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.TH ovs\-vsctl 8 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-vsctl
not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to
delete a port that does not exist has no effect.
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+.IP "[\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR] \fB\-\-with\-iface del\-port \fR[\fIbridge\fR] \fIiface\fR"
+Deletes the port named \fIiface\fR or that has an interface named
+\fIiface\fR. If \fIbridge\fR is omitted, the port is removed from
+whatever bridge contains it; if \fIbridge\fR is specified, it must be
+the real or fake bridge that contains the port.
+.IP
+Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to delete the port for an
+interface that does not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR,
+attempting to delete the port for an interface that does not exist has
+no effect.
+.
.IP "\fBport\-to\-br \fIport\fR"
Prints the name of the bridge that contains \fIport\fR on standard
output.
.RE
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.ST "Controller Failure Settings"
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+.PP
When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible for
setting up all flows on the switch. Thus, if the connection to
the controller fails, no new network connections can be set up. If
below.
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.ST "CA Certificate Bootstrap"
+.PP
Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must exist
when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR starts. However, if the \fB\-\-bootstrap\fR
option is given, then \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR will attempt to obtain the
to identify the \fBNetFlow\fR table.
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.ST "Database Values"
+.PP
Each column in the database accepts a fixed type of data. The
currently defined basic types, and their representations, are:
.IP "integer"
as well.
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.ST "Database Command Syntax"
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.IP "\fBlist \fItable \fR[\fIrecord\fR]..."
List the values of all columns of each specified \fIrecord\fR. If no
records are specified, lists all the records in \fItable\fR.