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ovs-vsctl(8)                 Open vSwitch Manual                ovs-vsctl(8)

NAME         top

       ovs-vsctl - utility for querying and configuring ovs-vswitchd

SYNOPSIS         top

       ovs-vsctl [options] -- [options] command [args] [-- [options] command
       [args]]...

DESCRIPTION         top

       The ovs-vsctl program configures ovs-vswitchd(8) by providing a
       high-level interface to its configuration database.  See
       ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for comprehensive documentation of the
       database schema.

       ovs-vsctl connects to an ovsdb-server process that maintains an Open
       vSwitch configuration database.  Using this connection, it queries
       and possibly applies changes to the database, depending on the
       supplied commands.  Then, if it applied any changes, by default it
       waits until ovs-vswitchd has finished reconfiguring itself before it
       exits.  (If you use ovs-vsctl when ovs-vswitchd is not running, use
       --no-wait.)

       ovs-vsctl can perform any number of commands in a single run,
       implemented as a single atomic transaction against the database.

       The ovs-vsctl command line begins with global options (see OPTIONS
       below for details).  The global options are followed by one or more
       commands.  Each command should begin with -- by itself as a command-
       line argument, to separate it from the following commands.  (The --
       before the first command is optional.)  The command itself starts
       with command-specific options, if any, followed by the command name
       and any arguments.  See EXAMPLES below for syntax examples.

   Linux VLAN Bridging Compatibility
       The ovs-vsctl program supports the model of a bridge implemented by
       Open vSwitch, in which a single bridge supports ports on multiple
       VLANs.  In this model, each port on a bridge is either a trunk port
       that potentially passes packets tagged with 802.1Q headers that
       designate VLANs or it is assigned a single implicit VLAN that is
       never tagged with an 802.1Q header.

       For compatibility with software designed for the Linux bridge,
       ovs-vsctl also supports a model in which traffic associated with a
       given 802.1Q VLAN is segregated into a separate bridge.  A special
       form of the add-br command (see below) creates a ``fake bridge''
       within an Open vSwitch bridge to simulate this behavior.  When such a
       ``fake bridge'' is active, ovs-vsctl will treat it much like a bridge
       separate from its ``parent bridge,'' but the actual implementation in
       Open vSwitch uses only a single bridge, with ports on the fake bridge
       assigned the implicit VLAN of the fake bridge of which they are
       members.  (A fake bridge for VLAN 0 receives packets that have no
       802.1Q tag or a tag with VLAN 0.)

OPTIONS         top

       The following options affect the behavior ovs-vsctl as a whole.  Some
       individual commands also accept their own options, which are given
       just before the command name.  If the first command on the command
       line has options, then those options must be separated from the
       global options by --.

       --db=server
              Sets server as the database server that ovs-vsctl contacts to
              query or modify configuration.  The default is
              unix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock.  server must take
              one of the following forms:

              ssl:ip:port
              tcp:ip:port
                     The given SSL or plain TCP port on the host at the
                     given ip, which must be expressed as an IP address (not
                     a DNS name) in IPv4 or IPv6 address format.  If ip is
                     an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with square brackets,
                     e.g.: ssl:[::1]:6640.  On Linux, use %device to
                     designate a scope for IPv6 link-level addresses, e.g.
                     ssl:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653.  For ssl, the
                     --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options are
                     mandatory.

              unix:file
                     On POSIX, connect to the Unix domain server socket
                     named file.

                     On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
                     represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
                     the behavior of a Unix domain socket.

              pssl:port[:ip]
              ptcp:port[:ip]
                     Listen on the given SSL or TCP port for a connection.
                     By default, connections are not bound to a particular
                     local IP address and it listens only on IPv4 (but not
                     IPv6) addresses, but specifying ip limits connections
                     to those from the given ip, either IPv4 or IPv6
                     address.  If ip is an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with
                     square brackets, e.g.: pssl:6640:[::1].  On Linux, use
                     %device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
                     addresses, e.g. pssl:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0].  For pssl,
                     the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
                     are mandatory.

              punix:file
                     On POSIX, listen on the Unix domain server socket named
                     file for a connection.

                     On Windows, listen on a local named pipe.  A file is
                     created in the path file to mimic the behavior of a
                     Unix domain socket.

       --no-wait
              Prevents ovs-vsctl from waiting for ovs-vswitchd to
              reconfigure itself according to the modified database.  This
              option should be used if ovs-vswitchd is not running;
              otherwise, ovs-vsctl will not exit until ovs-vswitchd starts.

              This option has no effect if the commands specified do not
              change the database.

       --no-syslog
              By default, ovs-vsctl logs its arguments and the details of
              any changes that it makes to the system log.  This option
              disables this logging.

              This option is equivalent to --verbose=vsctl:syslog:warn.

       --oneline
              Modifies the output format so that the output for each command
              is printed on a single line.  New-line characters that would
              otherwise separate lines are printed as \n, and any instances
              of \ that would otherwise appear in the output are doubled.
              Prints a blank line for each command that has no output.  This
              option does not affect the formatting of output from the list
              or find commands; see Table Formatting Options below.

       --dry-run
              Prevents ovs-vsctl from actually modifying the database.

       -t secs
       --timeout=secs
              By default, or with a secs of 0, ovs-vsctl waits forever for a
              response from the database.  This option limits runtime to
              approximately secs seconds.  If the timeout expires, ovs-vsctl
              will exit with a SIGALRM signal.  (A timeout would normally
              happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if the
              system is overloaded.)

       --retry
              Without this option, if ovs-vsctl connects outward to the
              database server (the default) then ovs-vsctl will try to
              connect once and exit with an error if the connection fails
              (which usually means that ovsdb-server is not running).

              With this option, or if --db specifies that ovs-vsctl should
              listen for an incoming connection from the database server,
              then ovs-vsctl will wait for a connection to the database
              forever.

              Regardless of this setting, --timeout always limits how long
              ovs-vsctl will wait.

   Table Formatting Options
       These options control the format of output from the list and find
       commands.

       -f format
       --format=format
              Sets the type of table formatting.  The following types of
              format are available:

              table  2-D text tables with aligned columns.

              list (default)
                     A list with one column per line and rows separated by a
                     blank line.

              html   HTML tables.

              csv    Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.

              json   JSON format as defined in RFC 4627.  The output is a
                     sequence of JSON objects, each of which corresponds to
                     one table.  Each JSON object has the following members
                     with the noted values:

                     caption
                            The table's caption.  This member is omitted if
                            the table has no caption.

                     headings
                            An array with one element per table column.
                            Each array element is a string giving the
                            corresponding column's heading.

                     data   An array with one element per table row.  Each
                            element is also an array with one element per
                            table column.  The elements of this second-level
                            array are the cells that constitute the table.
                            Cells that represent OVSDB data or data types
                            are expressed in the format described in the
                            OVSDB specification; other cells are simply
                            expressed as text strings.

       -d format
       --data=format
              Sets the formatting for cells within output tables unless the
              table format is set to json, in which case json formatting is
              always used when formatting cells.  The following types of
              format are available:

              string (default)
                     The simple format described in the Database Values
                     section below.

              bare   The simple format with punctuation stripped off: [] and
                     {} are omitted around sets, maps, and empty columns,
                     items within sets and maps are space-separated, and
                     strings are never quoted.  This format may be easier
                     for scripts to parse.

              json   The RFC 4627 JSON format as described above.

       --no-headings
              This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears
              in the first row of table output.

       --pretty
              By default, JSON in output is printed as compactly as
              possible.  This option causes JSON in output to be printed in
              a more readable fashion.  Members of objects and elements of
              arrays are printed one per line, with indentation.

              This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is always
              printed compactly.

       --bare Equivalent to --format=list --data=bare --no-headings.

   Public Key Infrastructure Options
       -p privkey.pem
       --private-key=privkey.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as
              ovs-vsctl's identity for outgoing SSL connections.

       -c cert.pem
       --certificate=cert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate that certifies
              the private key specified on -p or --private-key to be
              trustworthy.  The certificate must be signed by the
              certificate authority (CA) that the peer in SSL connections
              will use to verify it.

       -C cacert.pem
       --ca-cert=cacert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate that
              ovs-vsctl should use to verify certificates presented to it by
              SSL peers.  (This may be the same certificate that SSL peers
              use to verify the certificate specified on -c or
              --certificate, or it may be a different one, depending on the
              PKI design in use.)

       -C none
       --ca-cert=none
              Disables verification of certificates presented by SSL peers.
              This introduces a security risk, because it means that
              certificates cannot be verified to be those of known trusted
              hosts.

       --bootstrap-ca-cert=cacert.pem
              When cacert.pem exists, this option has the same effect as -C
              or --ca-cert.  If it does not exist, then ovs-vsctl will
              attempt to obtain the CA certificate from the SSL peer on its
              first SSL connection and save it to the named PEM file.  If it
              is successful, it will immediately drop the connection and
              reconnect, and from then on all SSL connections must be
              authenticated by a certificate signed by the CA certificate
              thus obtained.

              This option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle
              attack obtaining the initial CA certificate, but it may be
              useful for bootstrapping.

              This option is only useful if the SSL peer sends its CA
              certificate as part of the SSL certificate chain.  The SSL
              protocol does not require the server to send the CA
              certificate.

              This option is mutually exclusive with -C and --ca-cert.

       --peer-ca-cert=peer-cacert.pem
              Specifies a PEM file that contains one or more additional
              certificates to send to SSL peers.  peer-cacert.pem should be
              the CA certificate used to sign ovs-vsctl's own certificate,
              that is, the certificate specified on -c or --certificate.  If
              ovs-vsctl's certificate is self-signed, then --certificate and
              --peer-ca-cert should specify the same file.

              This option is not useful in normal operation, because the SSL
              peer must already have the CA certificate for the peer to have
              any confidence in ovs-vsctl's identity.  However, this offers
              a way for a new installation to bootstrap the CA certificate
              on its first SSL connection.

       -v[spec]
       --verbose=[spec]
              Sets logging levels.  Without any spec, sets the log level for
              every module and destination to dbg.  Otherwise, spec is a
              list of words separated by spaces or commas or colons, up to
              one from each category below:

              ·      A valid module name, as displayed by the vlog/list
                     command on ovs-appctl(8), limits the log level change
                     to the specified module.

              ·      syslog, console, or file, to limit the log level change
                     to only to the system log, to the console, or to a
                     file, respectively.  (If --detach is specified,
                     ovs-vsctl closes its standard file descriptors, so
                     logging to the console will have no effect.)

                     On Windows platform, syslog is accepted as a word and
                     is only useful along with the --syslog-target option
                     (the word has no effect otherwise).

              ·      off, emer, err, warn, info, or dbg, to control the log
                     level.  Messages of the given severity or higher will
                     be logged, and messages of lower severity will be
                     filtered out.  off filters out all messages.  See
                     ovs-appctl(8) for a definition of each log level.

              Case is not significant within spec.

              Regardless of the log levels set for file, logging to a file
              will not take place unless --log-file is also specified (see
              below).

              For compatibility with older versions of OVS, any is accepted
              as a word but has no effect.

       -v
       --verbose
              Sets the maximum logging verbosity level, equivalent to
              --verbose=dbg.

       -vPATTERN:destination:pattern
       --verbose=PATTERN:destination:pattern
              Sets the log pattern for destination to pattern.  Refer to
              ovs-appctl(8) for a description of the valid syntax for
              pattern.

       -vFACILITY:facility
       --verbose=FACILITY:facility
              Sets the RFC5424 facility of the log message. facility can be
              one of kern, user, mail, daemon, auth, syslog, lpr, news,
              uucp, clock, ftp, ntp, audit, alert, clock2, local0, local1,
              local2, local3, local4, local5, local6 or local7. If this
              option is not specified, daemon is used as the default for the
              local system syslog and local0 is used while sending a message
              to the target provided via the --syslog-target option.

       --log-file[=file]
              Enables logging to a file.  If file is specified, then it is
              used as the exact name for the log file.  The default log file
              name used if file is omitted is
              /usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vsctl.log.

       --syslog-target=host:port
              Send syslog messages to UDP port on host, in addition to the
              system syslog.  The host must be a numerical IP address, not a
              hostname.

       --syslog-method=method
              Specify method how syslog messages should be sent to syslog
              daemon.  Following forms are supported:

              ·      libc, use libc syslog() function.  This is the default
                     behavior.  Downside of using this options is that libc
                     adds fixed prefix to every message before it is
                     actually sent to the syslog daemon over /dev/log UNIX
                     domain socket.

              ·      unix:file, use UNIX domain socket directly.  It is
                     possible to specify arbitrary message format with this
                     option.  However, rsyslogd 8.9 and older versions use
                     hard coded parser function anyway that limits UNIX
                     domain socket use.  If you want to use arbitrary
                     message format with older rsyslogd versions, then use
                     UDP socket to localhost IP address instead.

              ·      udp:ip:port, use UDP socket.  With this method it is
                     possible to use arbitrary message format also with
                     older rsyslogd.  When sending syslog messages over UDP
                     socket extra precaution needs to be taken into account,
                     for example, syslog daemon needs to be configured to
                     listen on the specified UDP port, accidental iptables
                     rules could be interfering with local syslog traffic
                     and there are some security considerations that apply
                     to UDP sockets, but do not apply to UNIX domain
                     sockets.

       -h
       --help Prints a brief help message to the console.

       -V
       --version
              Prints version information to the console.

COMMANDS         top

       The commands implemented by ovs-vsctl are described in the sections
       below.

   Open vSwitch Commands
       These commands work with an Open vSwitch as a whole.

       init   Initializes the Open vSwitch database, if it is empty.  If the
              database has already been initialized, this command has no
              effect.

              Any successful ovs-vsctl command automatically initializes the
              Open vSwitch database if it is empty.  This command is
              provided to initialize the database without executing any
              other command.

       show   Prints a brief overview of the database contents.

       emer-reset
              Reset the configuration into a clean state.  It deconfigures
              OpenFlow controllers, OVSDB servers, and SSL, and deletes port
              mirroring, fail_mode, NetFlow, sFlow, and IPFIX configuration.
              This command also removes all other-config keys from all
              database records, except that other-config:hwaddr is preserved
              if it is present in a Bridge record.  Other networking
              configuration is left as-is.

   Bridge Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch bridges.

       [--may-exist] add-br bridge
              Creates a new bridge named bridge.  Initially the bridge will
              have no ports (other than bridge itself).

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a bridge that exists
              is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
              bridge already exists as a real bridge.

       [--may-exist] add-br bridge parent vlan
              Creates a ``fake bridge'' named bridge within the existing
              Open vSwitch bridge parent, which must already exist and must
              not itself be a fake bridge.  The new fake bridge will be on
              802.1Q VLAN vlan, which must be an integer between 0 and 4095.
              The parent bridge must not already have a fake bridge for
              vlan.  Initially bridge will have no ports (other than bridge
              itself).

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a bridge that exists
              is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
              bridge already exists as a VLAN bridge under parent for vlan.

       [--if-exists] del-br bridge
              Deletes bridge and all of its ports.  If bridge is a real
              bridge, this command also deletes any fake bridges that were
              created with bridge as parent, including all of their ports.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a bridge that does
              not exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting to delete
              a bridge that does not exist has no effect.

       [--real|--fake] list-br
              Lists all existing real and fake bridges on standard output,
              one per line.  With --real or --fake, only bridges of that
              type are returned.

       br-exists bridge
              Tests whether bridge exists as a real or fake bridge.  If so,
              ovs-vsctl exits successfully with exit code 0.  If not,
              ovs-vsctl exits unsuccessfully with exit code 2.

       br-to-vlan bridge
              If bridge is a fake bridge, prints the bridge's 802.1Q VLAN as
              a decimal integer.  If bridge is a real bridge, prints 0.

       br-to-parent bridge
              If bridge is a fake bridge, prints the name of its parent
              bridge.  If bridge is a real bridge, print bridge.

       br-set-external-id bridge key [value]
              Sets or clears an ``external ID'' value on bridge.  These
              values are intended to identify entities external to Open
              vSwitch with which bridge is associated, e.g. the bridge's
              identifier in a virtualization management platform.  The Open
              vSwitch database schema specifies well-known key values, but
              key and value are otherwise arbitrary strings.

              If value is specified, then key is set to value for bridge,
              overwriting any previous value.  If value is omitted, then key
              is removed from bridge's set of external IDs (if it was
              present).

              For real bridges, the effect of this command is similar to
              that of a set or remove command in the external-ids column of
              the Bridge table.  For fake bridges, it actually modifies keys
              with names prefixed by fake-bridge- in the Port table.

       br-get-external-id bridge [key]
              Queries the external IDs on bridge.  If key is specified, the
              output is the value for that key or the empty string if key is
              unset.  If key is omitted, the output is key=value, one per
              line, for each key-value pair.

              For real bridges, the effect of this command is similar to
              that of a get command in the external-ids column of the Bridge
              table.  For fake bridges, it queries keys with names prefixed
              by fake-bridge- in the Port table.

   Port Commands
       These commands examine and manipulate Open vSwitch ports.  These
       commands treat a bonded port as a single entity.

       list-ports bridge
              Lists all of the ports within bridge on standard output, one
              per line.  The local port bridge is not included in the list.

       [--may-exist] add-port bridge port [column[:key]=value]...
              Creates on bridge a new port named port from the network
              device of the same name.

              Optional arguments set values of column in the Port record
              created by the command.  For example, tag=9 would make the
              port an access port for VLAN 9.  The syntax is the same as
              that for the set command (see Database Commands below).

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a port that exists
              is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
              port already exists on bridge and is not a bonded port.

       [--fake-iface] add-bond bridge port iface... [column[:key]=value]...
              Creates on bridge a new port named port that bonds together
              the network devices given as each iface.  At least two
              interfaces must be named.  If the interfaces are DPDK enabled
              then the transaction will need to include operations to
              explicitly set the interface type to 'dpdk'.

              Optional arguments set values of column in the Port record
              created by the command.  The syntax is the same as that for
              the set command (see Database Commands below).

              With --fake-iface, a fake interface with the name port is
              created.  This should only be used for compatibility with
              legacy software that requires it.

              Without --may-exist, attempting to create a port that exists
              is an error.  With --may-exist, this command does nothing if
              port already exists on bridge and bonds together exactly the
              specified interfaces.

       [--if-exists] del-port [bridge] port
              Deletes port.  If bridge is omitted, port is removed from
              whatever bridge contains it; if bridge is specified, it must
              be the real or fake bridge that contains port.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete a port that does not
              exist is an error.  With --if-exists, attempting to delete a
              port that does not exist has no effect.

       [--if-exists] --with-iface del-port [bridge] iface
              Deletes the port named iface or that has an interface named
              iface.  If bridge is omitted, the port is removed from
              whatever bridge contains it; if bridge is specified, it must
              be the real or fake bridge that contains the port.

              Without --if-exists, attempting to delete the port for an
              interface that does not exist is an error.  With --if-exists,
              attempting to delete the port for an interface that does not
              exist has no effect.

       port-to-br port
              Prints the name of the bridge that contains port on standard
              output.

   Interface Commands
       These commands examine the interfaces attached to an Open vSwitch
       bridge.  These commands treat a bonded port as a collection of two or
       more interfaces, rather than as a single port.

       list-ifaces bridge
              Lists all of the interfaces within bridge on standard output,
              one per line.  The local port bridge is not included in the
              list.

       iface-to-br iface
              Prints the name of the bridge that contains iface on standard
              output.

   OpenFlow Controller Connectivity
       ovs-vswitchd can perform all configured bridging and switching
       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 ovs-ofctl.

       get-controller bridge
              Prints the configured controller target.

       del-controller bridge
              Deletes the configured controller target.

       set-controller bridge target...
              Sets the configured controller target or targets.  Each target
              may use any of the following forms:

              ssl:ip[:port]
              tcp:ip[:port]
                     The specified port on the host at the given ip, which
                     must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name) in
                     IPv4 or IPv6 address format.  Wrap IPv6 addresses in
                     square brackets, e.g. tcp:[::1]:6653.  On Linux, use
                     %device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
                     addresses, e.g. tcp:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653.  For ssl,
                     the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
                     are mandatory.

                     If port is not specified, it defaults to 6653.

              unix:file
                     On POSIX, a Unix domain server socket named file.

                     On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
                     represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
                     the behavior of a Unix domain socket.

              pssl:[port][:ip]
              ptcp:[port][:ip]
                     Listens for OpenFlow connections on port.  The default
                     port is 6653.  By default, connections are allowed from
                     any IPv4 address.  Specify ip as an IPv4 address or a
                     bracketed IPv6 address (e.g. ptcp:6653:[::1]).  On
                     Linux, use %device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-
                     level addresses, e.g. ptcp:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0].  DNS
                     names may not be used.  For pssl, the
                     --private-key,--certificate, and --ca-cert options are
                     mandatory.

              punix:file
                     Listens for OpenFlow connections on the Unix domain
                     server socket named file.

     Controller Failure Settings

       When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible for
       setting up all flows on the switch.  Thus, if the connection to the
       controller fails, no new network connections can be set up.  If the
       connection to the controller stays down long enough, no packets can
       pass through the switch at all.

       If the value is standalone, or if neither of these settings is set,
       ovs-vswitchd will take over responsibility for setting up flows when
       no message has been received from the controller for three times the
       inactivity probe interval.  In this mode, ovs-vswitchd causes the
       datapath to act like an ordinary MAC-learning switch.  ovs-vswitchd
       will continue to retry connecting to the controller in the background
       and, when the connection succeeds, it discontinues its standalone
       behavior.

       If this option is set to secure, ovs-vswitchd will not set up flows
       on its own when the controller connection fails.

       get-fail-mode bridge
              Prints the configured failure mode.

       del-fail-mode bridge
              Deletes the configured failure mode.

       set-fail-mode bridge standalone|secure
              Sets the configured failure mode.

   Manager Connectivity
       These commands manipulate the manager_options column in the
       Open_vSwitch table and rows in the Managers table.  When ovsdb-server
       is configured to use the manager_options column for OVSDB connections
       (as described in the startup scripts provided with Open vSwitch),
       this allows the administrator to use ovs-vsctl to configure database
       connections.

       get-manager
              Prints the configured manager(s).

       del-manager
              Deletes the configured manager(s).

       set-manager target...
              Sets the configured manager target or targets.  Each target
              may use any of the following forms:

              ssl:ip:port
              tcp:ip:port
                     The given SSL or plain TCP port on the host at the
                     given ip, which must be expressed as an IP address (not
                     a DNS name) in IPv4 or IPv6 address format.  If ip is
                     an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with square brackets,
                     e.g.: ssl:[::1]:6640.  On Linux, use %device to
                     designate a scope for IPv6 link-level addresses, e.g.
                     ssl:[fe80::1234%eth0]:6653.  For ssl, the
                     --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options are
                     mandatory.

              unix:file
                     On POSIX, connect to the Unix domain server socket
                     named file.

                     On Windows, connect to a local named pipe that is
                     represented by a file created in the path file to mimic
                     the behavior of a Unix domain socket.

              pssl:port[:ip]
              ptcp:port[:ip]
                     Listen on the given SSL or TCP port for a connection.
                     By default, connections are not bound to a particular
                     local IP address and it listens only on IPv4 (but not
                     IPv6) addresses, but specifying ip limits connections
                     to those from the given ip, either IPv4 or IPv6
                     address.  If ip is an IPv6 address, then wrap ip with
                     square brackets, e.g.: pssl:6640:[::1].  On Linux, use
                     %device to designate a scope for IPv6 link-level
                     addresses, e.g. pssl:6653:[fe80::1234%eth0].  For pssl,
                     the --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
                     are mandatory.

              punix:file
                     On POSIX, listen on the Unix domain server socket named
                     file for a connection.

                     On Windows, listen on a local named pipe.  A file is
                     created in the path file to mimic the behavior of a
                     Unix domain socket.

   SSL Configuration
       When ovs-vswitchd is configured to connect over SSL for management or
       controller connectivity, the following parameters are required:

       private-key
              Specifies a PEM file containing the private key used as the
              virtual switch's identity for SSL connections to the
              controller.

       certificate
              Specifies a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the
              certificate authority (CA) used by the controller and manager,
              that certifies the virtual switch's private key, identifying a
              trustworthy switch.

       ca-cert
              Specifies a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to
              verify that the virtual switch is connected to a trustworthy
              controller.

       These files are read only once, at ovs-vswitchd startup time.  If
       their contents change, ovs-vswitchd must be killed and restarted.

       These SSL settings apply to all SSL connections made by the virtual
       switch.

       get-ssl
              Prints the SSL configuration.

       del-ssl
              Deletes the current SSL configuration.

       [--bootstrap] set-ssl private-key certificate ca-cert
              Sets the SSL configuration.  The --bootstrap option is
              described below.

     CA Certificate Bootstrap

       Ordinarily, all of the files named in the SSL configuration must
       exist when ovs-vswitchd starts.  However, if the ca-cert file does
       not exist and the --bootstrap option is given, then ovs-vswitchd will
       attempt to obtain the CA certificate from the controller on its first
       SSL connection and save it to the named PEM file.  If it is
       successful, it will immediately drop the connection and reconnect,
       and from then on all SSL connections must be authenticated by a
       certificate signed by the CA certificate thus obtained.

       This option exposes the SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle attack
       obtaining the initial CA certificate, but it may be useful for
       bootstrapping.

       This option is only useful if the controller sends its CA certificate
       as part of the SSL certificate chain.  The SSL protocol does not
       require the controller to send the CA certificate.

   Auto-Attach Commands
       The IETF Auto-Attach SPBM draft standard describes a compact method
       of using IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) together
       with a IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network to
       automatically attach network devices to individual services in a SPB
       network.  The intent here is to allow network applications and
       devices using OVS to be able to easily take advantage of features
       offered by industry standard SPB networks. A fundamental element of
       the Auto-Attach feature is to map traditional VLANs onto SPB I_SIDs.
       These commands manage the Auto-Attach I-SID/VLAN mappings.

       add-aa-mapping bridge i-sid vlan
              Creates a new Auto-Attach mapping on bridge for i-sid and
              vlan.

       del-aa-mapping bridge i-sid vlan
              Deletes an Auto-Attach mapping on bridge for i-sid and vlan.

       get-aa-mapping bridge
              Lists all of the Auto-Attach mappings within bridge on
              standard output.

   Database Commands
       These commands query and modify the contents of ovsdb tables.  They
       are a slight abstraction of the ovsdb interface and as such they
       operate at a lower level than other ovs-vsctl commands.

     Identifying Tables, Records, and Columns

       Each of these commands has a table parameter to identify a table
       within the database.  Many of them also take a record parameter that
       identifies a particular record within a table.  The record parameter
       may be the UUID for a record, and many tables offer additional ways
       to identify records.  Some commands also take column parameters that
       identify a particular field within the records in a table.

       The following tables are currently defined:

       Open_vSwitch
              Global configuration for an ovs-vswitchd.  This table contains
              exactly one record, identified by specifying . as the record
              name.

       Bridge Configuration for a bridge within an Open vSwitch.  Records
              may be identified by bridge name.

       Port   A bridge port.  Records may be identified by port name.

       Interface
              A network device attached to a port.  Records may be
              identified by name.

       Flow_Table
              Configuration for a particular OpenFlow flow table.  Records
              may be identified by name.

       QoS    Quality-of-service configuration for a Port.  Records may be
              identified by port name.

       Queue  Configuration for one queue within a QoS configuration.
              Records may only be identified by UUID.

       Mirror A port mirroring configuration attached to a bridge.  Records
              may be identified by mirror name.

       Controller
              Configuration for an OpenFlow controller.  A controller
              attached to a particular bridge may be identified by the
              bridge's name.

       Manager
              Configuration for an OVSDB connection.  Records may be
              identified by target (e.g. tcp:1.2.3.4).

       NetFlow
              A NetFlow configuration attached to a bridge.  Records may be
              identified by bridge name.

       SSL    The global SSL configuration for ovs-vswitchd.  The record
              attached to the Open_vSwitch table may be identified by
              specifying . as the record name.

       sFlow  An sFlow exporter configuration attached to a bridge.  Records
              may be identified by bridge name.

       IPFIX  An IPFIX exporter configuration attached to a bridge.  Records
              may be identified by bridge name.

       Flow_Sample_Collector_Set
              An IPFIX exporter configuration attached to a bridge for
              sampling packets on a per-flow basis using OpenFlow sample
              actions.

       AutoAttach
              Configuration for Auto Attach within a bridge.

       Record names must be specified in full and with correct
       capitalization, except that UUIDs may be abbreviated to their first 4
       (or more) hex digits, as long as that is unique within the table.
       Names of tables and columns are not case-sensitive, and - and _ are
       treated interchangeably.  Unique abbreviations of table and column
       names are acceptable, e.g. net or n is sufficient to identify the
       NetFlow table.

     Database Values

       Each column in the database accepts a fixed type of data.  The
       currently defined basic types, and their representations, are:

       integer
              A decimal integer in the range -2**63 to 2**63-1, inclusive.

       real   A floating-point number.

       Boolean
              True or false, written true or false, respectively.

       string An arbitrary Unicode string, except that null bytes are not
              allowed.  Quotes are optional for most strings that begin with
              an English letter or underscore and consist only of letters,
              underscores, hyphens, and periods.  However, true and false
              and strings that match the syntax of UUIDs (see below) must be
              enclosed in double quotes to distinguish them from other basic
              types.  When double quotes are used, the syntax is that of
              strings in JSON, e.g. backslashes may be used to escape
              special characters.  The empty string must be represented as a
              pair of double quotes ("").

       UUID   Either a universally unique identifier in the style of RFC
              4122, e.g. f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6, or an @name
              defined by a get or create command within the same ovs-vsctl
              invocation.

       Multiple values in a single column may be separated by spaces or a
       single comma.  When multiple values are present, duplicates are not
       allowed, and order is not important.  Conversely, some database
       columns can have an empty set of values, represented as [], and
       square brackets may optionally enclose other non-empty sets or single
       values as well. For a column accepting a set of integers, database
       commands accept a range. A range is represented by two integers
       separated by -. A range is inclusive. A range has a maximum size of
       4096 elements. If more elements are needed, they can be specified in
       seperate ranges.

       A few database columns are ``maps'' of key-value pairs, where the key
       and the value are each some fixed database type.  These are specified
       in the form key=value, where key and value follow the syntax for the
       column's key type and value type, respectively.  When multiple pairs
       are present (separated by spaces or a comma), duplicate keys are not
       allowed, and again the order is not important.  Duplicate values are
       allowed.  An empty map is represented as {}.  Curly braces may
       optionally enclose non-empty maps as well (but use quotes to prevent
       the shell from expanding other-config={0=x,1=y} into other-config=0=x
       other-config=1=y, which may not have the desired effect).

     Database Command Syntax

       [--if-exists] [--columns=column[,column]...] list table [record]...
              Lists the data in each specified record.  If no records are
              specified, lists all the records in table.

              If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
              listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise, all columns are
              listed, in alphabetical order by column name.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if any specified record
              does not exist.  With --if-exists, the command ignores any
              record that does not exist, without producing any output.

       [--columns=column[,column]...] find table [column[:key]=value]...
              Lists the data in each record in table whose column equals
              value or, if key is specified, whose column contains a key
              with the specified value.  The following operators may be used
              where = is written in the syntax summary:

              = != < > <= >=
                     Selects records in which column[:key] equals, does not
                     equal, is less than, is greater than, is less than or
                     equal to, or is greater than or equal to value,
                     respectively.

                     Consider column[:key] and value as sets of elements.
                     Identical sets are considered equal.  Otherwise, if the
                     sets have different numbers of elements, then the set
                     with more elements is considered to be larger.
                     Otherwise, consider a element from each set pairwise,
                     in increasing order within each set.  The first pair
                     that differs determines the result.  (For a column that
                     contains key-value pairs, first all the keys are
                     compared, and values are considered only if the two
                     sets contain identical keys.)

              {=} {!=}
                     Test for set equality or inequality, respectively.

              {<=}   Selects records in which column[:key] is a subset of
                     value.  For example, flood-vlans{<=}1,2 selects records
                     in which the flood-vlans column is the empty set or
                     contains 1 or 2 or both.

              {<}    Selects records in which column[:key] is a proper
                     subset of value.  For example, flood-vlans{<}1,2
                     selects records in which the flood-vlans column is the
                     empty set or contains 1 or 2 but not both.

              {>=} {>}
                     Same as {<=} and {<}, respectively, except that the
                     relationship is reversed.  For example, flood-
                     vlans{>=}1,2 selects records in which the flood-vlans
                     column contains both 1 and 2.

              For arithmetic operators (= != < > <= >=), when key is
              specified but a particular record's column does not contain
              key, the record is always omitted from the results.  Thus, the
              condition other-config:mtu!=1500 matches records that have a
              mtu key whose value is not 1500, but not those that lack an
              mtu key.

              For the set operators, when key is specified but a particular
              record's column does not contain key, the comparison is done
              against an empty set.  Thus, the condition other-
              config:mtu{!=}1500 matches records that have a mtu key whose
              value is not 1500 and those that lack an mtu key.

              Don't forget to escape < or > from interpretation by the
              shell.

              If --columns is specified, only the requested columns are
              listed, in the specified order.  Otherwise all columns are
              listed, in alphabetical order by column name.

              The UUIDs shown for rows created in the same ovs-vsctl
              invocation will be wrong.

       [--if-exists] [--id=@name] get table record [column[:key]]...
              Prints the value of each specified column in the given record
              in table.  For map columns, a key may optionally be specified,
              in which case the value associated with key in the column is
              printed, instead of the entire map.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist
              or key is specified, if key does not exist in record.  With
              --if-exists, a missing record yields no output and a missing
              key prints a blank line.

              If @name is specified, then the UUID for record may be
              referred to by that name later in the same ovs-vsctl
              invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.

              Both --id and the column arguments are optional, but usually
              at least one or the other should be specified.  If both are
              omitted, then get has no effect except to verify that record
              exists in table.

              --id and --if-exists cannot be used together.

       [--if-exists] set table record column[:key]=value...
              Sets the value of each specified column in the given record in
              table to value.  For map columns, a key may optionally be
              specified, in which case the value associated with key in that
              column is changed (or added, if none exists), instead of the
              entire map.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
              With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
              exist.

       [--if-exists] add table record column [key=]value...
              Adds the specified value or key-value pair to column in record
              in table.  If column is a map, then key is required, otherwise
              it is prohibited.  If key already exists in a map column, then
              the current value is not replaced (use the set command to
              replace an existing value).

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
              With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
              exist.

       [--if-exists] remove table record column value...
       [--if-exists] remove table record column key...
       [--if-exists] remove table record column key=value...
              Removes the specified values or key-value pairs from column in
              record in table.  The first form applies to columns that are
              not maps: each specified value is removed from the column.
              The second and third forms apply to map columns: if only a key
              is specified, then any key-value pair with the given key is
              removed, regardless of its value; if a value is given then a
              pair is removed only if both key and value match.

              It is not an error if the column does not contain the
              specified key or value or pair.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
              With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
              exist.

       [--if-exists] clear table record column...
              Sets each column in record in table to the empty set or empty
              map, as appropriate.  This command applies only to columns
              that are allowed to be empty.

              Without --if-exists, it is an error if record does not exist.
              With --if-exists, this command does nothing if record does not
              exist.

       [--id=@name] create table column[:key]=value...
              Creates a new record in table and sets the initial values of
              each column.  Columns not explicitly set will receive their
              default values.  Outputs the UUID of the new row.

              If @name is specified, then the UUID for the new row may be
              referred to by that name elsewhere in the same ovs-vsctl
              invocation in contexts where a UUID is expected.  Such
              references may precede or follow the create command.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     Records in the Open vSwitch database are significant
                     only when they can be reached directly or indirectly
                     from the Open_vSwitch table.  Except for records in the
                     QoS or Queue tables, records that are not reachable
                     from the Open_vSwitch table are automatically deleted
                     from the database.  This deletion happens immediately,
                     without waiting for additional ovs-vsctl commands or
                     other database activity.  Thus, a create command must
                     generally be accompanied by additional commands within
                     the same ovs-vsctl invocation to add a chain of
                     references to the newly created record from the top-
                     level Open_vSwitch record.  The EXAMPLES section gives
                     some examples that show how to do this.

       [--if-exists] destroy table record...
              Deletes each specified record from table.  Unless --if-exists
              is specified, each records must exist.

       --all destroy table
              Deletes all records from the table.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     The destroy command is only useful for records in the
                     QoS or Queue tables.  Records in other tables are
                     automatically deleted from the database when they
                     become unreachable from the Open_vSwitch table.  This
                     means that deleting the last reference to a record is
                     sufficient for deleting the record itself.  For records
                     in these tables, destroy is silently ignored.  See the
                     EXAMPLES section below for more information.

       wait-until table record [column[:key]=value]...
              Waits until table contains a record named record whose column
              equals value or, if key is specified, whose column contains a
              key with the specified value.  Any of the operators !=, <, >,
              <=, or >= may be substituted for = to test for inequality,
              less than, greater than, less than or equal to, or greater
              than or equal to, respectively.  (Don't forget to escape < or
              > from interpretation by the shell.)

              If no column[:key]=value arguments are given, this command
              waits only until record exists.  If more than one such
              argument is given, the command waits until all of them are
              satisfied.

              Caution (ovs-vsctl as example)
                     Usually wait-until should be placed at the beginning of
                     a set of ovs-vsctl commands.  For example, wait-until
                     bridge br0 -- get bridge br0 datapath_id waits until a
                     bridge named br0 is created, then prints its
                     datapath_id column, whereas get bridge br0 datapath_id
                     -- wait-until bridge br0 will abort if no bridge named
                     br0 exists when ovs-vsctl initially connects to the
                     database.

              Consider specifying --timeout=0 along with --wait-until, to
              prevent ovs-vsctl from terminating after waiting only at most
              5 seconds.

       comment [arg]...
              This command has no effect on behavior, but any database log
              record created by the command will include the command and its
              arguments.

EXAMPLES         top

       Create a new bridge named br0 and add port eth0 to it:

              ovs-vsctl add-br br0
              ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0

       Alternatively, perform both operations in a single atomic
       transaction:

              ovs-vsctl add-br br0 -- add-port br0 eth0

       Delete bridge br0, reporting an error if it does not exist:

              ovs-vsctl del-br br0

       Delete bridge br0 if it exists:

              ovs-vsctl --if-exists del-br br0

       Set the qos column of the Port record for eth0 to point to a new QoS
       record, which in turn points with its queue 0 to a new Queue record:

              ovs-vsctl -- set port eth0 qos=@newqos -- --id=@newqos create
              qos type=linux-htb other-config:max-rate=1000000
              queues:0=@newqueue -- --id=@newqueue create queue
              other-config:min-rate=1000000 other-config:max-rate=1000000

CONFIGURATION COOKBOOK         top

   Port Configuration
       Add an ``internal port'' vlan10 to bridge br0 as a VLAN access port
       for VLAN 10, and configure it with an IP address:

              ovs-vsctl add-port br0 vlan10 tag=10 -- set Interface vlan10
              type=internal

              ip addr add 192.168.0.123/24 dev vlan10

       Add a GRE tunnel port gre0 to remote IP address 1.2.3.4 to bridge
       br0:

              ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set Interface gre0 type=gre
              options:remote_ip=1.2.3.4

   Port Mirroring
       Mirror all packets received or sent on eth0 or eth1 onto eth2,
       assuming that all of those ports exist on bridge br0 (as a side-
       effect this causes any packets received on eth2 to be ignored):

              ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 mirrors=@m \

              -- --id=@eth0 get Port eth0 \

              -- --id=@eth1 get Port eth1 \

              -- --id=@eth2 get Port eth2 \

              -- --id=@m create Mirror name=mymirror select-dst-
              port=@eth0,@eth1 select-src-port=@eth0,@eth1 output-port=@eth2

       Remove the mirror created above from br0, which also destroys the
       Mirror record (since it is now unreferenced):

              ovs-vsctl -- --id=@rec get Mirror mymirror \

              -- remove Bridge br0 mirrors @rec

       The following simpler command also works:

              ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 mirrors

   Quality of Service (QoS)
       Create a linux-htb QoS record that points to a few queues and use it
       on eth0 and eth1:

              ovs-vsctl -- set Port eth0 qos=@newqos \

              -- set Port eth1 qos=@newqos \

              -- --id=@newqos create QoS type=linux-htb
              other-config:max-rate=1000000000 queues=0=@q0,1=@q1 \

              -- --id=@q0 create Queue other-config:min-rate=100000000
              other-config:max-rate=100000000 \

              -- --id=@q1 create Queue other-config:min-rate=500000000

       Deconfigure the QoS record above from eth1 only:

              ovs-vsctl clear Port eth1 qos

       To deconfigure the QoS record from both eth0 and eth1 and then delete
       the QoS record (which must be done explicitly because unreferenced
       QoS records are not automatically destroyed):

              ovs-vsctl -- destroy QoS eth0 -- clear Port eth0 qos -- clear
              Port eth1 qos

       (This command will leave two unreferenced Queue records in the
       database.  To delete them, use "ovs-vsctl list Queue" to find their
       UUIDs, then "ovs-vsctl destroy Queue uuid1 uuid2" to destroy each of
       them or use "ovs-vsctl -- --all destroy Queue" to delete all
       records.)

   Connectivity Monitoring
       Monitor connectivity to a remote maintenance point on eth0.

              ovs-vsctl set Interface eth0 cfm_mpid=1

       Deconfigure connectivity monitoring from above:

              ovs-vsctl clear Interface eth0 cfm_mpid

   NetFlow
       Configure bridge br0 to send NetFlow records to UDP port 5566 on host
       192.168.0.34, with an active timeout of 30 seconds:

              ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 netflow=@nf \

              -- --id=@nf create NetFlow targets=\"192.168.0.34:5566\"
              active-timeout=30

       Update the NetFlow configuration created by the previous command to
       instead use an active timeout of 60 seconds:

              ovs-vsctl set NetFlow br0 active_timeout=60

       Deconfigure the NetFlow settings from br0, which also destroys the
       NetFlow record (since it is now unreferenced):

              ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 netflow

   sFlow
       Configure bridge br0 to send sFlow records to a collector on 10.0.0.1
       at port 6343, using eth1´s IP address as the source, with specific
       sampling parameters:

              ovs-vsctl -- --id=@s create sFlow agent=eth1
              target=\"10.0.0.1:6343\" header=128 sampling=64 polling=10 \

              -- set Bridge br0 sflow=@s

       Deconfigure sFlow from br0, which also destroys the sFlow record
       (since it is now unreferenced):

              ovs-vsctl -- clear Bridge br0 sflow

   IPFIX
       Configure bridge br0 to send one IPFIX flow record per packet sample
       to UDP port 4739 on host 192.168.0.34, with Observation Domain ID 123
       and Observation Point ID 456, a flow cache active timeout of 1 minute
       (60 seconds), maximum flow cache size of 13 flows, and flows sampled
       on output port with tunnel info(sampling on input and output port is
       enabled by default if not disabled) :

              ovs-vsctl -- set Bridge br0 ipfix=@i \

              -- --id=@i create IPFIX targets=\"192.168.0.34:4739\"
              obs_domain_id=123 obs_point_id=456 cache_active_timeout=60
              cache_max_flows=13 \

              other_config:enable-input-sampling=false other_config:enable-
              tunnel-sampling=true

       Deconfigure the IPFIX settings from br0, which also destroys the
       IPFIX record (since it is now unreferenced):

              ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 ipfix

   802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
       Configure bridge br0 to participate in an 802.1D spanning tree:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=true

       Set the bridge priority of br0 to 0x7800:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:stp-priority=0x7800

       Set the path cost of port eth0 to 10:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:stp-path-cost=10

       Deconfigure STP from above:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 stp_enable=false

   Multicast Snooping
       Configure bridge br0 to enable multicast snooping:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=true

       Set the multicast snooping aging time br0 to 300 seconds:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-aging-
              time=300

       Set the multicast snooping table size br0 to 2048 entries:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-table-
              size=2048

       Disable flooding of unregistered multicast packets to all ports. When
       set to true, the switch will send unregistered multicast packets only
       to ports connected to multicast routers. When it is set to false, the
       switch will send them to all ports. This command disables the flood
       of unregistered packets on bridge br0.

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:mcast-snooping-disable-
              flood-unregistered=true

       Enable flooding of multicast packets (except Reports) on a specific
       port.

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth1 other_config:mcast-snooping-flood=true

       Enable flooding of Reports on a specific port.

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth1 other_config:mcast-snooping-flood-
              reports=true

       Deconfigure multicasting snooping from above:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 mcast_snooping_enable=false

   802.1D-2004 Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
       Configure bridge br0 to participate in an 802.1D-2004 Rapid Spanning
       Tree:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 rstp_enable=true

       Set the bridge address of br0 to 00:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa :

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-
              address=00:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa

       Set the bridge priority of br0 to 0x7000. The value must be specified
       in decimal notation and should be a multiple of 4096 (if not, it is
       rounded down to the nearest multiple of 4096). The default priority
       value is 0x800 (32768).

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-priority=28672

       Set the bridge ageing time of br0 to 1000 s. The ageing time value
       should be between 10 s and 1000000 s. The default value is 300 s.

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-ageing-time=1000

       Set the bridge force protocol version of br0 to 0. The force protocol
       version has two acceptable values: 0 (STP compatibility mode) and 2
       (normal operation).

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-force-protocol-
              version=0

       Set the bridge max age of br0 to 10 s. The max age value should be
       between 6 s and 40 s. The default value is 20 s.

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-max-age=10

       Set the bridge forward delay of br0 to 15 s.  This value should be
       between 4 s and 30 s. The default value is 15 s.

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-forward-delay=15

       Set the bridge transmit hold count of br0 to 7 s. This value should
       be between 1 s and 10 s. The default value is 6 s.

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 other_config:rstp-transmit-hold-
              count=7

       Enable RSTP on the Port eth0:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-enable=true

       Disable RSTP on the Port eth0:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-enable=false

       Set the priority of port eth0 to 32. The value must be specified in
       decimal notation and should be a multiple of 16 (if not, it is
       rounded down to the nearest multiple of 16). The default priority
       value is 0x80 (128).

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-priority=32

       Set the port number of port eth0 to 3:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-num=3

       Set the path cost of port eth0 to 150:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-path-cost=150

       Set the admin edge value of port eth0:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-admin-edge=true

       Set the auto edge value of port eth0:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-auto-edge=true

       Set the admin point to point MAC value of port eth0.  Acceptable
       values are 0 (not point-to-point), 1 (point-to-point, the default
       value) or 2 (automatic detection).  The auto-detection mode is not
       currently implemented, and the value 2 has the same effect of 0 (not
       point-to-point).

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-admin-p2p-mac=1

       Set the admin port state value of port eth0.  true is the default
       value.

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-admin-port-
              state=false

       Set the mcheck value of port eth0:

              ovs-vsctl set Port eth0 other_config:rstp-port-mcheck=true

       Deconfigure RSTP from above:

              ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 rstp_enable=false

   OpenFlow Version
       Configure bridge br0 to support OpenFlow versions 1.0, 1.2, and 1.3:

              ovs-vsctl set bridge br0
              protocols=OpenFlow10,OpenFlow12,OpenFlow13

   Flow Table Configuration
       Make flow table 0 on bridge br0 refuse to accept more than 100 flows:

              ovs-vsctl -- --id=@ft create Flow_Table flow_limit=100
              overflow_policy=refuse -- set Bridge br0 flow_tables=0=@ft

       Make flow table 0 on bridge br0 evict flows, with fairness based on
       the matched ingress port, when there are more than 100:

              ovs-vsctl -- --id=@ft create Flow_Table flow_limit=100
              overflow_policy=evict groups='"NXM_OF_IN_PORT[]"' -- set
              Bridge br0 flow_tables:0=@ft

EXIT STATUS         top

       0      Successful program execution.

       1      Usage, syntax, or configuration file error.

       2      The bridge argument to br-exists specified the name of a
              bridge that does not exist.

SEE ALSO         top

       ovsdb-server(1), ovs-vswitchd(8), ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5).

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