X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=5b8099890682be2a9e8f14a919b76d8be96052da;hb=afa3a93165f1f576d03cbf9fc1a2f8ddc2a64d01;hp=dd85be52146f8b62a7fd234f8b749f3ec107903d;hpb=72b0630028e94a24d92a7c14cd7bce96a252a3f5;p=openvswitch diff --git a/README b/README index dd85be52..5b809989 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ What is Open vSwitch? 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, sFlow, RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the +(e.g. NetFlow, sFlow(R), 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 @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ The main components of this distribution are: * ovs-vswitchd, a daemon that implements the switch, along with a companion Linux kernel module for flow-based switching. + * ovsdb-server, a lightweight database server that ovs-vswitchd + queries to obtain its configuration. + * ovs-brcompatd, a daemon that allows ovs-vswitchd to act as a drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge in many environments, along with a companion Linux kernel module to intercept bridge