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diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 74ac2779..2edb35e0 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
         Set of bridges managed by the daemon.
       </column>
 
-      <column name="managers">
-        Remote database clients to which the Open vSwitch's database server
-        should connect or to which it should listen.
-      </column>
-
       <column name="ssl">
         SSL used globally by the daemon.
       </column>
@@ -205,6 +200,42 @@
         </dl>
       </column>
     </group>
+
+    <group title="Database Configuration">
+      <p>
+        These columns primarily configure the Open vSwitch database
+        (<code>ovsdb-server</code>), not the Open vSwitch switch
+        (<code>ovs-vswitchd</code>).  The OVSDB database also uses the <ref
+        column="ssl"/> settings.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        The Open vSwitch switch does read the database configuration to
+        determine remote IP addresses to which in-band control should apply.
+      </p>
+
+      <column name="manager_options">
+        Database clients to which the Open vSwitch database server should
+        connect or to which it should listen, along with options for how these
+        connection should be configured.  See the <ref table="Manager"/> table
+        for more information.
+      </column>
+
+      <column name="managers">
+        <p>
+          Remote database clients to which the Open vSwitch's database server
+          should connect or to which it should listen.  Adding an OVSDB target
+          to this set is equivalent to adding it to <ref
+          column="manager_options"/> with all of the default options.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+          Use of this column is deprecated and may be removed sometime in the
+          future.  New applications should use and set <ref
+          column="manager_options"/> instead.
+        </p>
+      </column>
+    </group>
   </table>
 
   <table name="Bridge">
@@ -329,7 +360,7 @@
           <dt><code>datapath-id</code></dt>
           <dd>Exactly 16 hex
             digits to set the OpenFlow datapath ID to a specific
-            value.</dd>
+            value.  May not be all-zero.</dd>
           <dt><code>disable-in-band</code></dt>
           <dd>If set to <code>true</code>, disable in-band control on 
             the bridge regardless of controller and manager settings.</dd>
@@ -542,7 +573,7 @@
         <p>Open vSwitch populates this column when the port number becomes
           known.  If the interface is successfully added,
           <ref column="ofport"/> will be set to a number between 1 and 65535
-          (generally either in the range 1 to 65280, exclusive, or 65534, the
+          (generally either in the range 1 to 65279, inclusive, or 65534, the
           port number for the OpenFlow ``local port'').  If the interface
           cannot be added then Open vSwitch sets this column
           to -1.</p>
@@ -997,6 +1028,14 @@
           for information on how this classifier works and how to configure it.
         </dd>
       </dl>
+      <dl>
+        <dt><code>linux-hfsc</code></dt>
+        <dd>
+          Linux "Hierarchical Fair Service Curve" classifier.
+          See <code>http://linux-ip.net/articles/hfsc.en/</code> for
+          information on how this classifier works.
+        </dd>
+      </dl>
     </column>
 
     <column name="queues">
@@ -1011,8 +1050,8 @@
     <column name="other_config">
       <p>Key-value pairs for configuring QoS features that depend on
         <ref column="type"/>.</p>
-      <p>The <code>linux-htb</code> class supports the following key-value
-        pairs:</p>
+      <p>The <code>linux-htb</code> and <code>linux-hfsc</code> classes support
+          the following key-value pairs:</p>
       <dl>
         <dt><code>max-rate</code></dt>
         <dd>Maximum rate shared by all queued traffic, in bit/s.
@@ -1071,6 +1110,17 @@
           a queue with a larger value receives any.  Specific priority
           values are unimportant; only relative ordering matters.</dd>
       </dl>
+      <p>The key-value pairs defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS"
+        column="type"/> of <code>linux-hfsc</code> are:</p>
+      <dl>
+        <dt><code>min-rate</code></dt>
+        <dd>Minimum guaranteed bandwidth, in bit/s.  Required.</dd>
+        <dt><code>max-rate</code></dt>
+        <dd>Maximum allowed bandwidth, in bit/s.  Optional.  If specified, the
+          queue's rate will not be allowed to exceed the specified value, even
+          if excess bandwidth is available.  If unspecified, defaults to no
+          limit.</dd>
+      </dl>
     </column>
 
     <column name="external_ids">
@@ -1451,6 +1501,145 @@
     </group>
   </table>
 
+  <table name="Manager" title="OVSDB management connection.">
+    <p>
+      Configuration for a database connection to an Open vSwitch database
+      (OVSDB) client.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      This table primarily configures the Open vSwitch database
+      (<code>ovsdb-server</code>), not the Open vSwitch switch
+      (<code>ovs-vswitchd</code>).  The switch does read the table to determine
+      what connections should be treated as in-band.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      The Open vSwitch database server can initiate and maintain active
+      connections to remote clients.  It can also listen for database
+      connections.
+    </p>
+
+    <group title="Core Features">
+      <column name="target">
+        <p>Connection method for managers.</p>
+        <p>
+          The following connection methods are currently supported:
+        </p>
+        <dl>
+          <dt><code>ssl:<var>ip</var></code>[<code>:<var>port</var></code>]</dt>
+          <dd>
+            <p>
+              The specified SSL <var>port</var> (default: 6632) on the host at
+              the given <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an IP address
+              (not a DNS name).  The <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="ssl"/>
+              column in the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table must point to a
+              valid SSL configuration when this form is used.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              SSL support is an optional feature that is not always built as
+              part of Open vSwitch.
+            </p>
+          </dd>
+
+          <dt><code>tcp:<var>ip</var></code>[<code>:<var>port</var></code>]</dt>
+          <dd>
+            The specified TCP <var>port</var> (default: 6632) on the host at
+            the given <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an IP address
+            (not a DNS name).
+          </dd>
+          <dt><code>pssl:</code>[<var>port</var>][<code>:<var>ip</var></code>]</dt>
+          <dd>
+            <p>
+              Listens for SSL connections on the specified TCP <var>port</var>
+              (default: 6632).  If <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an
+              IP address (not a DNS name), is specified, then connections are
+              restricted to the specified local IP address.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              The <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="ssl"/> column in the <ref
+              table="Open_vSwitch"/> table must point to a valid SSL
+              configuration when this form is used.
+            </p>
+            <p>
+              SSL support is an optional feature that is not always built as
+              part of Open vSwitch.
+            </p>
+          </dd>
+          <dt><code>ptcp:</code>[<var>port</var>][<code>:<var>ip</var></code>]</dt>
+          <dd>
+            Listens for connections on the specified TCP <var>port</var>
+            (default: 6632).  If <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an
+            IP address (not a DNS name), is specified, then connections are
+            restricted to the specified local IP address.
+          </dd>
+        </dl>
+        <p>When multiple managers are configured, the <ref column="target"/>
+        values must be unique.  Duplicate <ref column="target"/> values yield
+        unspecified results.</p>
+      </column>
+
+      <column name="connection_mode">
+        <p>
+          If it is specified, this setting must be one of the following strings
+          that describes how Open vSwitch contacts this OVSDB client over the
+          network:
+        </p>
+        
+        <dl>
+          <dt><code>in-band</code></dt>
+          <dd>
+            In this mode, this connection's traffic travels over a bridge
+            managed by Open vSwitch.  With this setting, Open vSwitch allows
+            traffic to and from the client regardless of the contents of the
+            OpenFlow flow table.  (Otherwise, Open vSwitch would never be able
+            to connect to the client, because it did not have a flow to enable
+            it.)  This is the most common connection mode because it is not
+            necessary to maintain two independent networks.
+          </dd>
+          <dt><code>out-of-band</code></dt>
+          <dd>
+            In this mode, the client's traffic uses a control network separate
+            from that managed by Open vSwitch, that is, Open vSwitch does not
+            use any of its own network devices to communicate with the client.
+            The control network must be configured separately, before or after
+            <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> is started.
+          </dd>
+        </dl>
+
+        <p>
+          If not specified, the default is implementation-specific.
+        </p>
+      </column>
+    </group>
+
+    <group title="Client Failure Detection and Handling">
+      <column name="max_backoff">
+        Maximum number of milliseconds to wait between connection attempts.
+        Default is implementation-specific.
+      </column>
+
+      <column name="inactivity_probe">
+        Maximum number of milliseconds of idle time on connection to the client
+        before sending an inactivity probe message.  If Open vSwitch does not
+        communicate with the client for the specified number of seconds, it
+        will send a probe.  If a response is not received for the same
+        additional amount of time, Open vSwitch assumes the connection has been
+        broken and attempts to reconnect.  Default is implementation-specific.
+      </column>
+    </group>
+
+    <group title="Other Features">
+      <column name="external_ids">
+        Key-value pairs for use by external frameworks that integrate with Open
+        vSwitch, rather than by Open vSwitch itself.  System integrators should
+        either use the Open vSwitch development mailing list to coordinate on
+        common key-value definitions, or choose key names that are likely to be
+        unique.  No common key-value pairs are currently defined.
+      </column>
+    </group>
+  </table>
+
   <table name="NetFlow">
     A NetFlow target.  NetFlow is a protocol that exports a number of
     details about terminating IP flows, such as the principals involved