A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches
on the local machine.
.PP
-The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
-\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
-should be retrieved. It takes one of the following forms:
+The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument normally takes the form
+\fBunix:\fIfile\fR, where \fIfile\fR is the name of a Unix domain
+socket on which \fBovsdb-server\fR is listening. However, all of the
+following forms are accepted:
.so ovsdb/remote-active.man
+.so ovsdb/remote-passive.man
.PP
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR retrieves its configuration from \fIdatabase\fR at
startup. It sets up Open vSwitch datapaths and then operates
exist. This option should only be used if such legacy software is
actually in use. It requires the \fBbrcompat_mod.ko\fR kernel module
to be loaded.
+.IP
+On non-Linux hosts, this option is accepted but has no effect.
.
.so lib/daemon.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR process. The currently supported commands are
described below. The command descriptions assume an understanding of
how to configure Open vSwitch.
+.SS "GENERAL COMMANDS"
+.IP "\fBexit\fR"
+Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to gracefully terminate.
.SS "BRIDGE COMMANDS"
These commands manage bridges.
.IP "\fBfdb/show\fR \fIbridge\fR"
Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR,
along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry,
in seconds.
+.IP "\fBbridge/reconnect\fR [\fIbridge\fR]"
+Makes \fIbridge\fR drop all of its OpenFlow controller connections and
+reconnect. If \fIbridge\fR is not specified, then all bridges drop
+their controller connections and reconnect.
+.IP
+This command might be useful for debugging OpenFlow controller issues.
.
.IP "\fBbridge/dump-flows\fR \fIbridge\fR"
Lists all flows in \fIbridge\fR, including those normally hidden to