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3 - The default OpenFlow and OVSDB ports will change to
4 IANA-assigned numbers in a future release. Consider updating
5 your installations to specify port numbers instead of using the
6 defaults.
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7 - OpenFlow:
8 * The OpenFlow 1.1+ "Write-Actions" instruction is now supported.
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9 - ovs-vswitchd.conf.db.5 man page will contain graphviz/dot
10 diagram only if graphviz package was installed at the build time.
54af97ad 11 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.11
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2fdb1879 14v2.0.0 - 15 Oct 2013
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16 - The ovs-vswitchd process is no longer single-threaded. Multiple
17 threads are now used to handle flow set up and asynchronous
18 logging.
0ad90c84 19 - OpenFlow:
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20 * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and
21 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10).
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22 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups. This
23 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
24 software switch.
25 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.2+ meters. This
26 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
27 software switch.
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28 * New support for matching outer source and destination IP address
29 of tunneled packets, for tunnel ports configured with the newly
e0eeeca5 30 added "remote_ip=flow" and "local_ip=flow" options.
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31 * Support for matching on metadata 'pkt_mark' for interacting with
32 other system components. On Linux this corresponds to the skb
33 mark.
fe8a1798 34 * Support matching, rewriting SCTP ports
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35 - The Interface table in the database has a new "ifindex" column to
36 report the interface's OS-assigned ifindex.
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37 - New "check-oftest" Makefile target for running OFTest against Open
38 vSwitch. See README-OFTest for details.
380f49c4 39 - The flow eviction threshold has been moved to the Open_vSwitch table.
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40 - Database names are now mandatory when specifying ovsdb-server options
41 through database paths (e.g. Private key option with the database name
42 should look like "--private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key").
fef5244f 43 - Added ovs-dev.py, a utility script helpful for Open vSwitch developers.
9b764edf 44 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10
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45 - ovs-ofctl:
46 * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file.
7395c052 47 * New commands for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups.
978427a5 48 - Added configurable flow caching support to IPFIX exporter.
37418c86 49 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.32.
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50 - Log file timestamps and ovsdb commit timestamps are now reported
51 with millisecond resolution. (Previous versions only reported
52 whole seconds.)
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57 - Support for megaflows, which allows wildcarding in the kernel (and
58 any dpif implementation that supports wildcards). Depending on
59 the flow table and switch configuration, flow set up rates are
60 close to the Linux bridge.
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61 - The "tutorial" directory contains a new tutorial for some advanced
62 Open vSwitch features.
df53d41c 63 - Stable bond mode has been removed.
1bda9b9e 64 - The autopath action has been removed.
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65 - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel
66 protocol (RFC 6830). An external control plane or manual flow
67 setup is required for EID-to-RLOC mapping.
b676167a 68 - OpenFlow:
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69 * The "dec_mpls_ttl" and "set_mpls_ttl" actions from OpenFlow
70 1.1 and later are now implemented.
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71 * New "stack" extension for use in actions, to push and pop from
72 NXM fields.
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73 * The "load" and "set_field" actions can now modify the "in_port". (This
74 allows one to enable output to a flow's input port by setting the
75 in_port to some unused value, such as OFPP_NONE.)
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76 - ovs-dpctl:
77 * New debugging commands "add-flow", "mod-flow", "del-flow".
041e7168 78 * "dump-flows" now has a -m option to increase output verbosity.
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79 - In dpif-based bridges, cache action translations, which can improve
80 flow set up performance by 80% with a complicated flow table.
ca03aae0 81 - New syslog format, prefixed with "ovs|", to be easier to filter.
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82 - RHEL: Removes the default firewall rule that allowed GRE traffic to
83 pass through. Any users that relied on this automatic firewall hole
84 will have to manually configure it. The ovs-ctl(8) manpage documents
85 the "enable-protocol" command that can be used as an alternative.
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86 - New CFM demand mode which uses data traffic to indicate interface
87 liveness.
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b82b19e9 89v1.10.0 - 01 May 2013
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91 - Bridge compatibility support has been removed. Any uses that
92 rely on ovs-brcompatd will have to stick with Open vSwitch 1.9.x
93 or adapt to native Open vSwitch support (e.g. use ovs-vsctl instead
94 of brctl).
c4069512 95 - The maximum size of the MAC learning table is now configurable.
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96 - With the Linux datapath, packets for new flows are now queued
97 separately on a per-port basis, so it should no longer be
98 possible for a large number of new flows arriving on one port to
99 prevent new flows from being processed on other ports.
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100 - ovs-vsctl:
101 * Previously ovs-vsctl would retry connecting to the database forever,
102 causing it to hang if ovsdb-server was not running. Now, ovs-vsctl
103 only tries once by default (use --retry to try forever). This change
104 means that you may want to remove uses of --timeout to avoid hangs
105 in ovs-vsctl calls.
106 * Many "ovs-vsctl" database commands now accept an --if-exists option.
107 Please refer to the ovs-vsctl manpage for details.
e6024057 108 - OpenFlow:
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109 - Experimental support for newer versions of OpenFlow. See
110 the "What versions of OpenFlow does Open vSwitch support?"
111 question in the FAQ for more details.
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112 - The OpenFlow "dp_desc" may now be configured by setting the
113 value of other-config:dp-desc in the Bridge table.
114 - It is possible to request the OpenFlow port number with the
115 "ofport_request" column in the Interface table.
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116 - The NXM flow_removed message now reports the OpenFlow table ID
117 from which the flow was removed.
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118 - Tunneling:
119 - New support for the VXLAN tunnel protocol (see the IETF draft here:
238bc978 120 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-03).
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121 - Tunneling requires the version of the kernel module paired with
122 Open vSwitch 1.9.0 or later.
123 - Inheritance of the Don't Fragment bit in IP tunnels (df_inherit)
124 is no longer supported.
125 - Path MTU discovery is no longer supported.
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126 - CAPWAP tunneling support removed.
127 - Tunnels with multicast destination ports are no longer supported.
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128 - ovs-dpctl:
129 - The "dump-flows" and "del-flows" no longer require an argument
130 if only one datapath exists.
131 - ovs-appctl:
132 - New "vlog/disable-rate-limit" and "vlog/enable-rate-limit"
133 commands available allow control over logging rate limits.
134 - New "dpif/dump-dps", "dpif/show", and "dpif/dump-flows" command
135 that mimic the equivalent ovs-dpctl commands.
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136 - The ofproto library is now responsible for assigning OpenFlow port
137 numbers. An ofproto implementation should assign them when
138 port_construct() is called.
139 - All dpif-based bridges of a particular type share a common
140 datapath called "ovs-<type>", e.g. "ovs-system". The ovs-dpctl
141 commands will now return information on that shared datapath. To
142 get the equivalent bridge-specific information, use the new
143 "ovs-appctl dpif/*" commands.
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144 - Backward-incompatible changes:
145 - Earlier Open vSwitch versions treated ANY as a wildcard in flow
146 syntax. OpenFlow 1.1 adds a port named ANY, which introduces a
147 conflict. ANY was rarely used in flow syntax, so we chose to
148 retire that meaning of ANY in favor of the OpenFlow 1.1 meaning.
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149 - Patch ports no longer require kernel support, so they now work
150 with FreeBSD and the kernel module built into Linux 3.3 and later.
29089a54 151 - New "sample" action.
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154v1.9.0 - 26 Feb 2013
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156 - Datapath:
157 - Support for ipv6 set action.
158 - SKB mark matching and setting.
64807dfb 159 - support for Linux kernels up to 3.8
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160 - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
161 Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
b592e726 162 - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.
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163 - New %t and %T log escapes to identify the subprogram within a
164 cooperating group of processes or threads that emitted a log message.
165 The default log patterns now include this information.
32455024 166 - OpenFlow:
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167 - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL
168 fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label.
4cceacb9 169 - Adds support for writing to the metadata field for a flow.
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170 - Tunneling:
171 - The tunneling code no longer assumes input and output keys are
172 symmetric. If they are not, PMTUD needs to be disabled for
173 tunneling to work. Note this only applies to flow-based keys.
174 - New support for a nonstandard form of GRE that supports a 64-bit key.
175 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery default value was set to 'disabled'.
176 This feature is deprecated and will be removed soon.
177 - Tunnel header caching removed.
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178 - ovs-ofctl:
179 - Commands and actions that accept port numbers now also accept keywords
180 that represent those ports (such as LOCAL, NONE, and ALL). This is
181 also the recommended way to specify these ports, for compatibility
182 with OpenFlow 1.1 and later (which use the OpenFlow 1.0 numbers
183 for these ports for different purposes).
2562714a 184 - ovs-dpctl:
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185 - Support requesting the port number with the "port_no" option in
186 the "add-if" command.
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187 - ovs-pki: The "online PKI" features have been removed, along with
188 the ovs-pki-cgi program that facilitated it, because of some
189 alarmist insecurity claims. We do not believe that these claims
190 are true, but because we do not know of any users for this
191 feature it seems better on balance to remove it. (The ovs-pki-cgi
192 program was not included in distribution packaging.)
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193 - ovsdb-server now enforces the immutability of immutable columns. This
194 was not enforced in earlier versions due to an oversight.
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195 - The following features are now deprecated. They will be removed no
196 earlier than February 2013. Please email dev@openvswitch.org with
197 concerns.
a8643e44 198 - Bridge compatibility.
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199 - Stable bond mode.
200 - The autopath action.
201 - Interface type "null".
202 - Numeric values for reserved ports (see "ovs-ofctl" note above).
85340733 203 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery.
1280bf0e 204 - CAPWAP tunnel support.
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205 - The data in the RARP packets can now be matched in the same way as the
206 data in ARP packets.
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fdfe872d 209v1.8.0 - 26 Feb 2013
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fdfe872d 211 *** Internal only release ***
c483d489 212 - New FAQ. Please send updates and additions!
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213 - Authors of controllers, please read the new section titled "Action
214 Reproduction" in DESIGN, which describes an Open vSwitch change in
215 behavior in corner cases that may affect some controllers.
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216 - ovs-l3ping:
217 - A new test utility that can create L3 tunnel between two Open
218 vSwitches and detect connectivity issues.
5498c01f 219 - ovs-ofctl:
bdcc5925 220 - New --sort and --rsort options for "dump-flows" command.
5498c01f 221 - "mod-port" command can now control all OpenFlow config flags.
c08201d6 222 - OpenFlow:
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223 - Allow general bitwise masking for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in
224 IPv4, IPv6, and ARP packets. (Previously, only CIDR masks
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225 were allowed.)
226 - Allow support for arbitrary Ethernet masks. (Previously, only
227 the multicast bit in the destination address could be individually
228 masked.)
969fc56c 229 - New field OXM_OF_METADATA, to align with OpenFlow 1.1.
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230 - The OFPST_QUEUE request now reports an error if a specified port or
231 queue does not exist, or for requests for a specific queue on all
232 ports, if the specified queue does not exist on any port. (Previous
233 versions generally reported an empty set of results.)
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234 - New "flow monitor" feature to allow controllers to be notified of
235 flow table changes as they happen.
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236 - Additional protocols are not mirrored and dropped when forward-bpdu is
237 false. For a full list, see the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db man page.
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238 - Open vSwitch now sends RARP packets in situations where it previously
239 sent a custom protocol, making it consistent with behavior of QEMU and
240 VMware.
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241 - All Open vSwitch programs and log files now show timestamps in UTC,
242 instead the local timezone, by default.
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247 - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now
248 openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko.
e9358af6 249 - Increased the number of NXM registers to 8.
22dd5cec 250 - Added ability to configure DSCP setting for manager and controller
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251 connections. By default, these connections have a DSCP value of
252 Internetwork Control (0xc0).
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253 - Added the granular link health statistics, 'cfm_health', to an
254 interface.
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255 - OpenFlow:
256 - Added support to mask nd_target for ICMPv6 neighbor discovery flows.
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257 - Added support for OpenFlow 1.3 port description (OFPMP_PORT_DESC)
258 multipart messages.
259 - ovs-ofctl:
260 - Added the "dump-ports-desc" command to retrieve port
261 information using the new port description multipart messages.
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262 - ovs-test:
263 - Added support for spawning ovs-test server from the client.
264 - Now ovs-test is able to automatically create test bridges and ports.
7393104d 265 - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" now prints observed TCP flags in TCP flows.
22dd5cec 266 - Tripled flow setup performance.
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267 - The "coverage/log" command previously available through ovs-appctl
268 has been replaced by "coverage/show". The new command replies with
269 coverage counter values, instead of logging them.
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274 - Allow OFPP_CONTROLLER as the in_port for packet-out messages.
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279 *** Internal only release ***
4df08875 280 - bonding
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281 - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail.
282 Instead they drop traffic.
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283 - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect
284 unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are
285 documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS).
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286 - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval
287 to zero.
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288 - OpenFlow:
289 - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
290 See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information.
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291 - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard
292 timeouts.
293 - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows
294 controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they
295 receive asynchronously.
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296 - New "fin_timeout" action.
297 - Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action.
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298 - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features
299 over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER.
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300 - When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue
301 (queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that
302 queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions.
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303 - Logging:
304 - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for
305 all the daemons. An example of the default format is
306 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. ovs-appctl can be used to change the default
307 format as before.
308 - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified,
309 to make it easier to remember.
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310 - New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow
311 table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon
312 overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5)
313 for more information.
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314 - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to
315 false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all
316 asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior.
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317 - ofproto-provider interface:
318 - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations
319 should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used().
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320 - ovsdb-client:
321 - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print
322 a timestamp with every update.
a7aa2d3c 323 - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
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328 - OpenFlow:
329 - Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows
330 based on flow cookie when using NXM.
b4b7f827 331 - Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format.
f0fd1a17 332 - Added new NXAST_DEC_TTL action.
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333 - ovs-ofctl:
334 - Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands.
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335 - ovs-vsctl:
336 - The "find" command supports new set relational operators
337 {=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}.
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338 - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation
339 directories as defaults.
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340 - The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds
341 to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable.
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50bf17cd 346 - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3.
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347 - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers
348 in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When
349 broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will
350 delete this feature.) See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more
351 information.
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352 - OpenFlow:
353 - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM.
530180fd 354 - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
a61680c6 355 - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
530180fd 356 - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4.
a61680c6 357 - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4.
9d24de3b 358 - ovs-vswitchd:
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359 - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors. Traffic will
360 now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their
361 actions.
9d24de3b 362 - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors.
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363 - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent
364 device instead of having to be told explicitly.
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365 - ovs-appctl:
366 - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table.
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367 - ovs-test:
368 - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance
369 and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or
370 Xen packages.
0fb42626 371 - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts.
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372 - bonding:
373 - Post 1.4.*, OVS will be changing the default bond mode from balance-slb
374 to active-backup. SLB bonds carry significant risks with them
375 (documented vswitchd/INTERNALS) which we want to prevent unsuspecting
376 users from running into. Users are advised to update any scripts or
377 configuration which may be negatively impacted by explicitly setting
378 the bond mode which they want to use.
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383 - OpenFlow:
384 - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept
385 NXM fields.
75a75043 386 - Added an OpenFlow extension for flexible learning.
d2c0fed9 387 - Bumped number of NXM registers from four to five.
d5e1e5ed 388 - ovs-appctl:
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389 - New "version" command to determine version of running daemon.
390 - If no argument is provided for "cfm/show", displays detailed
391 information about all interfaces with CFM enabled.
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392 - If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed
393 information about all ports with LACP enabled.
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394 - ovs-dpctl:
395 - New "set-if" command to modify a datapath port's configuration.
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396 - ovs-vswitchd:
397 - The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead
398 of just one. By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the
399 new NXAST_RESUBMIT_TABLE action can look up in additional
400 tables. Tables 128 and above are reserved for use by the
401 switch itself; please use only tables 0 through 127.
21f7563c 402 - Add support for 802.1D spanning tree (STP).
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403 - Fragment handling extensions:
404 - New OFPC_FRAG_NX_MATCH fragment handling mode, in which L4
405 fields are made available for matching in fragments with
406 offset 0.
407 - New NXM_NX_IP_FRAG match field for matching IP fragments (usable
408 via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl).
409 - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set
410 fragment handling policy.
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411 - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-bit key.
412 By default it remains compatible with the old version and other
c87112ca 413 standards-based implementations.
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414 - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports
415 to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting
416 a denial of service attack.
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417 - Added support for native VLAN tagging. A new "vlan_mode"
418 parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access",
419 "trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged".
023e1e0a 420 - test-openflowd has been removed. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead.
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424 - New "ofproto" abstraction layer to ease porting to hardware
425 switching ASICs.
426 - Packaging for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and 6.0.
427 - Datapath support for Linux kernels up to 3.0.
428 - OpenFlow:
429 - New "bundle" and "bundle_load" action extensions.
430 - Database:
431 - Implement table unique constraints.
432 - Support cooperative locking between callers.
433 - ovs-dpctl:
434 - New "-s" option for "show" command prints packet and byte
435 counters for each port.
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436 - ovs-ofctl:
437 - New "--readd" option for "replace-flows".
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438 - ovs-vsctl:
439 - New "show" command to print an overview of configuration.
1a142ced 440 - New "comment" command to add remark that explains intentions.
2b01925c 441 - ovs-brcompatd has been rewritten to fix long-standing bugs.
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442 - ovs-openflowd has been renamed test-openflowd and moved into the
443 tests directory. Its presence confused too many users. Please
444 use ovs-vswitchd instead.
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445 - New ovs-benchmark utility to test flow setup performance.
446 - A new log level "off" has been added. Configuring a log facility
447 "off" prevents any messages from being logged to it. Previously,
448 "emer" was effectively "off" because no messages were ever logged at
449 level "emer". Now, errors that cause a process to exit are logged
450 at "emer" level.
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451 - "configure" option --with-l26 has been renamed --with-linux, and
452 --with-l26-source has been renamed --with-linux-source. The old
453 names will be removed after the next release, so please update
454 your scripts.
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455 - The "-2.6" suffix has been dropped from the datapath/linux-2.6 and
456 datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
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457 - Feature removals:
458 - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
0be6140a 459 Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
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460 - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
461 to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
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462 - Performance and scalability improvements
463 - Bug fixes
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466------------------------
467 - Ability to define policies over IPv6
468 - LACP
469 - 802.1ag CCM
470 - Support for extensible match extensions to OpenFlow
471 - QoS:
472 - Support for HFSC qdisc.
473 - Queue used by in-band control can now be configured.
474 - Kernel:
475 - Kernel<->userspace interface has been reworked and should be
476 close to a stable ABI now.
477 - "Port group" concept has been dropped.
478 - GRE over IPSEC tunnels
479 - Bonding:
480 - New active backup bonding mode.
481 - New L4 hashing support when LACP is enabled.
482 - Source MAC hash now includes VLAN field also.
483 - miimon support.
484 - Greatly improved handling of large flow tables
485 - ovs-dpctl:
486 - "show" command now prints full vport configuration.
487 - "dump-groups" command removed since kernel support for
488 port groups was dropped.
489 - ovs-vsctl:
490 - New commands for working with the new Managers table.
491 - "list" command enhanced with new formatting options and --columns
492 option.
493 - "get" command now accepts new --id option.
494 - New "find" command.
495 - ovs-ofctl:
496 - New "queue-stats" command for printing queue stats.
497 - New commands "replace-flows" and "diff-flows".
498 - Commands to add and remove flows can now read from files.
499 - New --flow-format option to enable or disable NXM.
500 - New --more option to increase OpenFlow message verbosity.
501 - Removed "tun-cookie" command, which is no longer useful.
502 - ovs-controller enhancements for testing various features.
503 - New ovs-vlan-test command for testing for Linux kernel driver VLAN
504 bugs. New ovs-vlan-bug-workaround command for enabling and
505 disabling a workaround for these driver bugs.
506 - OpenFlow support:
35d25d44 507 - "Resubmit" actions now update flow statistics.
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508 - New "register" extension for use in matching and actions, via NXM.
509 - New "multipath" experimental action extension.
510 - New support for matching multicast Ethernet frames, via NXM.
511 - New extension for OpenFlow vendor error codes.
512 - New extension to set the QoS output queue without actually
513 sending to an output port.
514 - Open vSwitch now reports a single flow table, instead of
515 separate hash and wildcard tables. This better models the
516 current implementation.
517 - New experimental "note" action.
518 - New "ofproto/trace" ovs-appctl command and associated utilities
519 to ease debugging complex flow tables.
520 - Database:
521 - Schema documentation now includes an entity-relationship diagram.
522 - The database is now garbage collected. In most tables,
523 unreferenced rows will be deleted automatically.
524 - Many tables now include statistics updated periodically by
525 ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server.
526 - Every table now has an "external-ids" column for use by OVS
527 integrators.
528 - There is no default controller anymore. Each bridge must have its
529 controller individually specified.
530 - The "fail-mode" is now a property of a Bridge instead of a Controller.
531 - New versioning and checksum features.
532 - New Managers table and manager_options column in Open_vSwitch table
533 for specifying managers. The old "managers" column in the
534 Open_vSwitch table has been removed.
535 - Many "name" columns are now immutable.
536 - Feature removals:
537 - Dropped support for XenServer pre-5.6.100.
538 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.18.
539 - Dropped controller discovery support.
540 - Dropped "ovs-ofctl status" and the OpenFlow extension that it used.
541 Statistics reporting in the database is a rough equivalent.
542 - Dropped the "corekeeper" package (now separate, at
543 http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper).
544 - Performance and scalability improvements
545 - Bug fixes
546
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548------------------------
549 - Bug fixes
550
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551v1.1.0pre1 - 31 Aug 2010
552------------------------
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553 - OpenFlow 1.0 slicing (QoS) functionality
554 - Python bindings for configuration database (no write support)
555 - Performance and scalability improvements
556 - Bug fixes
557
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558v1.0.1 - 31 May 2010
559--------------------
560 - New "patch" interface type
561 - Bug fixes
562
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563v1.0.0 - 15 May 2010
564--------------------
565 - Configuration database with remote management
566 - OpenFlow 1.0
567 - GRE tunneling
568 - Support for XenServer 5.5 and 5.6
569 - Performance and scalability improvements
570 - Bug fixes
571
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572v0.99.2 - 18 Feb 2010
573---------------------
574 - Bug fixes
575
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576v0.99.1 - 25 Jan 2010
577---------------------
578 - Add support for sFlow(R)
579 - Make headers compatible with C++
580 - Bug fixes
581
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582v0.99.0 - 14 Jan 2010
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584 - User-space forwarding engine
585 - Bug fixes
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589 - Add support for NetFlow active timeouts
590 - Bug fixes
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594 - Bug fixes
595
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598 - Generalize in-band control to more diverse network setups
599 - Bug fixes