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 What is Open vSwitch?
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-Open vSwitch is a versatile software-based Ethernet switch with the 
-following features:
-
-	* NIC bonding with automatic fail-over and source MAC-based TX
-	  load balancing ("SLB").
-
-	* 802.1Q VLAN support.
-
-	* Port mirroring, with optional VLAN tagging.
-
-	* NetFlow v5 flow logging.
-
-	* Connectivity to an external OpenFlow controller, such as NOX.
+Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open
+source Apache 2 license.  Our goal is to implement a production
+quality switch platform that supports standard management interfaces
+(e.g. NetFlow, RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the forwarding
+functions to programmatic extension and control.
+
+Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM
+environments.  In addition to exposing standard control and visibility
+interfaces to the virtual networking layer, it was designed to support
+distribution across multiple physical servers.  Open vSwitch supports
+multiple Linux-based virtualization technologies including
+Xen/XenServer, KVM, and VirtualBox.
+
+The bulk of the code is written in platform-independent C and is
+easily ported to other environments.  The current release of Open
+vSwitch supports the following features:
+
+    * Visibility into inter-VM communication via NetFlow, SPAN, and RSPAN
+    * Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunking
+    * Per VM policing
+    * NIC bonding with source-MAC load balancing
+    * Kernel-based forwarding
+    * Support for OpenFlow
+    * Compatibility layer for the Linux bridging code
 
 Open vSwitch supports Linux 2.6.15 and up, with testing focused on
 2.6.18 with Centos and Xen patches and version 2.6.26 from kernel.org.