X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-vswitchd.8.in;h=fafc3fe8b681ad7a9592333b8d6ded49035db285;hb=66aeba23bd8effd71e0a3cf9c0cab75f3d75f6f1;hp=5c8d6c77213b87593f29970f96b1993a6748b27e;hpb=cdd35cff225bf39767ea9e2e535cf2940b0e5127;p=openvswitch diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 5c8d6c77..fafc3fe8 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ . ns . IP "\\$1" .. -.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "March 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" +.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "June 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" .ds PN ovs\-vswitchd . .SH NAME -ovs\-vswitchd \- virtual switch daemon +ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon . .SH SYNOPSIS .B ovs\-vswitchd \fIconfig\fR . .SH DESCRIPTION -A daemon that manages and controls any number of virtual switches on -the local machine. +A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches +on the local machine. .PP The mandatory \fIconfig\fR argument specifies a configuration file. For a description of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR configuration syntax, see @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ operates switching across each bridge described in its configuration files. If a logfile was specified on the command line it will also be opened or reopened. .PP -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR virtual switches may be configured with any of the -following features: +\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR switches may be configured with any of the following +features: . .IP \(bu L2 switching with MAC learning. @@ -48,11 +48,14 @@ Port mirroring, with optional VLAN tagging. NetFlow v5 flow logging. . .IP \(bu +sFlow(R) monitoring. +. +.IP \(bu Connectivity to an external OpenFlow controller, such as NOX. . .PP Only a single instance of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is intended to run at a time. -A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of virtual switches, up +A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of switch instances, up to the maximum number of supported Open vSwitch datapaths. .PP \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of Open vSwitch datapaths @@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ to modify datapaths when \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is running can interfere with its operation. (\fBovs\-dpctl\fR may still be useful for diagnostics.) .PP An Open vSwitch datapath kernel module must be loaded for \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR -to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL\fR file included in the +to be useful. Please refer to the \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR file included in the Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load the Open vSwitch kernel module. .PP @@ -148,10 +151,12 @@ updelay (or downdelay). .IP This setting is not permanent: it persists only until the carrier status of \fIslave\fR changes. +.IP "\fBbond/hash\fR \fImac\fR" +Returns the hash value which would be used for \fImac\fR. . .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ovs\-appctl (8), .BR ovs\-vswitchd.conf (5), .BR ovs\-brcompatd (8), -\fBINSTALL\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution. +\fBINSTALL.Linux\fR in the Open vSwitch distribution.