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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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2fdb1879 11v2.0.0 - 15 Oct 2013
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0ad90c84 13 - OpenFlow:
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14 * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and
15 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10).
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16 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups. This
17 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
18 software switch.
19 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.2+ meters. This
20 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
21 software switch.
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22 * New support for matching outer source and destination IP address
23 of tunneled packets, for tunnel ports configured with the newly
e0eeeca5 24 added "remote_ip=flow" and "local_ip=flow" options.
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25 * Support for matching on metadata 'pkt_mark' for interacting with
26 other system components. On Linux this corresponds to the skb
27 mark.
fe8a1798 28 * Support matching, rewriting SCTP ports
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29 - The Interface table in the database has a new "ifindex" column to
30 report the interface's OS-assigned ifindex.
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31 - New "check-oftest" Makefile target for running OFTest against Open
32 vSwitch. See README-OFTest for details.
380f49c4 33 - The flow eviction threshold has been moved to the Open_vSwitch table.
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34 - Database names are now mandatory when specifying ovsdb-server options
35 through database paths (e.g. Private key option with the database name
36 should look like "--private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key").
fef5244f 37 - Added ovs-dev.py, a utility script helpful for Open vSwitch developers.
9b764edf 38 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10
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39 - ovs-ofctl:
40 * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file.
7395c052 41 * New commands for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups.
978427a5 42 - Added configurable flow caching support to IPFIX exporter.
37418c86 43 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.32.
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44 - Log file timestamps and ovsdb commit timestamps are now reported
45 with millisecond resolution. (Previous versions only reported
46 whole seconds.)
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51 - Support for megaflows, which allows wildcarding in the kernel (and
52 any dpif implementation that supports wildcards). Depending on
53 the flow table and switch configuration, flow set up rates are
54 close to the Linux bridge.
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55 - The "tutorial" directory contains a new tutorial for some advanced
56 Open vSwitch features.
df53d41c 57 - Stable bond mode has been removed.
1bda9b9e 58 - The autopath action has been removed.
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59 - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel
60 protocol (RFC 6830). An external control plane or manual flow
61 setup is required for EID-to-RLOC mapping.
b676167a 62 - OpenFlow:
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63 * The "dec_mpls_ttl" and "set_mpls_ttl" actions from OpenFlow
64 1.1 and later are now implemented.
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65 * New "stack" extension for use in actions, to push and pop from
66 NXM fields.
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67 * The "load" and "set_field" actions can now modify the "in_port". (This
68 allows one to enable output to a flow's input port by setting the
69 in_port to some unused value, such as OFPP_NONE.)
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70 - ovs-dpctl:
71 * New debugging commands "add-flow", "mod-flow", "del-flow".
041e7168 72 * "dump-flows" now has a -m option to increase output verbosity.
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73 - In dpif-based bridges, cache action translations, which can improve
74 flow set up performance by 80% with a complicated flow table.
ca03aae0 75 - New syslog format, prefixed with "ovs|", to be easier to filter.
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76 - RHEL: Removes the default firewall rule that allowed GRE traffic to
77 pass through. Any users that relied on this automatic firewall hole
78 will have to manually configure it. The ovs-ctl(8) manpage documents
79 the "enable-protocol" command that can be used as an alternative.
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80 - New CFM demand mode which uses data traffic to indicate interface
81 liveness.
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b82b19e9 83v1.10.0 - 01 May 2013
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85 - Bridge compatibility support has been removed. Any uses that
86 rely on ovs-brcompatd will have to stick with Open vSwitch 1.9.x
87 or adapt to native Open vSwitch support (e.g. use ovs-vsctl instead
88 of brctl).
c4069512 89 - The maximum size of the MAC learning table is now configurable.
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90 - With the Linux datapath, packets for new flows are now queued
91 separately on a per-port basis, so it should no longer be
92 possible for a large number of new flows arriving on one port to
93 prevent new flows from being processed on other ports.
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94 - ovs-vsctl:
95 * Previously ovs-vsctl would retry connecting to the database forever,
96 causing it to hang if ovsdb-server was not running. Now, ovs-vsctl
97 only tries once by default (use --retry to try forever). This change
98 means that you may want to remove uses of --timeout to avoid hangs
99 in ovs-vsctl calls.
100 * Many "ovs-vsctl" database commands now accept an --if-exists option.
101 Please refer to the ovs-vsctl manpage for details.
e6024057 102 - OpenFlow:
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103 - Experimental support for newer versions of OpenFlow. See
104 the "What versions of OpenFlow does Open vSwitch support?"
105 question in the FAQ for more details.
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106 - The OpenFlow "dp_desc" may now be configured by setting the
107 value of other-config:dp-desc in the Bridge table.
108 - It is possible to request the OpenFlow port number with the
109 "ofport_request" column in the Interface table.
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110 - The NXM flow_removed message now reports the OpenFlow table ID
111 from which the flow was removed.
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112 - Tunneling:
113 - New support for the VXLAN tunnel protocol (see the IETF draft here:
238bc978 114 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-03).
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115 - Tunneling requires the version of the kernel module paired with
116 Open vSwitch 1.9.0 or later.
117 - Inheritance of the Don't Fragment bit in IP tunnels (df_inherit)
118 is no longer supported.
119 - Path MTU discovery is no longer supported.
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120 - CAPWAP tunneling support removed.
121 - Tunnels with multicast destination ports are no longer supported.
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122 - ovs-dpctl:
123 - The "dump-flows" and "del-flows" no longer require an argument
124 if only one datapath exists.
125 - ovs-appctl:
126 - New "vlog/disable-rate-limit" and "vlog/enable-rate-limit"
127 commands available allow control over logging rate limits.
128 - New "dpif/dump-dps", "dpif/show", and "dpif/dump-flows" command
129 that mimic the equivalent ovs-dpctl commands.
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130 - The ofproto library is now responsible for assigning OpenFlow port
131 numbers. An ofproto implementation should assign them when
132 port_construct() is called.
133 - All dpif-based bridges of a particular type share a common
134 datapath called "ovs-<type>", e.g. "ovs-system". The ovs-dpctl
135 commands will now return information on that shared datapath. To
136 get the equivalent bridge-specific information, use the new
137 "ovs-appctl dpif/*" commands.
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138 - Backward-incompatible changes:
139 - Earlier Open vSwitch versions treated ANY as a wildcard in flow
140 syntax. OpenFlow 1.1 adds a port named ANY, which introduces a
141 conflict. ANY was rarely used in flow syntax, so we chose to
142 retire that meaning of ANY in favor of the OpenFlow 1.1 meaning.
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143 - Patch ports no longer require kernel support, so they now work
144 with FreeBSD and the kernel module built into Linux 3.3 and later.
29089a54 145 - New "sample" action.
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150 - Datapath:
151 - Support for ipv6 set action.
152 - SKB mark matching and setting.
64807dfb 153 - support for Linux kernels up to 3.8
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154 - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
155 Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
b592e726 156 - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.
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157 - New %t and %T log escapes to identify the subprogram within a
158 cooperating group of processes or threads that emitted a log message.
159 The default log patterns now include this information.
32455024 160 - OpenFlow:
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161 - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL
162 fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label.
4cceacb9 163 - Adds support for writing to the metadata field for a flow.
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164 - Tunneling:
165 - The tunneling code no longer assumes input and output keys are
166 symmetric. If they are not, PMTUD needs to be disabled for
167 tunneling to work. Note this only applies to flow-based keys.
168 - New support for a nonstandard form of GRE that supports a 64-bit key.
169 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery default value was set to 'disabled'.
170 This feature is deprecated and will be removed soon.
171 - Tunnel header caching removed.
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172 - ovs-ofctl:
173 - Commands and actions that accept port numbers now also accept keywords
174 that represent those ports (such as LOCAL, NONE, and ALL). This is
175 also the recommended way to specify these ports, for compatibility
176 with OpenFlow 1.1 and later (which use the OpenFlow 1.0 numbers
177 for these ports for different purposes).
2562714a 178 - ovs-dpctl:
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179 - Support requesting the port number with the "port_no" option in
180 the "add-if" command.
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181 - ovs-pki: The "online PKI" features have been removed, along with
182 the ovs-pki-cgi program that facilitated it, because of some
183 alarmist insecurity claims. We do not believe that these claims
184 are true, but because we do not know of any users for this
185 feature it seems better on balance to remove it. (The ovs-pki-cgi
186 program was not included in distribution packaging.)
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187 - ovsdb-server now enforces the immutability of immutable columns. This
188 was not enforced in earlier versions due to an oversight.
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189 - The following features are now deprecated. They will be removed no
190 earlier than February 2013. Please email dev@openvswitch.org with
191 concerns.
a8643e44 192 - Bridge compatibility.
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193 - Stable bond mode.
194 - The autopath action.
195 - Interface type "null".
196 - Numeric values for reserved ports (see "ovs-ofctl" note above).
85340733 197 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery.
1280bf0e 198 - CAPWAP tunnel support.
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199 - The data in the RARP packets can now be matched in the same way as the
200 data in ARP packets.
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fdfe872d 203v1.8.0 - 26 Feb 2013
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fdfe872d 205 *** Internal only release ***
c483d489 206 - New FAQ. Please send updates and additions!
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207 - Authors of controllers, please read the new section titled "Action
208 Reproduction" in DESIGN, which describes an Open vSwitch change in
209 behavior in corner cases that may affect some controllers.
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210 - ovs-l3ping:
211 - A new test utility that can create L3 tunnel between two Open
212 vSwitches and detect connectivity issues.
5498c01f 213 - ovs-ofctl:
bdcc5925 214 - New --sort and --rsort options for "dump-flows" command.
5498c01f 215 - "mod-port" command can now control all OpenFlow config flags.
c08201d6 216 - OpenFlow:
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217 - Allow general bitwise masking for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in
218 IPv4, IPv6, and ARP packets. (Previously, only CIDR masks
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219 were allowed.)
220 - Allow support for arbitrary Ethernet masks. (Previously, only
221 the multicast bit in the destination address could be individually
222 masked.)
969fc56c 223 - New field OXM_OF_METADATA, to align with OpenFlow 1.1.
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224 - The OFPST_QUEUE request now reports an error if a specified port or
225 queue does not exist, or for requests for a specific queue on all
226 ports, if the specified queue does not exist on any port. (Previous
227 versions generally reported an empty set of results.)
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228 - New "flow monitor" feature to allow controllers to be notified of
229 flow table changes as they happen.
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230 - Additional protocols are not mirrored and dropped when forward-bpdu is
231 false. For a full list, see the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db man page.
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232 - Open vSwitch now sends RARP packets in situations where it previously
233 sent a custom protocol, making it consistent with behavior of QEMU and
234 VMware.
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235 - All Open vSwitch programs and log files now show timestamps in UTC,
236 instead the local timezone, by default.
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241 - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now
242 openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko.
e9358af6 243 - Increased the number of NXM registers to 8.
22dd5cec 244 - Added ability to configure DSCP setting for manager and controller
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245 connections. By default, these connections have a DSCP value of
246 Internetwork Control (0xc0).
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247 - Added the granular link health statistics, 'cfm_health', to an
248 interface.
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249 - OpenFlow:
250 - Added support to mask nd_target for ICMPv6 neighbor discovery flows.
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251 - Added support for OpenFlow 1.3 port description (OFPMP_PORT_DESC)
252 multipart messages.
253 - ovs-ofctl:
254 - Added the "dump-ports-desc" command to retrieve port
255 information using the new port description multipart messages.
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256 - ovs-test:
257 - Added support for spawning ovs-test server from the client.
258 - Now ovs-test is able to automatically create test bridges and ports.
7393104d 259 - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" now prints observed TCP flags in TCP flows.
22dd5cec 260 - Tripled flow setup performance.
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261 - The "coverage/log" command previously available through ovs-appctl
262 has been replaced by "coverage/show". The new command replies with
263 coverage counter values, instead of logging them.
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268 - Allow OFPP_CONTROLLER as the in_port for packet-out messages.
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273 *** Internal only release ***
4df08875 274 - bonding
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275 - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail.
276 Instead they drop traffic.
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277 - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect
278 unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are
279 documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS).
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280 - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval
281 to zero.
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282 - OpenFlow:
283 - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
284 See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information.
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285 - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard
286 timeouts.
287 - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows
288 controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they
289 receive asynchronously.
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290 - New "fin_timeout" action.
291 - Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action.
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292 - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features
293 over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER.
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294 - When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue
295 (queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that
296 queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions.
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297 - Logging:
298 - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for
299 all the daemons. An example of the default format is
300 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. ovs-appctl can be used to change the default
301 format as before.
302 - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified,
303 to make it easier to remember.
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304 - New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow
305 table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon
306 overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5)
307 for more information.
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308 - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to
309 false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all
310 asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior.
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311 - ofproto-provider interface:
312 - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations
313 should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used().
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314 - ovsdb-client:
315 - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print
316 a timestamp with every update.
a7aa2d3c 317 - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
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322 - OpenFlow:
323 - Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows
324 based on flow cookie when using NXM.
b4b7f827 325 - Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format.
f0fd1a17 326 - Added new NXAST_DEC_TTL action.
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327 - ovs-ofctl:
328 - Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands.
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329 - ovs-vsctl:
330 - The "find" command supports new set relational operators
331 {=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}.
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332 - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation
333 directories as defaults.
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334 - The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds
335 to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable.
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50bf17cd 340 - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3.
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341 - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers
342 in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When
343 broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will
344 delete this feature.) See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more
345 information.
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346 - OpenFlow:
347 - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM.
530180fd 348 - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
a61680c6 349 - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
530180fd 350 - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4.
a61680c6 351 - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4.
9d24de3b 352 - ovs-vswitchd:
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353 - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors. Traffic will
354 now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their
355 actions.
9d24de3b 356 - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors.
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357 - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent
358 device instead of having to be told explicitly.
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359 - ovs-appctl:
360 - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table.
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361 - ovs-test:
362 - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance
363 and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or
364 Xen packages.
0fb42626 365 - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts.
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366 - bonding:
367 - Post 1.4.*, OVS will be changing the default bond mode from balance-slb
368 to active-backup. SLB bonds carry significant risks with them
369 (documented vswitchd/INTERNALS) which we want to prevent unsuspecting
370 users from running into. Users are advised to update any scripts or
371 configuration which may be negatively impacted by explicitly setting
372 the bond mode which they want to use.
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377 - OpenFlow:
378 - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept
379 NXM fields.
75a75043 380 - Added an OpenFlow extension for flexible learning.
d2c0fed9 381 - Bumped number of NXM registers from four to five.
d5e1e5ed 382 - ovs-appctl:
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383 - New "version" command to determine version of running daemon.
384 - If no argument is provided for "cfm/show", displays detailed
385 information about all interfaces with CFM enabled.
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386 - If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed
387 information about all ports with LACP enabled.
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388 - ovs-dpctl:
389 - New "set-if" command to modify a datapath port's configuration.
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390 - ovs-vswitchd:
391 - The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead
392 of just one. By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the
393 new NXAST_RESUBMIT_TABLE action can look up in additional
394 tables. Tables 128 and above are reserved for use by the
395 switch itself; please use only tables 0 through 127.
21f7563c 396 - Add support for 802.1D spanning tree (STP).
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397 - Fragment handling extensions:
398 - New OFPC_FRAG_NX_MATCH fragment handling mode, in which L4
399 fields are made available for matching in fragments with
400 offset 0.
401 - New NXM_NX_IP_FRAG match field for matching IP fragments (usable
402 via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl).
403 - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set
404 fragment handling policy.
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405 - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-bit key.
406 By default it remains compatible with the old version and other
c87112ca 407 standards-based implementations.
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408 - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports
409 to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting
410 a denial of service attack.
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411 - Added support for native VLAN tagging. A new "vlan_mode"
412 parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access",
413 "trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged".
023e1e0a 414 - test-openflowd has been removed. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead.
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5e9c5b61 416v1.2.0 - 03 Aug 2011
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418 - New "ofproto" abstraction layer to ease porting to hardware
419 switching ASICs.
420 - Packaging for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and 6.0.
421 - Datapath support for Linux kernels up to 3.0.
422 - OpenFlow:
423 - New "bundle" and "bundle_load" action extensions.
424 - Database:
425 - Implement table unique constraints.
426 - Support cooperative locking between callers.
427 - ovs-dpctl:
428 - New "-s" option for "show" command prints packet and byte
429 counters for each port.
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430 - ovs-ofctl:
431 - New "--readd" option for "replace-flows".
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432 - ovs-vsctl:
433 - New "show" command to print an overview of configuration.
1a142ced 434 - New "comment" command to add remark that explains intentions.
2b01925c 435 - ovs-brcompatd has been rewritten to fix long-standing bugs.
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436 - ovs-openflowd has been renamed test-openflowd and moved into the
437 tests directory. Its presence confused too many users. Please
438 use ovs-vswitchd instead.
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439 - New ovs-benchmark utility to test flow setup performance.
440 - A new log level "off" has been added. Configuring a log facility
441 "off" prevents any messages from being logged to it. Previously,
442 "emer" was effectively "off" because no messages were ever logged at
443 level "emer". Now, errors that cause a process to exit are logged
444 at "emer" level.
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445 - "configure" option --with-l26 has been renamed --with-linux, and
446 --with-l26-source has been renamed --with-linux-source. The old
447 names will be removed after the next release, so please update
448 your scripts.
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449 - The "-2.6" suffix has been dropped from the datapath/linux-2.6 and
450 datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
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451 - Feature removals:
452 - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
0be6140a 453 Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
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454 - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
455 to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
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456 - Performance and scalability improvements
457 - Bug fixes
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461 - Ability to define policies over IPv6
462 - LACP
463 - 802.1ag CCM
464 - Support for extensible match extensions to OpenFlow
465 - QoS:
466 - Support for HFSC qdisc.
467 - Queue used by in-band control can now be configured.
468 - Kernel:
469 - Kernel<->userspace interface has been reworked and should be
470 close to a stable ABI now.
471 - "Port group" concept has been dropped.
472 - GRE over IPSEC tunnels
473 - Bonding:
474 - New active backup bonding mode.
475 - New L4 hashing support when LACP is enabled.
476 - Source MAC hash now includes VLAN field also.
477 - miimon support.
478 - Greatly improved handling of large flow tables
479 - ovs-dpctl:
480 - "show" command now prints full vport configuration.
481 - "dump-groups" command removed since kernel support for
482 port groups was dropped.
483 - ovs-vsctl:
484 - New commands for working with the new Managers table.
485 - "list" command enhanced with new formatting options and --columns
486 option.
487 - "get" command now accepts new --id option.
488 - New "find" command.
489 - ovs-ofctl:
490 - New "queue-stats" command for printing queue stats.
491 - New commands "replace-flows" and "diff-flows".
492 - Commands to add and remove flows can now read from files.
493 - New --flow-format option to enable or disable NXM.
494 - New --more option to increase OpenFlow message verbosity.
495 - Removed "tun-cookie" command, which is no longer useful.
496 - ovs-controller enhancements for testing various features.
497 - New ovs-vlan-test command for testing for Linux kernel driver VLAN
498 bugs. New ovs-vlan-bug-workaround command for enabling and
499 disabling a workaround for these driver bugs.
500 - OpenFlow support:
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502 - New "register" extension for use in matching and actions, via NXM.
503 - New "multipath" experimental action extension.
504 - New support for matching multicast Ethernet frames, via NXM.
505 - New extension for OpenFlow vendor error codes.
506 - New extension to set the QoS output queue without actually
507 sending to an output port.
508 - Open vSwitch now reports a single flow table, instead of
509 separate hash and wildcard tables. This better models the
510 current implementation.
511 - New experimental "note" action.
512 - New "ofproto/trace" ovs-appctl command and associated utilities
513 to ease debugging complex flow tables.
514 - Database:
515 - Schema documentation now includes an entity-relationship diagram.
516 - The database is now garbage collected. In most tables,
517 unreferenced rows will be deleted automatically.
518 - Many tables now include statistics updated periodically by
519 ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server.
520 - Every table now has an "external-ids" column for use by OVS
521 integrators.
522 - There is no default controller anymore. Each bridge must have its
523 controller individually specified.
524 - The "fail-mode" is now a property of a Bridge instead of a Controller.
525 - New versioning and checksum features.
526 - New Managers table and manager_options column in Open_vSwitch table
527 for specifying managers. The old "managers" column in the
528 Open_vSwitch table has been removed.
529 - Many "name" columns are now immutable.
530 - Feature removals:
531 - Dropped support for XenServer pre-5.6.100.
532 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.18.
533 - Dropped controller discovery support.
534 - Dropped "ovs-ofctl status" and the OpenFlow extension that it used.
535 Statistics reporting in the database is a rough equivalent.
536 - Dropped the "corekeeper" package (now separate, at
537 http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper).
538 - Performance and scalability improvements
539 - Bug fixes
540
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543 - Bug fixes
544
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545v1.1.0pre1 - 31 Aug 2010
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547 - OpenFlow 1.0 slicing (QoS) functionality
548 - Python bindings for configuration database (no write support)
549 - Performance and scalability improvements
550 - Bug fixes
551
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554 - New "patch" interface type
555 - Bug fixes
556
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557v1.0.0 - 15 May 2010
558--------------------
559 - Configuration database with remote management
560 - OpenFlow 1.0
561 - GRE tunneling
562 - Support for XenServer 5.5 and 5.6
563 - Performance and scalability improvements
564 - Bug fixes
565
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566v0.99.2 - 18 Feb 2010
567---------------------
568 - Bug fixes
569
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570v0.99.1 - 25 Jan 2010
571---------------------
572 - Add support for sFlow(R)
573 - Make headers compatible with C++
574 - Bug fixes
575
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576v0.99.0 - 14 Jan 2010
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578 - User-space forwarding engine
579 - Bug fixes
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583 - Add support for NetFlow active timeouts
584 - Bug fixes
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588 - Bug fixes
589
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592 - Generalize in-band control to more diverse network setups
593 - Bug fixes