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| author | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2011-10-12 11:09:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2011-10-12 14:58:52 -0700 |
| commit | c0de82d9fc7b8b80b806577650c1bb09f051c605 (patch) | |
| tree | 75ab9cc26e780624ae8af1676697e11d386c4ef1 /utilities | |
| parent | 070723f9fe70adf623acb519e249babfa7f40804 (diff) | |
ovs-vsctl: Update man page description of controller support.
ovs-vswitchd supports passive OpenFlow connections, but that was not
indicated in the documentation. Add that information as well as a
description of Primary (active) and Service (passive) control
connections.
Diffstat (limited to 'utilities')
| -rw-r--r-- | utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in index 3e9192c2..ef862df1 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in @@ -324,8 +324,13 @@ output. .SS "OpenFlow Controller Connectivity" . \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can perform all configured bridging and switching -locally, or it can be configured to connect a given bridge to one or -more external OpenFlow controllers, such as NOX. +locally, or it can be configured to communicate with one or more +external OpenFlow controllers. The switch is typically configured to +connect to a primary controller that takes charge of the bridge's flow +table to implement a network policy. In addition, the switch can be +configured to listen to connections from service controllers. Service +controllers are typically used for occasional support and maintenance, +e.g. with \fBovs\-ofctl\fR. . .IP "\fBget\-controller\fR \fIbridge\fR" Prints the configured controller target. @@ -339,6 +344,7 @@ use any of the following forms: . .RS .so lib/vconn-active.man +.so lib/vconn-passive.man .RE . .ST "Controller Failure Settings" |