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71e17a7a | 7 | .TH ovs\-ofctl 8 "January 2011" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual" |
064af421 | 8 | .ds PN ovs\-ofctl |
a9b4a41a | 9 | . |
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10 | .SH NAME |
11 | ovs\-ofctl \- administer OpenFlow switches | |
a9b4a41a | 12 | . |
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13 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
14 | .B ovs\-ofctl | |
15 | [\fIoptions\fR] \fIcommand \fR[\fIswitch\fR] [\fIargs\fR\&...] | |
a9b4a41a | 16 | . |
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17 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
18 | The | |
19 | .B ovs\-ofctl | |
20 | program is a command line tool for monitoring and administering | |
21 | OpenFlow switches. It can also show the current state of an OpenFlow | |
22 | switch, including features, configuration, and table entries. | |
a9b4a41a | 23 | . |
064af421 | 24 | .SS "OpenFlow Switch Management Commands" |
a9b4a41a | 25 | .PP |
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26 | These commands allow \fBovs\-ofctl\fR to monitor and administer an OpenFlow |
27 | switch. It is able to show the current state of a switch, including | |
28 | features, configuration, and table entries. | |
a9b4a41a | 29 | .PP |
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30 | Most of these commands take an argument that specifies the method for |
31 | connecting to an OpenFlow switch. The following connection methods | |
32 | are supported: | |
a9b4a41a | 33 | . |
064af421 | 34 | .RS |
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35 | .so lib/vconn-active.man |
36 | . | |
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37 | .IP "\fIfile\fR" |
38 | This is short for \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, as long as \fIfile\fR does not | |
39 | contain a colon. | |
84ee7bcf | 40 | . |
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41 | .IP \fIbridge\fR |
42 | This is short for \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/\fIbridge\fB.mgmt\fR, as long as | |
43 | \fIbridge\fR does not contain a colon. | |
44 | . | |
45 | .IP [\fItype\fB@\fR]\fIdp\fR | |
46 | Attempts to look up the bridge associated with \fIdp\fR and open as | |
47 | above. If \fItype\fR is given, it specifies the datapath provider of | |
48 | \fIdp\fR, otherwise the default provider \fBsystem\fR is assumed. | |
064af421 | 49 | .RE |
a9b4a41a | 50 | . |
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51 | .TP |
52 | \fBshow \fIswitch\fR | |
53 | Prints to the console information on \fIswitch\fR, including | |
54 | information on its flow tables and ports. | |
a9b4a41a | 55 | . |
064af421 | 56 | .TP |
4e312e69 | 57 | \fBdump\-tables \fIswitch\fR |
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58 | Prints to the console statistics for each of the flow tables used by |
59 | \fIswitch\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 60 | . |
064af421 | 61 | .TP |
4e312e69 | 62 | \fBdump\-ports \fIswitch\fR [\fInetdev\fR] |
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63 | Prints to the console statistics for network devices associated with |
64 | \fIswitch\fR. If \fInetdev\fR is specified, only the statistics | |
65 | associated with that device will be printed. \fInetdev\fR can be an | |
66 | OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 67 | . |
064af421 | 68 | .TP |
4e312e69 | 69 | \fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR |
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70 | Modify characteristics of an interface monitored by \fIswitch\fR. |
71 | \fInetdev\fR can be referred to by its OpenFlow assigned port number or | |
72 | the device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR. The \fIaction\fR may be any one of the | |
73 | following: | |
a9b4a41a | 74 | . |
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75 | .RS |
76 | .IP \fBup\fR | |
77 | Enables the interface. This is equivalent to ``ifconfig up'' on a Unix | |
78 | system. | |
a9b4a41a | 79 | . |
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80 | .IP \fBdown\fR |
81 | Disables the interface. This is equivalent to ``ifconfig down'' on a Unix | |
82 | system. | |
a9b4a41a | 83 | . |
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84 | .IP \fBflood\fR |
85 | When a \fIflood\fR action is specified, traffic will be sent out this | |
86 | interface. This is the default posture for monitored ports. | |
a9b4a41a | 87 | . |
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88 | .IP \fBnoflood\fR |
89 | When a \fIflood\fR action is specified, traffic will not be sent out | |
90 | this interface. This is primarily useful to prevent loops when a | |
91 | spanning tree protocol is not in use. | |
a9b4a41a | 92 | . |
064af421 | 93 | .RE |
a9b4a41a | 94 | . |
064af421 | 95 | .TP |
4e312e69 | 96 | \fBdump\-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR] |
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97 | Prints to the console all flow entries in \fIswitch\fR's |
98 | tables that match \fIflows\fR. If \fIflows\fR is omitted, all flows | |
99 | in the switch are retrieved. See \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the | |
100 | syntax of \fIflows\fR. The output format is described in | |
101 | \fBTable Entry Output\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 102 | . |
064af421 | 103 | .TP |
4e312e69 | 104 | \fBdump\-aggregate \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR] |
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105 | Prints to the console aggregate statistics for flows in |
106 | \fIswitch\fR's tables that match \fIflows\fR. If \fIflows\fR is omitted, | |
107 | the statistics are aggregated across all flows in the switch's flow | |
108 | tables. See \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the syntax of \fIflows\fR. | |
109 | The output format is descrbed in \fBTable Entry Output\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 110 | . |
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111 | .IP "\fBqueue\-stats \fIswitch \fR[\fIport \fR[\fIqueue\fR]]" |
112 | Prints to the console statistics for the specified \fIqueue\fR on | |
113 | \fIport\fR within \fIswitch\fR. Either of \fIport\fR or \fIqueue\fR | |
114 | or both may be omitted (or equivalently specified as \fBALL\fR). If | |
115 | both are omitted, statistics are printed for all queues on all ports. | |
116 | If only \fIqueue\fR is omitted, then statistics are printed for all | |
117 | queues on \fIport\fR; if only \fIport\fR is omitted, then statistics | |
118 | are printed for \fIqueue\fR on every port where it exists. | |
119 | . | |
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120 | .SS "OpenFlow Switch Flow Table Commands" |
121 | . | |
122 | These commands manage the flow table in an OpenFlow switch. In each | |
123 | case, \fIflow\fR specifies a flow entry in the format described in | |
124 | \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, and \fIfile\fR is a text file that contains | |
125 | zero or more flows in the same syntax, one per line. | |
126 | . | |
127 | .IP "\fBadd\-flow \fIswitch flow\fR" | |
128 | .IQ "\fBadd\-flow \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR" | |
129 | .IQ "\fBadd\-flows \fIswitch file\fR" | |
130 | Add each flow entry to \fIswitch\fR's tables. | |
131 | . | |
132 | .IP "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBmod\-flows \fIswitch flow\fR" | |
133 | .IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBmod\-flows \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR" | |
134 | Modify the actions in entries from \fIswitch\fR's tables that match | |
135 | the specified flows. With \fB\-\-strict\fR, wildcards are not treated | |
136 | as active for matching purposes. | |
137 | . | |
138 | .IP "\fBdel\-flows \fIswitch\fR" | |
139 | .IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBdel\-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflow\fR]" | |
140 | .IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBdel\-flows \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR" | |
141 | Deletes entries from \fIswitch\fR's flow table. With only a | |
142 | \fIswitch\fR argument, deletes all flows. Otherwise, deletes flow | |
143 | entries that match the specified flows. With \fB\-\-strict\fR, | |
144 | wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes. | |
a9b4a41a | 145 | . |
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146 | .IP "\fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR" |
147 | Reads flow entries from \fIfile\fR (or \fBstdin\fR if \fIfile\fR is | |
148 | \fB\-\fR) and queries the flow table from \fIswitch\fR. Then it fixes | |
149 | up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on | |
150 | \fIswitch\fR, deleting flows from \fIswitch\fR that are not in | |
151 | \fIfile\fR, and updating flows in \fIswitch\fR whose actions, cookie, | |
152 | or timeouts differ in \fIfile\fR. | |
153 | . | |
154 | .IP "\fBdiff\-flows \fIsource1 source2\fR" | |
155 | Reads flow entries from \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR and prints the | |
156 | differences. A flow that is in \fIsource1\fR but not in \fIsource2\fR | |
157 | is printed preceded by a \fB\-\fR, and a flow that is in \fIsource2\fR | |
158 | but not in \fIsource1\fR is printed preceded by a \fB+\fR. If a flow | |
159 | exists in both \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR with different actions, | |
160 | cookie, or timeouts, then both versions are printed preceded by | |
161 | \fB\-\fR and \fB+\fR, respectively. | |
162 | .IP | |
163 | \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR may each name a file or a switch. If | |
164 | a name begins with \fB/\fR or \fB.\fR, then it is considered to be a | |
165 | file name. A name that contains \fB:\fR is considered to be a switch. | |
166 | Otherwise, it is a file if a file by that name exists, a switch if | |
167 | not. | |
168 | .IP | |
169 | For this command, an exit status of 0 means that no differences were | |
170 | found, 1 means that an error occurred, and 2 means that some | |
171 | differences were found. | |
172 | . | |
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173 | .SS "OpenFlow Switch Monitoring Commands" |
174 | . | |
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175 | .IP "\fBsnoop \fIswitch\fR" |
176 | Connects to \fIswitch\fR and prints to the console all OpenFlow | |
177 | messages received. Unlike other \fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands, if | |
178 | \fIswitch\fR is the name of a bridge, then the \fBsnoop\fR command | |
179 | connects to a Unix domain socket named | |
180 | \fB@RUNDIR@/\fIbridge\fB.snoop\fR. \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR listens on | |
181 | such a socket for each bridge and sends to it all of the OpenFlow | |
182 | messages sent to or received from its configured OpenFlow controller. | |
183 | Thus, this command can be used to view OpenFlow protocol activity | |
184 | between a switch and its controller. | |
185 | .IP | |
186 | When a switch has more than one controller configured, only the | |
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187 | traffic to and from a single controller is output. If none of the |
188 | controllers is configured as a master or a slave (using a Nicira | |
189 | extension to OpenFlow), then a controller is chosen arbitrarily among | |
190 | them. If there is a master controller, it is chosen; otherwise, if | |
191 | there are any controllers that are not masters or slaves, one is | |
192 | chosen arbitrarily; otherwise, a slave controller is chosen | |
193 | arbitrarily. This choice is made once at connection time and does not | |
194 | change as controllers reconfigure their roles. | |
195 | .IP | |
196 | If a switch has no controller configured, or if | |
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197 | the configured controller is disconnected, no traffic is sent, so |
198 | monitoring will not show any traffic. | |
199 | . | |
4989c59f | 200 | .IP "\fBmonitor \fIswitch\fR [\fImiss-len\fR]" |
064af421 | 201 | Connects to \fIswitch\fR and prints to the console all OpenFlow |
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202 | messages received. Usually, \fIswitch\fR should specify the name of a |
203 | bridge in the \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR database. | |
a9b4a41a | 204 | .IP |
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205 | If \fImiss-len\fR is provided, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR sends an OpenFlow ``set |
206 | configuration'' message at connection setup time that requests | |
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207 | \fImiss-len\fR bytes of each packet that misses the flow table. Open vSwitch |
208 | does not send these and other asynchronous messages to an | |
064af421 | 209 | \fBovs\-ofctl monitor\fR client connection unless a nonzero value is |
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210 | specified on this argument. (Thus, if \fImiss\-len\fR is not |
211 | specified, very little traffic will ordinarily be printed.) | |
a9b4a41a | 212 | .IP |
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213 | This command may be useful for debugging switch or controller |
214 | implementations. | |
a9b4a41a | 215 | . |
064af421 | 216 | .SS "OpenFlow Switch and Controller Commands" |
a9b4a41a | 217 | . |
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218 | The following commands, like those in the previous section, may be |
219 | applied to OpenFlow switches, using any of the connection methods | |
220 | described in that section. Unlike those commands, these may also be | |
221 | applied to OpenFlow controllers. | |
a9b4a41a | 222 | . |
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223 | .TP |
224 | \fBprobe \fItarget\fR | |
225 | Sends a single OpenFlow echo-request message to \fItarget\fR and waits | |
4e312e69 | 226 | for the response. With the \fB\-t\fR or \fB\-\-timeout\fR option, this |
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227 | command can test whether an OpenFlow switch or controller is up and |
228 | running. | |
a9b4a41a | 229 | . |
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230 | .TP |
231 | \fBping \fItarget \fR[\fIn\fR] | |
232 | Sends a series of 10 echo request packets to \fItarget\fR and times | |
233 | each reply. The echo request packets consist of an OpenFlow header | |
234 | plus \fIn\fR bytes (default: 64) of randomly generated payload. This | |
235 | measures the latency of individual requests. | |
a9b4a41a | 236 | . |
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237 | .TP |
238 | \fBbenchmark \fItarget n count\fR | |
239 | Sends \fIcount\fR echo request packets that each consist of an | |
240 | OpenFlow header plus \fIn\fR bytes of payload and waits for each | |
241 | response. Reports the total time required. This is a measure of the | |
242 | maximum bandwidth to \fItarget\fR for round-trips of \fIn\fR-byte | |
243 | messages. | |
a9b4a41a | 244 | . |
064af421 | 245 | .SS "Flow Syntax" |
a9b4a41a | 246 | .PP |
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247 | Some \fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands accept an argument that describes a flow or |
248 | flows. Such flow descriptions comprise a series | |
249 | \fIfield\fB=\fIvalue\fR assignments, separated by commas or white | |
250 | space. (Embedding spaces into a flow description normally requires | |
251 | quoting to prevent the shell from breaking the description into | |
252 | multiple arguments.) | |
a9b4a41a | 253 | .PP |
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254 | Flow descriptions should be in \fBnormal form\fR. This means that a |
255 | flow may only specify a value for an L3 field if it also specifies a | |
256 | particular L2 protocol, and that a flow may only specify an L4 field | |
257 | if it also specifies particular L2 and L3 protocol types. For | |
258 | example, if the L2 protocol type \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded, then L3 | |
259 | fields \fBnw_src\fR, \fBnw_dst\fR, and \fBnw_proto\fR must also be | |
260 | wildcarded. Similarly, if \fBdl_type\fR or \fBnw_proto\fR (the L3 | |
261 | protocol type) is wildcarded, so must be \fBtp_dst\fR and | |
262 | \fBtp_src\fR, which are L4 fields. \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will warn about | |
263 | flows not in normal form. | |
264 | .PP | |
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265 | The following field assignments describe how a flow matches a packet. |
266 | If any of these assignments is omitted from the flow syntax, the field | |
267 | is treated as a wildcard; thus, if all of them are omitted, the | |
268 | resulting flow matches all packets. The string \fB*\fR or \fBANY\fR | |
269 | may be specified to explicitly mark any of these fields as a wildcard. | |
270 | (\fB*\fR should be quoted to protect it from shell expansion.) | |
a9b4a41a | 271 | . |
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272 | .IP \fBin_port=\fIport_no\fR |
273 | Matches physical port \fIport_no\fR. Switch ports are numbered as | |
274 | displayed by \fBovs\-ofctl show\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 275 | . |
064af421 | 276 | .IP \fBdl_vlan=\fIvlan\fR |
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277 | Matches IEEE 802.1q Virtual LAN tag \fIvlan\fR. Specify \fB0xffff\fR |
278 | as \fIvlan\fR to match packets that are not tagged with a Virtual LAN; | |
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279 | otherwise, specify a number between 0 and 4095, inclusive, as the |
280 | 12-bit VLAN ID to match. | |
a9b4a41a | 281 | . |
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282 | .IP \fBdl_vlan_pcp=\fIpriority\fR |
283 | Matches IEEE 802.1q Priority Code Point (PCP) \fIpriority\fR, which is | |
284 | specified as a value between 0 and 7, inclusive. A higher value | |
285 | indicates a higher frame priority level. | |
a9b4a41a | 286 | . |
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287 | .IP \fBdl_src=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR |
288 | .IQ \fBdl_dst=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR | |
289 | Matches an Ethernet source (or destination) address specified as 6 | |
290 | pairs of hexadecimal digits delimited by colons | |
291 | (e.g. \fB00:0A:E4:25:6B:B0\fR). | |
292 | . | |
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293 | .IP \fBdl_type=\fIethertype\fR |
294 | Matches Ethernet protocol type \fIethertype\fR, which is specified as an | |
295 | integer between 0 and 65535, inclusive, either in decimal or as a | |
296 | hexadecimal number prefixed by \fB0x\fR (e.g. \fB0x0806\fR to match ARP | |
297 | packets). | |
a9b4a41a | 298 | . |
064af421 | 299 | .IP \fBnw_src=\fIip\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR] |
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300 | .IQ \fBnw_dst=\fIip\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR] |
301 | When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x0800 (possibly via shorthand, e.g. \fBip\fR | |
302 | or \fBtcp\fR), matches IPv4 source (or destination) address \fIip\fR, | |
303 | which may be specified as an IP address or host name | |
304 | (e.g. \fB192.168.1.1\fR or \fBwww.example.com\fR). The optional | |
305 | \fInetmask\fR allows restricting a match to an IPv4 address prefix. | |
306 | The netmask may be specified as a dotted quad | |
307 | (e.g. \fB192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0\fR) or as a CIDR block | |
064af421 | 308 | (e.g. \fB192.168.1.0/24\fR). |
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309 | .IP |
310 | When \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR or \fBarp\fR is specified, matches the | |
311 | \fBar_spa\fR or \fBar_tpa\fR field, respectively, in ARP packets for | |
312 | IPv4 and Ethernet. | |
313 | .IP | |
314 | When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800 | |
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315 | or 0x0806, the values of \fBnw_src\fR and \fBnw_dst\fR are ignored |
316 | (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above). | |
a9b4a41a | 317 | . |
064af421 | 318 | .IP \fBnw_proto=\fIproto\fR |
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319 | When \fBip\fR or \fBdl_type=0x0800\fR is specified, matches IP |
320 | protocol type \fIproto\fR, which is specified as a decimal number | |
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321 | between 0 and 255, inclusive (e.g. 1 to match ICMP packets or 6 to match |
322 | TCP packets). | |
323 | .IP | |
324 | When \fBipv6\fR or \fBdl_type=0x86dd\fR is specified, matches IPv6 | |
325 | header type \fIproto\fR, which is specified as a decimal number between | |
326 | 0 and 255, inclusive (e.g. 58 to match ICMPv6 packets or 6 to match | |
327 | TCP). The header type is the terminal header as described in the | |
328 | \fBDESIGN\fR document. | |
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329 | .IP |
330 | When \fBarp\fR or \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR is specified, matches the lower | |
331 | 8 bits of the ARP opcode. ARP opcodes greater than 255 are treated as | |
332 | 0. | |
333 | .IP | |
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334 | When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800, |
335 | 0x0806, or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_proto\fR is ignored (see \fBFlow | |
0b3f2725 | 336 | Syntax\fR above). |
a9b4a41a | 337 | . |
834377ea | 338 | .IP \fBnw_tos=\fItos\fR |
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339 | Matches IP ToS/DSCP or IPv6 traffic class field \fItos\fR, which is |
340 | specified as a decimal number between 0 and 255, inclusive. Note that | |
341 | the two lower reserved bits are ignored for matching purposes. | |
ed951f15 | 342 | .IP |
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343 | When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800, |
344 | 0x0806, or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_tos\fR is ignored (see \fBFlow | |
345 | Syntax\fR above). | |
a9b4a41a | 346 | . |
064af421 | 347 | .IP \fBtp_src=\fIport\fR |
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348 | .IQ \fBtp_dst=\fIport\fR |
349 | When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR specify TCP or UDP, \fBtp_src\fR | |
350 | and \fBtp_dst\fR match the UDP or TCP source or destination port | |
351 | \fIport\fR, respectively. which is specified as a decimal number | |
352 | between 0 and 65535, inclusive (e.g. 80 to match packets originating | |
064af421 | 353 | from a HTTP server). |
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354 | .IP |
355 | When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of | |
0b3f2725 | 356 | these settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above). |
a9b4a41a | 357 | . |
064af421 | 358 | .IP \fBicmp_type=\fItype\fR |
ed951f15 | 359 | .IQ \fBicmp_code=\fIcode\fR |
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360 | When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR specify ICMP or ICMPv6, \fItype\fR |
361 | matches the ICMP type and \fIcode\fR matches the ICMP code. Each is | |
362 | specified as a decimal number between 0 and 255, inclusive. | |
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363 | .IP |
364 | When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of | |
0b3f2725 | 365 | these settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above). |
71e17a7a | 366 | . |
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367 | .IP \fBtable=\fInumber\fR |
368 | If specified, limits the flow manipulation and flow dump commands to | |
369 | only apply to the table with the given \fInumber\fR. | |
370 | \fInumber\fR is a number between 0 and 254, inclusive. | |
371 | . | |
372 | Behavior varies if \fBtable\fR is not specified. For flow table | |
373 | modification commands without \fB\-\-strict\fR, the switch will choose | |
374 | the table for these commands to operate on. For flow table | |
375 | modification commands with \fB\-\-strict\fR, the command will operate | |
376 | on any single matching flow in any table; it will do nothing if there | |
377 | are matches in more than one table. The \fBdump-flows\fR and | |
378 | \fBdump-aggregate\fR commands will gather statistics about flows from | |
379 | all tables. | |
380 | .IP | |
381 | When this field is specified in \fBadd-flow\fR, \fBadd-flows\fR, | |
382 | \fBmod-flows\fR and \fBdel-flows\fR commands, it activates a Nicira | |
383 | extension to OpenFlow, which as of this writing is only known to be | |
384 | implemented by Open vSwitch. | |
385 | . | |
71e17a7a | 386 | .PP |
d31f1109 JP |
387 | The following shorthand notations are also available: |
388 | . | |
389 | .IP \fBip\fR | |
390 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x0800\fR. | |
391 | . | |
392 | .IP \fBicmp\fR | |
393 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x0800,nw_proto=1\fR. | |
394 | . | |
395 | .IP \fBtcp\fR | |
396 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x0800,nw_proto=6\fR. | |
397 | . | |
398 | .IP \fBudp\fR | |
399 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x0800,nw_proto=17\fR. | |
400 | . | |
401 | .IP \fBarp\fR | |
402 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR. | |
403 | . | |
404 | .PP | |
71e17a7a JP |
405 | The following field assignments require support for the NXM (Nicira |
406 | Extended Match) extension to OpenFlow. When one of these is specified, | |
407 | \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will automatically attempt to negotiate use of this | |
408 | extension. If the switch does not support NXM, then \fBovs\-ofctl\fR | |
409 | will report a fatal error. | |
410 | . | |
bad68a99 JP |
411 | .IP \fBarp_sha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR |
412 | .IQ \fBarp_tha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR | |
413 | When \fBdl_type\fR specifies ARP, \fBarp_sha\fR and \fBarp_tha\fR match | |
414 | the source and target hardware address, respectively. An address is | |
415 | specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal digits delimited by colons. | |
416 | . | |
d31f1109 JP |
417 | .IP \fBipv6_src=\fIipv6\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR] |
418 | .IQ \fBipv6_dst=\fIipv6\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR] | |
419 | When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x86dd (possibly via shorthand, e.g., \fBipv6\fR | |
420 | or \fBtcp6\fR), matches IPv6 source (or destination) address \fIipv6\fR, | |
421 | which may be specified as defined in RFC 2373. The preferred format is | |
422 | \fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fR, where | |
423 | \fIx\fR are the hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the | |
424 | address. A single instance of \fB::\fR may be used to indicate multiple | |
425 | groups of 16-bits of zeros. The optional \fInetmask\fR allows | |
426 | restricting a match to an IPv6 address prefix. A netmask is specified | |
427 | as a CIDR block (e.g. \fB2001:db8:3c4d:1::/64\fR). | |
428 | . | |
685a51a5 JP |
429 | .IP \fBnd_target=\fIipv6\fR |
430 | When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify | |
431 | IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ICMPv6 type 135 or 136), matches the target address | |
432 | \fIipv6\fR. \fIipv6\fR is in the same format described earlier for the | |
433 | \fBipv6_src\fR and \fBipv6_dst\fR fields. | |
434 | . | |
435 | .IP \fBnd_sll=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR | |
436 | When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify IPv6 | |
437 | Neighbor Solicitation (ICMPv6 type 135), matches the source link\-layer | |
438 | address option. An address is specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal | |
439 | digits delimited by colons. | |
440 | . | |
441 | .IP \fBnd_tll=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR | |
442 | When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify IPv6 | |
443 | Neighbor Advertisement (ICMPv6 type 136), matches the target link\-layer | |
444 | address option. An address is specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal | |
445 | digits delimited by colons. | |
446 | . | |
8368c090 BP |
447 | .IP \fBtun_id=\fItunnel-id\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR] |
448 | Matches tunnel identifier \fItunnel-id\fR. Only packets that arrive | |
4c5df7f7 | 449 | over a tunnel that carries a key (e.g. GRE with the RFC 2890 key |
8368c090 | 450 | extension) will have a nonzero tunnel ID. If \fImask\fR is omitted, |
71e17a7a | 451 | \fItunnel-id\fR is the exact tunnel ID to match; if \fImask\fR is |
8368c090 BP |
452 | specified, then a 1-bit in \fImask\fR indicates that the corresponding |
453 | bit in \fItunnel-id\fR must match exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that | |
454 | bit. | |
4c5df7f7 | 455 | .IP |
71e17a7a JP |
456 | In an attempt to be compatible with more switches, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will |
457 | prefer to use the ``tunnel ID from cookie'' Nicira extension to NXM. | |
458 | The use of this extension comes with three caveats: the top 32 bits of | |
459 | the \fBcookie\fR (see below) are used for \fItunnel-id\fR and thus | |
460 | unavailable for other use, specifying \fBtun_id\fR on \fBdump\-flows\fR | |
461 | or \fBdump\-aggregate\fR has no effect, and \fImask\fR is not supported. | |
462 | If any of these caveats apply, \fBovs-ofctl\fR will use NXM. | |
463 | . | |
00b1c62f BP |
464 | .IP "\fBreg\fIidx\fB=\fIvalue\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]" |
465 | Matches \fIvalue\fR either exactly or with optional \fImask\fR in | |
466 | register number \fIidx\fR. The valid range of \fIidx\fR depends on | |
467 | the switch. \fIvalue\fR and \fImask\fR are 32-bit integers, by | |
468 | default in decimal (use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify hexadecimal). | |
469 | Arbitrary \fImask\fR values are allowed: a 1-bit in \fImask\fR | |
470 | indicates that the corresponding bit in \fIvalue\fR must match | |
471 | exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that bit. | |
472 | .IP | |
473 | When a packet enters an OpenFlow switch, all of the registers are set | |
474 | to 0. Only explicit Nicira extension actions change register values. | |
a9b4a41a | 475 | . |
064af421 | 476 | .PP |
d31f1109 JP |
477 | Defining IPv6 flows (those with \fBdl_type\fR equal to 0x86dd) requires |
478 | support for NXM. The following shorthand notations are available for | |
479 | IPv6-related flows: | |
a9b4a41a | 480 | . |
d31f1109 JP |
481 | .IP \fBipv6\fR |
482 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 483 | . |
d31f1109 JP |
484 | .IP \fBtcp6\fR |
485 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=6\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 486 | . |
d31f1109 JP |
487 | .IP \fBudp6\fR |
488 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=17\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 489 | . |
d31f1109 JP |
490 | .IP \fBicmp6\fR |
491 | Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=58\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 492 | . |
064af421 | 493 | .PP |
4e312e69 | 494 | The \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands require an additional |
537eeb9c | 495 | field, which must be the final field specified: |
a9b4a41a | 496 | . |
064af421 BP |
497 | .IP \fBactions=\fR[\fItarget\fR][\fB,\fItarget\fR...]\fR |
498 | Specifies a comma-separated list of actions to take on a packet when the | |
499 | flow entry matches. If no \fItarget\fR is specified, then packets | |
500 | matching the flow are dropped. The \fItarget\fR may be a decimal port | |
501 | number designating the physical port on which to output the packet, or one | |
502 | of the following keywords: | |
a9b4a41a | 503 | . |
064af421 BP |
504 | .RS |
505 | .IP \fBoutput\fR:\fIport\fR | |
506 | Outputs the packet on the port specified by \fIport\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 507 | . |
5682f723 BP |
508 | .IP \fBenqueue\fR:\fIport\fB:\fIqueue\fR |
509 | Enqueues the packet on the specified \fIqueue\fR within port | |
510 | \fIport\fR. The number of supported queues depends on the switch; | |
511 | some OpenFlow implementations do not support queuing at all. | |
512 | . | |
064af421 BP |
513 | .IP \fBnormal\fR |
514 | Subjects the packet to the device's normal L2/L3 processing. (This | |
515 | action is not implemented by all OpenFlow switches.) | |
a9b4a41a | 516 | . |
064af421 BP |
517 | .IP \fBflood\fR |
518 | Outputs the packet on all switch physical ports other than the port on | |
519 | which it was received and any ports on which flooding is disabled | |
520 | (typically, these would be ports disabled by the IEEE 802.1D spanning | |
521 | tree protocol). | |
a9b4a41a | 522 | . |
064af421 BP |
523 | .IP \fBall\fR |
524 | Outputs the packet on all switch physical ports other than the port on | |
525 | which it was received. | |
a9b4a41a | 526 | . |
064af421 BP |
527 | .IP \fBcontroller\fR:\fImax_len\fR |
528 | Sends the packet to the OpenFlow controller as a ``packet in'' | |
529 | message. If \fImax_len\fR is a number, then it specifies the maximum | |
530 | number of bytes that should be sent. If \fImax_len\fR is \fBALL\fR or | |
531 | omitted, then the entire packet is sent. | |
a9b4a41a | 532 | . |
064af421 BP |
533 | .IP \fBlocal\fR |
534 | Outputs the packet on the ``local port,'' which corresponds to the | |
045b2e5c | 535 | network device that has the same name as the bridge. |
a9b4a41a | 536 | . |
064af421 BP |
537 | .IP \fBdrop\fR |
538 | Discards the packet, so no further processing or forwarding takes place. | |
539 | If a drop action is used, no other actions may be specified. | |
a9b4a41a | 540 | . |
064af421 BP |
541 | .IP \fBmod_vlan_vid\fR:\fIvlan_vid\fR |
542 | Modifies the VLAN id on a packet. The VLAN tag is added or modified | |
543 | as necessary to match the value specified. If the VLAN tag is added, | |
544 | a priority of zero is used (see the \fBmod_vlan_pcp\fR action to set | |
545 | this). | |
a9b4a41a | 546 | . |
064af421 BP |
547 | .IP \fBmod_vlan_pcp\fR:\fIvlan_pcp\fR |
548 | Modifies the VLAN priority on a packet. The VLAN tag is added or modified | |
549 | as necessary to match the value specified. Valid values are between 0 | |
550 | (lowest) and 7 (highest). If the VLAN tag is added, a vid of zero is used | |
551 | (see the \fBmod_vlan_vid\fR action to set this). | |
a9b4a41a | 552 | . |
064af421 BP |
553 | .IP \fBstrip_vlan\fR |
554 | Strips the VLAN tag from a packet if it is present. | |
a9b4a41a | 555 | . |
064af421 BP |
556 | .IP \fBmod_dl_src\fB:\fImac\fR |
557 | Sets the source Ethernet address to \fImac\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 558 | . |
064af421 BP |
559 | .IP \fBmod_dl_dst\fB:\fImac\fR |
560 | Sets the destination Ethernet address to \fImac\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 561 | . |
e423eca6 JP |
562 | .IP \fBmod_nw_src\fB:\fIip\fR |
563 | Sets the IPv4 source address to \fIip\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 564 | . |
e423eca6 JP |
565 | .IP \fBmod_nw_dst\fB:\fIip\fR |
566 | Sets the IPv4 destination address to \fIip\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 567 | . |
e423eca6 JP |
568 | .IP \fBmod_tp_src\fB:\fIport\fR |
569 | Sets the TCP or UDP source port to \fIport\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 570 | . |
e423eca6 JP |
571 | .IP \fBmod_tp_dst\fB:\fIport\fR |
572 | Sets the TCP or UDP destination port to \fIport\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 573 | . |
959a2ecd JP |
574 | .IP \fBmod_nw_tos\fB:\fItos\fR |
575 | Sets the IP ToS/DSCP field to \fItos\fR. Valid values are between 0 and | |
576 | 255, inclusive. Note that the two lower reserved bits are never | |
577 | modified. | |
a9b4a41a | 578 | . |
659586ef JG |
579 | .RE |
580 | .IP | |
581 | The following actions are Nicira vendor extensions that, as of this writing, are | |
582 | only known to be implemented by Open vSwitch: | |
583 | . | |
584 | .RS | |
585 | . | |
3a2fe1f3 BP |
586 | .IP \fBresubmit\fB:\fIport\fR |
587 | Re-searches the OpenFlow flow table with the \fBin_port\fR field | |
588 | replaced by \fIport\fR and executes the actions found, if any, in | |
589 | addition to any other actions in this flow entry. Recursive | |
590 | \fBresubmit\fR actions are ignored. | |
659586ef JG |
591 | . |
592 | .IP \fBset_tunnel\fB:\fIid\fR | |
b9298d3f BP |
593 | .IQ \fBset_tunnel64\fB:\fIid\fR |
594 | If outputting to a port that encapsulates the packet in a tunnel and | |
595 | supports an identifier (such as GRE), sets the identifier to \fBid\fR. | |
596 | If the \fBset_tunnel\fR form is used and \fIid\fR fits in 32 bits, | |
597 | then this uses an action extension that is supported by Open vSwitch | |
598 | 1.0 and later. Otherwise, if \fIid\fR is a 64-bit value, it requires | |
599 | Open vSwitch 1.1 or later. | |
3a2fe1f3 | 600 | . |
933df876 BP |
601 | .IP \fBdrop_spoofed_arp\fR |
602 | Stops processing further actions, if the packet being processed is an | |
603 | Ethernet+IPv4 ARP packet for which the source Ethernet address inside | |
604 | the ARP packet differs from the source Ethernet address in the | |
605 | Ethernet header. | |
bad68a99 JP |
606 | .IP |
607 | This action is deprecated in favor of defining flows using the | |
608 | \fBarp_sha\fR match field described earlier and will likely be removed | |
609 | in a future version of Open vSwitch. | |
eedc0097 JP |
610 | . |
611 | .IP \fBset_queue\fB:\fIqueue\fR | |
612 | Sets the queue that should be used to \fIqueue\fR when packets are | |
613 | output. The number of supported queues depends on the switch; some | |
614 | OpenFlow implementations do not support queuing at all. | |
615 | . | |
616 | .IP \fBpop_queue\fR | |
617 | Restores the queue to the value it was before any \fBset_queue\fR | |
618 | actions were applied. | |
619 | . | |
96fc46e8 BP |
620 | .IP \fBnote:\fR[\fIhh\fR]... |
621 | Does nothing at all. Any number of bytes represented as hex digits | |
622 | \fIhh\fR may be included. Pairs of hex digits may be separated by | |
623 | periods for readability. | |
f393f81e BP |
624 | . |
625 | .IP "\fBmove:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR" | |
626 | Copies the named bits from field \fIsrc\fR to field \fIdst\fR. | |
627 | \fIsrc\fR and \fIdst\fR must be NXM field names as defined in | |
628 | \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR, e.g. \fBNXM_OF_UDP_SRC\fR or \fBNXM_NX_REG0\fR. | |
629 | Each \fIstart\fR and \fIend\fR pair, which are inclusive, must specify | |
630 | the same number of bits and must fit within its respective field. | |
631 | Shorthands for \fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR exist: use | |
632 | \fB[\fIbit\fB]\fR to specify a single bit or \fB[]\fR to specify an | |
633 | entire field. | |
634 | .IP | |
635 | Examples: \fBmove:NXM_NX_REG0[0..5]\->NXM_NX_REG1[26..31]\fR copies the | |
636 | six bits numbered 0 through 5, inclusive, in register 0 into bits 26 | |
637 | through 31, inclusive; | |
638 | \fBmove:NXM_NX_REG0[0..15]->NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[]\fR copies the least | |
639 | significant 16 bits of register 0 into the VLAN TCI field. | |
640 | . | |
641 | .IP "\fBload:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]" | |
642 | Writes \fIvalue\fR to bits \fIstart\fR through \fIend\fR, inclusive, | |
643 | in field \fBdst\fR. | |
644 | .IP | |
645 | Example: \fBload:55\->NXM_NX_REG2[0..5]\fR loads value 55 (bit pattern | |
646 | \fB110111\fR) into bits 0 through 5, inclusive, in register 2. | |
53ddd40a BP |
647 | . |
648 | .IP "\fBmultipath(\fIfields\fB, \fIbasis\fB, \fIalgorithm\fB, \fIn_links\fB, \fIarg\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB])\fR" | |
649 | Hashes \fIfields\fR using \fIbasis\fR as a universal hash parameter, | |
650 | then the applies multipath link selection \fIalgorithm\fR (with | |
651 | parameter \fIarg\fR) to choose one of \fIn_links\fR output links | |
652 | numbered 0 through \fIn_links\fR minus 1, and stores the link into | |
653 | \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM register as | |
654 | described above. | |
655 | .IP | |
656 | Currently, \fIfields\fR must be either \fBeth_src\fR or | |
657 | \fBsymmetric_l4\fR and \fIalgorithm\fR must be one of \fBmodulo_n\fR, | |
658 | \fBhash_threshold\fR, \fBhrw\fR, and \fBiter_hash\fR. Only | |
659 | the \fBiter_hash\fR algorithm uses \fIarg\fR. | |
660 | .IP | |
661 | Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details. | |
3b6a2571 EJ |
662 | . |
663 | .IP "\fBautopath(\fIid\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB])\fR" | |
664 | Given \fIid\fR, chooses an OpenFlow port and populates it in | |
665 | \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM register as | |
666 | described above. | |
667 | .IP | |
668 | Currently, \fIid\fR should be the OpenFlow port number of an interface on the | |
669 | bridge. If it isn't then \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR will be | |
670 | populated with the OpenFlow port "none". If \fIid\fR is a member of a bond, | |
671 | the normal bond selection logic will be used to choose the destination port. | |
672 | Otherwise, the register will be populated with \fIid\fR itself. | |
673 | .IP | |
674 | Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details. | |
064af421 | 675 | .RE |
a9b4a41a | 676 | . |
064af421 BP |
677 | .IP |
678 | (The OpenFlow protocol supports other actions that \fBovs\-ofctl\fR does | |
679 | not yet expose to the user.) | |
a9b4a41a | 680 | . |
064af421 | 681 | .PP |
8cce2125 JP |
682 | The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBmod\-flows\fR commands |
683 | support an additional optional field: | |
684 | . | |
685 | .IP \fBcookie=\fIvalue\fR | |
686 | . | |
687 | A cookie is an opaque identifier that can be associated with the flow. | |
688 | \fIvalue\fR can be any 64-bit number and need not be unique among | |
689 | flows. | |
690 | . | |
691 | .PP | |
4b6b46ce BP |
692 | The following additional field sets the priority for flows added by |
693 | the \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands. For | |
694 | \fBmod\-flows\fR and \fBdel\-flows\fR when \fB\-\-strict\fR is | |
695 | specified, priority must match along with the rest of the flow | |
696 | specification. Other commands ignore the priority value. | |
a9b4a41a | 697 | . |
064af421 BP |
698 | .IP \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR |
699 | The priority at which a wildcarded entry will match in comparison to | |
700 | others. \fIvalue\fR is a number between 0 and 65535, inclusive. A higher | |
701 | \fIvalue\fR will match before a lower one. An exact-match entry will always | |
702 | have priority over an entry containing wildcards, so it has an implicit | |
703 | priority value of 65535. When adding a flow, if the field is not specified, | |
704 | the flow's priority will default to 32768. | |
a9b4a41a | 705 | . |
064af421 | 706 | .PP |
4e312e69 | 707 | The \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands support additional |
064af421 | 708 | optional fields: |
a9b4a41a | 709 | . |
064af421 BP |
710 | .TP |
711 | \fBidle_timeout=\fIseconds\fR | |
712 | Causes the flow to expire after the given number of seconds of | |
a1545337 BP |
713 | inactivity. A value of 0 (the default) prevents a flow from expiring due to |
714 | inactivity. | |
a9b4a41a | 715 | . |
064af421 BP |
716 | .IP \fBhard_timeout=\fIseconds\fR |
717 | Causes the flow to expire after the given number of seconds, | |
718 | regardless of activity. A value of 0 (the default) gives the flow no | |
719 | hard expiration deadline. | |
a9b4a41a | 720 | . |
064af421 | 721 | .PP |
4e312e69 BP |
722 | The \fBdump\-flows\fR, \fBdump\-aggregate\fR, \fBdel\-flow\fR |
723 | and \fBdel\-flows\fR commands support one additional optional field: | |
a9b4a41a | 724 | . |
064af421 BP |
725 | .TP |
726 | \fBout_port=\fIport\fR | |
727 | If set, a matching flow must include an output action to \fIport\fR. | |
a9b4a41a | 728 | . |
064af421 | 729 | .PP |
4e312e69 | 730 | The \fBdump\-flows\fR and \fBdump\-aggregate\fR commands support an |
064af421 | 731 | additional optional field: |
a9b4a41a | 732 | . |
064af421 | 733 | .SS "Table Entry Output" |
a9b4a41a | 734 | . |
4e312e69 | 735 | The \fBdump\-tables\fR and \fBdump\-aggregate\fR commands print information |
064af421 BP |
736 | about the entries in a datapath's tables. Each line of output is a |
737 | unique flow entry, which begins with some common information: | |
a9b4a41a | 738 | . |
064af421 BP |
739 | .IP \fBduration\fR |
740 | The number of seconds the entry has been in the table. | |
a9b4a41a | 741 | . |
064af421 BP |
742 | .IP \fBtable_id\fR |
743 | The table that contains the flow. When a packet arrives, the switch | |
744 | begins searching for an entry at the lowest numbered table. Tables are | |
4e312e69 | 745 | numbered as shown by the \fBdump\-tables\fR command. |
a9b4a41a | 746 | . |
064af421 BP |
747 | .IP \fBpriority\fR |
748 | The priority of the entry in relation to other entries within the same | |
749 | table. A higher value will match before a lower one. | |
a9b4a41a | 750 | . |
064af421 BP |
751 | .IP \fBn_packets\fR |
752 | The number of packets that have matched the entry. | |
a9b4a41a | 753 | . |
064af421 BP |
754 | .IP \fBn_bytes\fR |
755 | The total number of bytes from packets that have matched the entry. | |
a9b4a41a | 756 | . |
064af421 BP |
757 | .PP |
758 | The rest of the line consists of a description of the flow entry as | |
759 | described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR, above. | |
a9b4a41a BP |
760 | . |
761 | . | |
064af421 BP |
762 | .SH OPTIONS |
763 | .TP | |
4e312e69 | 764 | \fB\-\-strict\fR |
064af421 | 765 | Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands. |
a9b4a41a | 766 | . |
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767 | .IP "\fB\-F \fIformat\fR" |
768 | .IQ "\fB\-\-flow\-format=\fIformat\fR" | |
769 | \fBovs\-ofctl\fR supports the following flow formats, in order of | |
770 | increasing capability: | |
771 | .RS | |
772 | .IP "\fBopenflow10\fR" | |
773 | This is the standard OpenFlow 1.0 flow format. It should be supported | |
774 | by all OpenFlow switches. | |
775 | . | |
88ca35ee BP |
776 | .IP "\fBnxm\fR (Nicira Extended Match)" |
777 | This Nicira extension to OpenFlow is flexible and extensible. It | |
778 | supports all of the Nicira flow extensions, such as \fBtun_id\fR and | |
779 | registers. | |
780 | .RE | |
781 | .IP | |
782 | Usually, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR picks the correct format automatically. For | |
783 | commands that modify the flow table, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR by default uses | |
784 | the most widely supported flow format that supports the flows being | |
785 | added. For commands that query the flow table, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR by | |
786 | default queries and uses the most advanced format supported by the | |
787 | switch. | |
788 | .IP | |
789 | This option, where \fIformat\fR is one of the formats listed in the | |
790 | above table, overrides \fBovs\-ofctl\fR's default choice of flow | |
791 | format. If a command cannot work as requested using the requested | |
792 | flow format, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will report a fatal error. | |
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793 | . |
794 | .IP "\fB\-m\fR" | |
795 | .IQ "\fB\-\-more\fR" | |
796 | Increases the verbosity of OpenFlow messages printed and logged by | |
797 | \fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands. Specify this option more than once to | |
798 | increase verbosity further. | |
ac300505 | 799 | .SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options" |
84ee7bcf | 800 | .so lib/ssl.man |
064af421 BP |
801 | .so lib/vlog.man |
802 | .so lib/common.man | |
a9b4a41a | 803 | . |
064af421 | 804 | .SH EXAMPLES |
a9b4a41a | 805 | . |
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806 | The following examples assume that \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR has a bridge |
807 | named \fBbr0\fR configured. | |
a9b4a41a | 808 | . |
064af421 | 809 | .TP |
045b2e5c | 810 | \fBovs\-ofctl dump\-tables br0\fR |
064af421 BP |
811 | Prints out the switch's table stats. (This is more interesting after |
812 | some traffic has passed through.) | |
a9b4a41a | 813 | . |
064af421 | 814 | .TP |
045b2e5c | 815 | \fBovs\-ofctl dump\-flows br0\fR |
064af421 | 816 | Prints the flow entries in the switch. |
a9b4a41a | 817 | . |
064af421 | 818 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
a9b4a41a | 819 | . |
064af421 BP |
820 | .BR ovs\-appctl (8), |
821 | .BR ovs\-controller (8), | |
822 | .BR ovs\-vswitchd (8) |