.
.
.SS "Bridge Commands"
These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch bridges.
.IP "\fBset\-fail\-mode\fR \fIbridge\fR \fBstandalone\fR|\fBsecure\fR"
Sets the configured failure mode.
.
+.SS "Manager Connectivity"
+.
+These commands manipulate the \fBmanagers\fR and \fBmanager_options\fR columns
+in the \fBOpen_vSwitch\fR table and rows in the \fBManagers\fR table. When
+\fBovsdb\-server\fR is configured to use those rows and columns for OVSDB
+connections, as described in \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR and in the startup scripts
+provided with Open vSwitch, this allows the administrator to use
+\fBovs\-vsctl\fR to configure database connections.
+.
+.IP "\fBget\-manager\fR"
+Prints the configured manager(s).
+.
+.IP "\fBdel\-manager\fR"
+Deletes the configured manager(s).
+.
+.IP "\fBset\-manager\fR \fItarget\fR\&..."
+Sets the configured manager target or targets. Each \fItarget\fR may
+use any of the following forms:
+.
+.RS
+.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
+.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
+.RE
+.
.SS "SSL Configuration"
When \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is configured to connect over SSL for management or
controller connectivity, the following parameters are required:
.IP "\fBController\fR"
Configuration for an OpenFlow controller. A controller attached to a
particular bridge may be identified by the bridge's name.
+.IP "\fBManager\fR"
+Configuration for an OVSDB connection. Records may be identified
+by target (e.g. \fBtcp:1.2.3.4\fR).
.IP "\fBNetFlow\fR"
A NetFlow configuration attached to a bridge. Records may be
identified by bridge name.
.IP "\fBsFlow\fR"
An sFlow configuration attached to a bridge. Records may be
identified by bridge name.
+.IP "\fBMonitor\fR"
+Connectivity Monitoring attached to an interface. Records may be
+identified by interface name.
+.IP "\fBMaintenance_Point\fR"
+Maintenance Point managed by a Monitor.
.PP
Record names must be specified in full and with correct
capitalization. Names of tables and columns are not case-sensitive,
as well.
.
.ST "Database Command Syntax"
-.IP "\fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
-List the values of all columns of each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
+.IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
+Lists the data in each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
records are specified, lists all the records in \fItable\fR.
.IP
+If \fB\-\-columns\fR is specified, only the requested columns are
+listed, in the specified order. Otherwise, all columns are listed, in
+alphabetical order by column name.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-columns=\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...] \fBfind \fItable \fR[\fIcolumn\fR[\fB:\fIkey\fR]\fB=\fIvalue\fR]..."
+Lists the data in each record in \fItable\fR whose \fIcolumn\fR equals
+\fIvalue\fR or, if \fIkey\fR is specified, whose \fIcolumn\fR contains
+a \fIkey\fR with the specified \fIvalue\fR. Any of the operators
+\fB!=\fR, \fB<\fR, \fB>\fR, \fB<=\fR, or \fB>=\fR may be substituted
+for \fB=\fR to test for inequality, less than, greater than, less than
+or equal to, or greater than or equal to, respectively. (Don't forget
+to escape \fB<\fR or \fB>\fR from interpretation by the shell.)
+.IP
+If \fB\-\-columns\fR is specified, only the requested columns are
+listed, in the specified order. Otherwise all columns are listed, in
+alphabetical order by column name.
+.IP
The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
invocation will be wrong.
.
to a new \fBQueue\fR record:
.IP
.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- set port eth0 qos=@newqos \-\- \-\-id=@newqos create qos type=linux\-htb other\-config:max\-rate=1000000 queues:0=@newqueue \-\- \-\-id=@newqueue create queue other\-config:min\-rate=1000000 other\-config:max\-rate=1000000"
+.SH "CONFIGURATION COOKBOOK"
+.SS "Port Configuration"
+.PP
+Add an ``internal port'' \fBvlan10\fR to bridge \fBbr0\fR as a VLAN
+access port for VLAN 10, and configure it with an IP address:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl add\-port br0 vlan10 tag=10 \-\- set Interface vlan10 type=internal"
+.IP
+.B "ifconfig vlan10 192.168.0.123"
.
+.SS "Port Mirroring"
+.PP
+Mirror all packets received or sent on \fBeth0\fR or \fBeth1\fR onto
+\fBeth2\fR, assuming that all of those ports exist on bridge \fBbr0\fR
+(as a side-effect this causes any packets received on \fBeth2\fR to be
+ignored):
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- set Bridge br0 mirrors=@m \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@eth0 get Port eth0 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@eth1 get Port eth1 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@eth2 get Port eth2 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@m create Mirror name=mymirror select-dst-port=@eth0,@eth1 select-src-port=@eth0,@eth1 output-port=@eth2"
+.PP
+Remove the mirror created above from \fBbr0\fR and destroy the Mirror
+record (to avoid having an unreferenced record in the database):
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl destroy Mirror mymirror \-\- clear Bridge br0 mirrors"
+.SS "Quality of Service (QoS)"
+.PP
+Create a \fBlinux\-htb\fR QoS record that points to a few queues and
+use it on \fBeth0\fR and \fBeth1\fR:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- set Port eth0 qos=@newqos \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- set Port eth1 qos=@newqos \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@newqos create QoS type=linux\-htb other\-config:max\-rate=1000000000 queues=0=@q0,1=@q1 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@q0 create Queue other\-config:min\-rate=100000000 other\-config:max\-rate=100000000 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@q1 create Queue other\-config:min\-rate=500000000"
+.PP
+Deconfigure the QoS record above from \fBeth1\fR only:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl clear Port eth1 qos"
+.PP
+To deconfigure the QoS record from both \fBeth0\fR and \fBeth1\fR and
+then delete the QoS record:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- destroy QoS eth0 \-\- clear Port eth0 qos \-\- clear Port eth1 qos"
+.PP
+(This command will leave two unreferenced Queue records in the
+database. To delete them, use "\fBovs\-vsctl list Queue\fR" to find
+their UUIDs, then "\fBovs\-vsctl destroy Queue \fIuuid1\fR
+\fIuuid2\fR" to destroy each of them.)
+.SS "Connectivity Monitoring"
+.PP
+Create a Monitor which manages a couple of remote Maintenance Points on eth0.
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- set Interface eth0 Monitor=@newmon \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@newmon create Monitor mpid=1 remote_mps=@mp2,@mp3 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@mp2 create Maintenance_Point mpid=2 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@mp3 create Maintenance_Point mpid=3"
+.PP
+Deconfigure the Monitor record from above:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl clear Interface eth0 Monitor"
+.SS "NetFlow"
+.PP
+Configure bridge \fBbr0\fR to send NetFlow records to UDP port 5566 on
+host 192.168.0.34, with an active timeout of 30 seconds:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- set Bridge br0 netflow=@nf \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- \-\-id=@nf create NetFlow targets=\(rs\(dq192.168.0.34:5566\(rs\(dq active\-timeout=30"
+.PP
+Update the NetFlow configuration created by the previous command to
+instead use an active timeout of 60 seconds:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl set NetFlow br0 active_timeout=60"
+.PP
+Deconfigure the NetFlow settings from \fBbr0\fR and delete the NetFlow
+record (to avoid having an unreferenced record in the database):
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl destroy NetFlow br0 \-\- clear Bridge br0 netflow"
+.SS "sFlow"
+.PP
+Configure bridge \fBbr0\fR to send sFlow records to a collector on
+10.0.0.1 at port 6343, using \fBeth1\fR\'s IP address as the source,
+with specific sampling parameters:
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- \-\-id=@s create sFlow agent=eth1 target=\(rs\(dq10.0.0.1:6343\(rs\(dq header=128 sampling=64 polling=10 \(rs"
+.IP
+.B "\-\- set Bridge br0 sflow=@s"
+.PP
+Deconfigure sFlow from br0 and destroy the sFlow record (to avoid
+having an unreferenced record in the database):
+.IP
+.B "ovs\-vsctl \-\- destroy sFlow br0 \-\- clear Bridge br0 sflow"
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.IP "0"
Successful program execution.