Configuration options whose interpretation varies based on
<ref column="type"/>.
</column>
+ </group>
+
+ <group title="Interface Status">
+ <p>
+ Status information about interfaces attached to bridges, updated every
+ 5 seconds. Not all interfaces have all of these properties; virtual
+ interfaces don't have a link speed, for example. Non-applicable
+ columns will have empty values.
+ </p>
+ <column name="admin_state">
+ <p>
+ The administrative state of the physical network link.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="link_state">
+ <p>
+ The observed state of the physical network link;
+ i.e. whether a carrier is detected by the interface.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="link_speed">
+ <p>
+ The negotiated speed of the physical network link.
+ Valid values are positive integers greater than 0.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="duplex">
+ <p>
+ The duplex mode of the physical network link.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="mtu">
+ <p>
+ The MTU (maximum transmission unit); i.e. the largest
+ amount of data that can fit into a single Ethernet frame.
+ The standard Ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes. Some physical media
+ and many kinds of virtual interfaces can be configured with
+ higher MTUs.
+ </p>
+ </column>
<column name="status">
<p>
Key-value pairs that report port status. Supported status
- values are <code>type</code>-dependent.
+ values are <code>type</code>-dependent; some interfaces may not have
+ a valid <code>driver_name</code>, for example.
</p>
<p>The currently defined key-value pairs are:</p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>driver_name</code></dt>
+ <dd>The name of the device driver controlling the network
+ adapter.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>driver_version</code></dt>
+ <dd>The version string of the device driver controlling the
+ network adapter.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>firmware_version</code></dt>
+ <dd>The version string of the network adapter's firmware, if
+ available.</dd>
+ </dl>
<dl>
<dt><code>source_ip</code></dt>
<dd>The source IP address used for an IPv4 tunnel end-point,
- such as <code>gre</code> or <code>capwap</code>. Not
- supported by all implementations.</dd>
+ such as <code>gre</code> or <code>capwap</code>.</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt><code>tunnel_egress_iface</code></dt>
traffic destined for the configured <code>remote_ip</code>.
This could be an internal interface such as a bridge port.</dd>
</dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>tunnel_egress_iface_carrier</code></dt>
+ <dd>Whether a carrier is detected on <ref
+ column="tunnel_egress_iface"/>. Valid values are <code>down</code>
+ and <code>up</code>.</dd>
+ </dl>
</column>
</group>
unique. No common key-value pairs are currently defined.
</column>
</group>
+
+ <group title="Controller Status">
+ <column name="is_connected">
+ <code>true</code> if currently connected to this controller,
+ <code>false</code> otherwise.
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="role">
+ <p>The level of authority this controller has on the associated
+ bridge. Possible values are:</p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>other</code></dt>
+ <dd>Allows the controller access to all OpenFlow features.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>master</code></dt>
+ <dd>Equivalent to <code>other</code>, except that there may be at
+ most one master controller at a time. When a controller configures
+ itself as <code>master</code>, any existing master is demoted to
+ the <code>slave</code>role.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>slave</code></dt>
+ <dd>Allows the controller read-only access to OpenFlow features.
+ Attempts to modify the flow table will be rejected with an
+ error. Slave controllers do not receive OFPT_PACKET_IN or
+ OFPT_FLOW_REMOVED messages, but they do receive OFPT_PORT_STATUS
+ messages.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="status">
+ <p>Key-value pairs that report controller status.</p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>last_error</code></dt>
+ <dd>A human-readable description of the last error on the connection
+ to the controller; i.e. <code>strerror(errno)</code>. This key
+ will exist only if an error has occurred.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>state</code></dt>
+ <dd>The state of the connection to the controller. Possible values
+ are: <code>VOID</code>, <code>BACKOFF</code>,
+ <code>CONNECTING</code>, <code>ACTIVE</code>, and
+ <code>IDLE</code>.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>time_in_state</code></dt>
+ <dd>Seconds since connecting to (if currently connected) or
+ disconnecting from (if currently disconnected) this
+ controller.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </column>
+ </group>
</table>
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