.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.de IQ
-. br
-. ns
-. IP "\\$1"
-..
+.so lib/ovs.tmac
.TH ovs\-vswitchd 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.\" This program's name:
.ds PN ovs\-vswitchd
unavailable or unsuccessful.
.
.SS "DPDK Options"
-For details on initializing the \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR DPDK datapath,
-refer to the documentation or \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for
-details.
+For details on initializing \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to use DPDK ports,
+refer to the documentation or \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5).
.SS "Daemon Options"
.ds DD \
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR detaches only after it has connected to the \
.SS "GENERAL COMMANDS"
.IP "\fBexit\fR \fI--cleanup\fR"
Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to gracefully terminate. If \fI--cleanup\fR
-is specified, release datapath resources configured by \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
-Otherwise, datapath flows and other resources remains undeleted.
+is specified, deletes flows from datapaths and releases other datapath
+resources configured by \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. Otherwise, datapath
+flows and other resources remains undeleted. Resources of datapaths
+that are integrated into \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR (e.g. the \fBnetdev\fR
+datapath type) are always released regardless of \fI--cleanup\fR
+except for ports with \fBinternal\fR type. Use \fI--cleanup\fR to
+release \fBinternal\fR ports too.
.
.IP "\fBqos/show-types\fR \fIinterface\fR"
Queries the interface for a list of Quality of Service types that are
Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR,
along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry,
in seconds.
+.IP "\fBfdb/stats-clear\fR [\fIbridge\fR]"
+Clear \fIbridge\fR MAC address learning table statistics, or all
+statistics if no \fIbridge\fR is given.
+.IP "\fBfdb/stats-show\fR \fIbridge\fR"
+Show MAC address learning table statistics for the specified \fIbridge\fR.
.IP "\fBmdb/flush\fR [\fIbridge\fR]"
Flushes \fIbridge\fR multicast snooping table, or all snooping tables
if no \fIbridge\fR is given.
.IP
This command might be useful for debugging OpenFlow controller issues.
.
-.IP "\fBbridge/dump\-flows\fR \fIbridge\fR"
+.IP "\fBbridge/dump\-flows\fR [\fB\-\-offload-stats\fR] \fIbridge\fR"
Lists all flows in \fIbridge\fR, including those normally hidden to
commands such as \fBovs\-ofctl dump\-flows\fR. Flows set up by mechanisms
such as in-band control and fail-open are hidden from the controller
since it is not allowed to modify or override them.
+If \fB\-\-offload-stats\fR are specified then also list statistics for
+offloaded packets and bytes, which are a subset of the total packets and
+bytes.
.SS "BOND COMMANDS"
These commands manage bonded ports on an Open vSwitch's bridges. To
understand some of these commands, it is important to understand a
..
.so lib/dpctl.man
.
-.SS "DPIF-NETDEV COMMANDS"
-These commands are used to expose internal information (mostly statistics)
-about the ``dpif-netdev'' userspace datapath. If there is only one datapath
-(as is often the case, unless \fBdpctl/\fR commands are used), the \fIdp\fR
-argument can be omitted.
-.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
-Shows performance statistics for each pmd thread of the datapath \fIdp\fR.
-The special thread ``main'' sums up the statistics of every non pmd thread.
-The sum of ``emc hits'', ``masked hits'' and ``miss'' is the number of
-packets received by the datapath. Cycles are counted using the TSC or similar
-facilities (when available on the platform). To reset these counters use
-\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear\fR. The duration of one cycle depends on the
-measuring infrastructure. ``idle cycles'' refers to cycles spent polling
-devices but not receiving any packets. ``processing cycles'' refers to cycles
-spent polling devices and successfully receiving packets, plus the cycles
-spent processing said packets.
-.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
-Resets to zero the per pmd thread performance numbers shown by the
-\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show\fR command. It will NOT reset datapath or
-bridge statistics, only the values shown by the above command.
-.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
-For each pmd thread of the datapath \fIdp\fR shows list of queue-ids with
-port names, which this thread polls.
-.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-rebalance\fR [\fIdp\fR]"
-Reassigns rxqs to pmds in the datapath \fIdp\fR based on their current usage.
-.
+.so lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
.so lib/netdev-dpdk-unixctl.man
.so ofproto/ofproto-dpif-unixctl.man
.so ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
ofp_error_msg with OFPET_BUNDLE_FAILED type and OFPBFC_TIMEOUT code.
.
.PP
-Open vSwitch implements idle bundle lifetime of 10 seconds.
+Open vSwitch implements default idle bundle lifetime of 10 seconds.
+(This is configurable via \fBother-config:bundle-idle-timeout\fR in
+the \fBOpen_vSwitch\fR table. See \fBovs-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5)
+for details.)
.
.SH "LIMITS"
.
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR started through \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) provides a limit of 65535
file descriptors. The limits on the number of bridges and ports is decided by
the availability of file descriptors. With the Linux kernel datapath, creation
-of a single bridge consumes three file descriptors and adding a port consumes
-"n-handler-threads" file descriptors per bridge port. Performance will degrade
-beyond 1,024 ports per bridge due to fixed hash table sizing. Other platforms
+of a single bridge consumes three file descriptors and each port
+consumes one additional file descriptor. Other platforms
may have different limitations.
.
.IP \(bu
-2,048 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is
+8,192 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is
configurable via \fBother\-config:mac\-table\-size\fR in the
\fBBridge\fR table. See \fBovs\-vswitchd.conf.db\fR(5) for details.)
.
32 mirrors per bridge.
.
.IP \(bu
-15 bytes for the name of a port. (This is a Linux kernel limitation.)
+15 bytes for the name of a port, for ports implemented in the Linux
+kernel. Ports implemented in userspace, such as patch ports, do not
+have an arbitrary length limitation. OpenFlow also limit port names
+to 15 bytes.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ovs\-appctl (8),
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