1 <database title="Open vSwitch Configuration Database">
2 <p>A database with this schema holds the configuration for one Open
3 vSwitch daemon. The root of the configuration for the daemon is
4 the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table, which must have exactly one
5 record. Records in other tables are significant only when they
6 can be reached directly or indirectly from the
7 <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table.</p>
9 <table name="Open_vSwitch" title="Open vSwitch configuration.">
10 Configuration for an Open vSwitch daemon. There must be exactly one record
11 in the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table.
13 <group title="Configuration">
14 <column name="bridges">
15 Set of bridges managed by the daemon.
18 <column name="controller">
19 Default <ref table="Controller"/> used by bridges. May be
20 overridden on a per-bridge basis by the <ref table="Bridge"
21 column="controller"/> column in <ref table="Bridge"/>.
24 <column name="managers">
25 Remote database clients to which the Open vSwitch's database server
26 should connect or to which it should listen.
30 SSL used globally by the daemon.
33 <column name="external_ids">
34 Key-value pairs that identify this Open vSwitch's role in
35 external systems. The currently defined key-value pairs are:
37 <dt><code>system-uuid</code></dt>
38 <dd>A universally unique identifier for the Open vSwitch's
39 physical host. The form of the identifier depends on the
40 type of the host. On a Citrix XenServer, this is the host
41 UUID displayed by, e.g., <code>xe host-list</code>.</dd>
46 <group title="Status">
47 <column name="next_cfg">
48 Sequence number for client to increment. When a client modifies
49 any part of the database configuration and wishes to wait for
50 Open vSwitch to finish applying the changes, it may increment
54 <column name="cur_cfg">
55 Sequence number that Open vSwitch sets to the current value of
56 <ref column="next_cfg"/> after it finishes applying a set of
57 configuration changes.
64 Configuration for a bridge within an
65 <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/>.
68 A <ref table="Bridge"/> record represents an Ethernet switch with one or
69 more ``ports,'' which are the <ref table="Port"/> records pointed to by
70 the <ref table="Bridge"/>'s <ref column="ports"/> column.
73 <group title="Core Features">
75 Bridge identifier. Should be alphanumeric and no more than about 8
76 bytes long. Must be unique among the names of ports, interfaces, and
81 Ports included in the bridge.
84 <column name="mirrors">
85 Port mirroring configuration.
88 <column name="netflow">
89 NetFlow configuration.
96 <column name="flood_vlans">
97 VLAN IDs of VLANs on which MAC address learning should be disabled, so
98 that packets are flooded instead of being sent to specific ports that
99 are believed to contain packets' destination MACs. This should
100 ordinarily be used to disable MAC learning on VLANs used for mirroring
101 (RSPAN VLANs). It may also be useful for debugging.
105 <group title="OpenFlow Configuration">
106 <column name="controller">
107 OpenFlow controller. If unset, defaults to that specified by
108 <ref column="controller" table="Open_vSwitch"/> in the
109 <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> table. If the default is also unset, then
110 no OpenFlow controller will be used.
113 <column name="datapath_id">
114 Reports the OpenFlow datapath ID in use. Exactly 16 hex digits.
118 <group title="Other Features">
119 <column name="datapath_type">
120 Name of datapath provider. The kernel datapath has
121 type <code>system</code>. The userspace datapath has
122 type <code>netdev</code>.
125 <column name="external_ids">
126 Key-value pairs that identify this bridge's role in external systems.
127 The currently defined key-value pairs are:
129 <dt><code>network-uuids</code></dt>
130 <dd>Space-delimited set of universally unique identifier(s) for the
131 network with which this bridge is associated. The form of the
132 identifier(s) depends on the type of the host. On a Citrix
133 XenServer host, the network identifiers are RFC 4122 UUIDs as
134 displayed by, e.g., <code>xe network-list</code>.</dd>
138 <column name="other_config">
139 Key-value pairs for configuring rarely used bridge
140 features. The currently defined key-value pairs are:
142 <dt><code>datapath-id</code></dt>
144 digits to set the OpenFlow datapath ID to a specific
146 <dt><code>hwaddr</code></dt>
147 <dd>An Ethernet address in the form
148 <var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>
149 to set the hardware address of the local port and influence the
156 <table name="Port" table="Port or bond configuration.">
157 <p>A port within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
158 <p>Most commonly, a port has exactly one ``interface,'' pointed to by its
159 <ref column="interfaces"/> column. Such a port logically
160 corresponds to a port on a physical Ethernet switch. A port
161 with more than one interface is a ``bonded port'' (see
162 <ref group="Bonding Configuration"/>).</p>
163 <p>Some properties that one might think as belonging to a port are actually
164 part of the port's <ref table="Interface"/> members.</p>
167 Port name. Should be alphanumeric and no more than about 8
168 bytes long. May be the same as the interface name, for
169 non-bonded ports. Must otherwise be unique among the names of
170 ports, interfaces, and bridges on a host.
173 <column name="interfaces">
174 The port's interfaces. If there is more than one, this is a
178 <group title="VLAN Configuration">
179 <p>A bridge port must be configured for VLANs in one of two
180 mutually exclusive ways:
182 <li>A ``trunk port'' has an empty value for
183 <ref column="tag"/> and a possibly non-empty
184 <ref column="trunks"/> value.</li>
185 <li>An ``implicitly tagged VLAN port'' or ``access port''
186 has an nonempty value for <ref column="tag"/> and an empty
187 <ref column="trunks"/> value.</li>
189 If <ref column="trunks"/> and <ref column="tag"/> are both
190 nonempty, the configuration is ill-formed.
194 <p>If nonempty, this port's implicitly tagged VLAN. Frames
195 arriving on trunk ports will be forwarded to this port only
196 if they are tagged with the given VLAN. Frames arriving on
197 other VLAN ports will be forwarded to this port only if they
198 have the same <ref column="tag"/> value. Frames forwarded
199 to this port will not have an 802.1Q header.</p>
200 <p>When a frame with a 802.1Q header that indicates a nonzero VLAN is
201 received on an implicit VLAN port, it is discarded.</p>
202 <p>Must be empty if this is a trunk port.</p>
205 <column name="trunks">
206 <p>The 802.1Q VLAN(s) that this port trunks. If the column is
207 empty, then the port trunks all VLANs as well as packets that
208 have no VLAN header. Otherwise, only frames that have an
209 802.1Q header with one of the specified VLANs are accepted.
210 If <code>0</code> is included, then frames without an 802.1Q
211 header are also accepted.</p>
212 <p>Must be empty unless this is a trunk port.</p>
216 <group title="Bonding Configuration">
217 <p>A port that has more than one interface is a ``bonded port.''
218 Bonding allows for load balancing and fail-over. Open vSwitch
219 supports ``source load balancing'' (SLB) bonding, which
220 assigns flows to slaves based on source MAC address, with
221 periodic rebalancing as traffic patterns change. This form of
222 bonding does not require 802.3ad or other special support from
223 the upstream switch to which the slave devices are
226 <p>These columns apply only to bonded ports. Their values are
227 otherwise ignored.</p>
229 <column name="bond_updelay">
230 <p>For a bonded port, the number of milliseconds for which carrier must
231 stay up on an interface before the interface is considered to be up.
232 Specify <code>0</code> to enable the interface immediately.</p>
233 <p>This setting is honored only when at least one bonded interface is
234 already enabled. When no interfaces are enabled, then the first bond
235 interface to come up is enabled immediately.</p>
238 <column name="bond_downdelay">
239 For a bonded port, the number of milliseconds for which carrier must
240 stay down on an interface before the interface is considered to be
241 down. Specify <code>0</code> to disable the interface immediately.
244 <column name="bond_fake_iface">
245 For a bonded port, whether to create a fake internal interface with the
246 name of the port. Use only for compatibility with legacy software that
251 <group title="Other Features">
253 The MAC address to use for this port for the purpose of choosing the
254 bridge's MAC address. This column does not necessarily reflect the
255 port's actual MAC address, nor will setting it change the port's actual
259 <column name="fake_bridge">
260 Does this port represent a sub-bridge for its tagged VLAN within the
261 Bridge? See ovs-vsctl(8) for more information.
264 <column name="external_ids">
265 Key-value pairs that identify this port's role in external systems. No
266 key-value pairs native to <ref table="Port"/> are currently defined.
267 For fake bridges (see the <ref column="fake_bridge"/> column), external
268 IDs for the fake bridge are defined here by prefixing a
269 <ref table="Bridge"/> <ref table="Bridge" column="external_ids"/> key
270 with <code>fake-bridge-</code>,
271 e.g. <code>fake-bridge-network-uuids</code>.
274 <column name="other_config">
275 Key-value pairs for configuring rarely used port features. The
276 currently defined key-value pairs are:
278 <dt><code>hwaddr</code></dt>
279 <dd>An Ethernet address in the form
280 <code><var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var></code>.</dd>
286 <table name="Interface" title="One physical network device in a Port.">
287 An interface within a <ref table="Port"/>.
289 <group title="Core Features">
291 Interface name. Should be alphanumeric and no more than about 8 bytes
292 long. May be the same as the port name, for non-bonded ports. Must
293 otherwise be unique among the names of ports, interfaces, and bridges
298 <p>Ethernet address to set for this interface. If unset then the
299 default MAC address is used:</p>
301 <li>For the local interface, the default is the lowest-numbered MAC
302 address among the other bridge ports, either the value of the
303 <ref table="Port" column="mac"/> in its <ref table="Port"/> record,
304 if set, or its actual MAC (for bonded ports, the MAC of its slave
305 whose name is first in alphabetical order). Internal ports and
306 bridge ports that are used as port mirroring destinations (see the
307 <ref table="Mirror"/> table) are ignored.</li>
308 <li>For other internal interfaces, the default MAC is randomly
310 <li>External interfaces typically have a MAC address associated with
313 <p>Some interfaces may not have a software-controllable MAC
317 <column name="ofport">
318 <p>OpenFlow port number for this interface. Unlike most columns, this
319 column's value should be set only by Open vSwitch itself. Other
320 clients should set this column to an empty set (the default) when
321 creating an <ref table="Interface"/>.</p>
322 <p>Open vSwitch populates this column when the port number becomes
323 known. If the interface is successfully added,
324 <ref column="ofport"/> will be set to a number between 1 and 65535
325 (generally either in the range 1 to 65280, exclusive, or 65534, the
326 port number for the OpenFlow ``local port''). If the interface
327 cannot be added then Open vSwitch sets this column
332 <group title="System-Specific Details">
334 The interface type, one of:
336 <dt><code>system</code></dt>
337 <dd>An ordinary network device, e.g. <code>eth0</code> on Linux.
338 Sometimes referred to as ``external interfaces'' since they are
339 generally connected to hardware external to that on which the Open
340 vSwitch is running. The empty string is a synonym for
341 <code>system</code>.</dd>
342 <dt><code>internal</code></dt>
343 <dd>A simulated network device that sends and receives traffic. An
344 internal interface whose <ref column="name"/> is the same as its
345 bridge's <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="name"/> is called the
346 ``local interface.'' It does not make sense to bond an internal
347 interface, so the terms ``port'' and ``interface'' are often used
348 imprecisely for internal interfaces.</dd>
349 <dt><code>tap</code></dt>
350 <dd>A TUN/TAP device managed by Open vSwitch.</dd>
351 <dt><code>gre</code></dt>
352 <dd>A GRE tunnel device managed by Open vSwitch.</dd>
356 <column name="options">
357 Configuration options whose interpretation varies based on
358 <ref column="type"/>.
362 <group title="Ingress Policing">
363 <column name="ingress_policing_burst">
364 <p>Maximum burst size for data received on this interface, in kb. The
365 default burst size if set to <code>0</code> is 1000 kb. This value
366 has no effect if <ref column="ingress_policing_rate"/>
367 is <code>0</code>.</p>
368 <p>The burst size should be at least the size of the interface's
372 <column name="ingress_policing_rate">
373 <p>Maximum rate for data received on this interface, in kbps. Data
374 received faster than this rate is dropped. Set to <code>0</code> to
375 disable policing.</p>
376 <p>The meaning of ``ingress'' is from Open vSwitch's perspective. If
377 configured on a physical interface, then it limits the rate at which
378 traffic is allowed into the system from the outside. If configured
379 on a virtual interface that is connected to a virtual machine, then
380 it limits the rate at which the guest is able to transmit.</p>
384 <group title="Other Features">
385 <column name="external_ids">
386 <p>Key-value pairs that identify this interface's role in external
387 systems. All of the currently defined key-value pairs specifically
388 apply to an interface that represents a virtual Ethernet interface
389 connected to a virtual machine. These key-value pairs should not be
390 present for other types of interfaces. Keys whose names end
391 in <code>-uuid</code> have values that uniquely identify the entity
392 in question. For a Citrix XenServer hypervisor, these values are
393 UUIDs in RFC 4122 format. Other hypervisors may use other
395 <p>The currently defined key-value pairs are:</p>
397 <dt><code>vif-uuid</code></dt>
398 <dd>The virtual interface associated with this interface.</dd>
399 <dt><code>network-uuid</code></dt>
400 <dd>The virtual network to which this interface is attached.</dd>
401 <dt><code>vm-uuid</code></dt>
402 <dd>The VM to which this interface belongs.</dd>
403 <dt><code>vif-mac</code></dt>
404 <dd>The MAC address programmed into the "virtual hardware" for this
406 form <var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>.
407 For Citrix XenServer, this is the value of the <code>MAC</code>
408 field in the VIF record for this interface.</dd>
414 <table name="Mirror" title="Port mirroring (SPAN/RSPAN).">
415 <p>A port mirror within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
416 <p>A port mirror configures a bridge to send selected frames to special
417 ``mirrored'' ports, in addition to their normal destinations. Mirroring
418 traffic may also be referred to as SPAN or RSPAN, depending on the
419 mechanism used for delivery.</p>
422 Arbitrary identifier for the <ref table="Mirror"/>.
425 <group title="Selecting Packets for Mirroring">
426 <column name="select_all">
427 If true, every packet arriving or departing on any port is
428 selected for mirroring.
431 <column name="select_dst_port">
432 Ports on which departing packets are selected for mirroring.
435 <column name="select_src_port">
436 Ports on which arriving packets are selected for mirroring.
439 <column name="select_vlan">
440 VLANs on which packets are selected for mirroring. An empty set
441 selects packets on all VLANs.
445 <group title="Mirroring Destination Configuration">
446 <column name="output_port">
447 <p>Output port for selected packets, if nonempty. Mutually exclusive
448 with <ref column="output_vlan"/>.</p>
449 <p>Specifying a port for mirror output reserves that port exclusively
450 for mirroring. No frames other than those selected for mirroring
451 will be forwarded to the port, and any frames received on the port
452 will be discarded.</p>
453 <p>This type of mirroring is sometimes called SPAN.</p>
456 <column name="output_vlan">
457 <p>Output VLAN for selected packets, if nonempty. Mutually exclusive
458 with <ref column="output_port"/>.</p>
459 <p>The frames will be sent out all ports that trunk
460 <ref column="output_vlan"/>, as well as any ports with implicit VLAN
461 <ref column="output_vlan"/>. When a mirrored frame is sent out a
462 trunk port, the frame's VLAN tag will be set to
463 <ref column="output_vlan"/>, replacing any existing tag; when it is
464 sent out an implicit VLAN port, the frame will not be tagged. This
465 type of mirroring is sometimes called RSPAN.</p>
466 <p><em>Please note:</em> Mirroring to a VLAN can disrupt a network that
467 contains unmanaged switches. Consider an unmanaged physical switch
468 with two ports: port 1, connected to an end host, and port 2,
469 connected to an Open vSwitch configured to mirror received packets
470 into VLAN 123 on port 2. Suppose that the end host sends a packet on
471 port 1 that the physical switch forwards to port 2. The Open vSwitch
472 forwards this packet to its destination and then reflects it back on
473 port 2 in VLAN 123. This reflected packet causes the unmanaged
474 physical switch to replace the MAC learning table entry, which
475 correctly pointed to port 1, with one that incorrectly points to port
476 2. Afterward, the physical switch will direct packets destined for
477 the end host to the Open vSwitch on port 2, instead of to the end
478 host on port 1, disrupting connectivity. If mirroring to a VLAN is
479 desired in this scenario, then the physical switch must be replaced
480 by one that learns Ethernet addresses on a per-VLAN basis. In
481 addition, learning should be disabled on the VLAN containing mirrored
482 traffic. If this is not done then intermediate switches will learn
483 the MAC address of each end host from the mirrored traffic. If
484 packets being sent to that end host are also mirrored, then they will
485 be dropped since the switch will attempt to send them out the input
486 port. Disabling learning for the VLAN will cause the switch to
487 correctly send the packet out all ports configured for that VLAN. If
488 Open vSwitch is being used as an intermediate switch, learning can be
489 disabled by adding the mirrored VLAN to <ref column="flood_vlans"/>
490 in the appropriate <ref table="Bridge"/> table or tables.</p>
495 <table name="Controller" title="OpenFlow controller configuration.">
496 An OpenFlow controller.
498 <group title="Core Features">
499 <column name="target">
500 Connection method for controller.
501 The following connection methods are currently
504 <dt><code>ssl:<var>ip</var></code>[<code>:<var>port</var></code>]</dt>
506 <p>The specified SSL <var>port</var> (default: 6633) on the host at
507 the given <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an IP address
508 (not a DNS name). The <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="ssl"/>
509 column in the <ref table="Open_vSwitch"/> must point to a valid
510 SSL configuration when this form is used.</p>
511 <p>SSL support is an optional feature that is not always built as
512 part of Open vSwitch.</p>
514 <dt><code>tcp:<var>ip</var></code>[<code>:<var>port</var></code>]</dt>
515 <dd>The specified TCP <var>port</var> (default: 6633) on the host at
516 the given <var>ip</var>, which must be expressed as an IP address
517 (not a DNS name).</dd>
518 <dt><code>discover</code></dt>
519 <dd>Enables controller discovery.</dd>
520 <dt><code>none</code></dt>
521 <dd>Disables the controller.</dd>
525 <column name="connection_mode">
526 Either <code>in-band</code> or <code>out-of-band</code>. If not
527 specified, the default is implementation-specific.
531 <group title="Controller Failure Detection and Handling">
532 <column name="max_backoff">
533 Maximum number of milliseconds to wait between connection attempts.
534 Default is implementation-specific.
537 <column name="inactivity_probe">
538 Maximum number of milliseconds of idle time on connection to
539 controller before sending an inactivity probe message. If Open
540 vSwitch does not communicate with the controller for the specified
541 number of seconds, it will send a probe. If a response is not
542 received for the same additional amount of time, Open vSwitch
543 assumes the connection has been broken and attempts to reconnect.
544 Default is implementation-specific.
547 <column name="fail_mode">
548 <p>When a controller is configured, it is, ordinarily, responsible
549 for setting up all flows on the switch. Thus, if the connection to
550 the controller fails, no new network connections can be set up.
551 If the connection to the controller stays down long enough,
552 no packets can pass through the switch at all. This setting
553 determines the switch's response to such a situation. It may be set
554 to one of the following:
556 <dt><code>standalone</code></dt>
557 <dd>If no message is received from the controller for three
558 times the inactivity probe interval
559 (see <ref column="inactivity_probe"/>), then Open vSwitch
560 will take over responsibility for setting up flows. In
561 this mode, Open vSwitch causes the datapath to act like an
562 ordinary MAC-learning switch. Open vSwitch will continue
563 to retry connecting to the controller in the background
564 and, when the connection succeeds, it will discontinue its
565 standalone behavior.</dd>
566 <dt><code>secure</code></dt>
567 <dd>Open vSwitch will not set up flows on its own when the
568 controller connection fails. It will continue retry
569 connecting to the controller forever.</dd>
572 <p>If this value is unset, the default is
573 implementation-specific.</p>
577 <group title="OpenFlow Rate Limiting">
578 <column name="controller_burst_limit">
579 In conjunction with <ref column="controller_rate_limit"/>,
580 the maximum number of unused packet credits that the bridge will
581 allow to accumulate, in packets. If not specified, the default
582 is implementation-specific.
585 <column name="controller_rate_limit">
586 <p>The maximum rate at which packets in unknown flows will be
587 forwarded to the OpenFlow controller, in packets per second. This
588 feature prevents a single bridge from overwhelming the controller.
589 If not specified, the default is implementation-specific.</p>
590 <p>In addition, when a high rate triggers rate-limiting, Open
591 vSwitch queues controller packets for each port and transmits
592 them to the controller at the configured rate. The number of
593 queued packets is limited by
594 the <ref column="controller_burst_limit"/> value. The packet
595 queue is shared fairly among the ports on a bridge.</p><p>Open
596 vSwitch maintains two such packet rate-limiters per bridge.
597 One of these applies to packets sent up to the controller
598 because they do not correspond to any flow. The other applies
599 to packets sent up to the controller by request through flow
600 actions. When both rate-limiters are filled with packets, the
601 actual rate that packets are sent to the controller is up to
602 twice the specified rate.</p>
606 <group title="Additional Configuration for Discovery">
607 <column name="discover_accept_regex">
608 If <ref column="target"/> is <code>discover</code>, a POSIX
609 extended regular expression against which the discovered controller
610 location is validated. The regular expression is implicitly
611 anchored at the beginning of the controller location string, as
612 if it begins with <code>^</code>. If not specified, the default
613 is implementation-specific.
616 <column name="discover_update_resolv_conf">
617 If <ref column="target"/> is <code>discover</code>,
618 whether to update <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> when the
619 controller is discovered. If not specified, the default
620 is implementation-specific. Open vSwitch will only modify
621 <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> if the DHCP response that it receives
622 specifies one or more DNS servers.
626 <group title="Additional Configuration without Discovery">
627 <column name="local_gateway">
628 If <ref column="target"/> is not <code>discover</code>, the IP
629 address of the gateway to configure on the local port.
632 <column name="local_ip">
633 If <ref column="target"/> is not <code>discover</code>, the IP
634 address to configure on the local port.
637 <column name="local_netmask">
638 If <ref column="target"/> is not <code>discover</code>, the IP
639 netmask to configure on the local port.
644 <table name="NetFlow">
645 A NetFlow target. NetFlow is a protocol that exports a number of
646 details about terminating IP flows, such as the principals involved
649 <column name="targets">
650 NetFlow targets in the form
651 <code><var>ip</var>:<var>port</var></code>. The <var>ip</var>
652 must be specified numerically, not as a DNS name.
655 <column name="engine_id">
656 Engine ID to use in NetFlow messages. Defaults to datapath index
660 <column name="engine_type">
661 Engine type to use in NetFlow messages. Defaults to datapath
662 index if not specified.
665 <column name="active_timeout">
666 The interval at which NetFlow records are sent for flows that are
667 still active, in seconds. A value of <code>0</code> requests the
668 default timeout (currently 600 seconds); a value of <code>-1</code>
669 disables active timeouts.
672 <column name="add_id_to_interface">
673 <p>If this column's value is <code>false</code>, the ingress and egress
674 interface fields of NetFlow flow records are derived from OpenFlow port
675 numbers. When it is <code>true</code>, the 7 most significant bits of
676 these fields will be replaced by the least significant 7 bits of the
677 engine id. This is useful because many NetFlow collectors do not
678 expect multiple switches to be sending messages from the same host, so
679 they do not store the engine information which could be used to
680 disambiguate the traffic.</p>
681 <p>When this option is enabled, a maximum of 508 ports are supported.</p>
686 SSL configuration for an Open_vSwitch.
688 <column name="private_key">
689 Name of a PEM file containing the private key used as the switch's
690 identity for SSL connections to the controller.
693 <column name="certificate">
694 Name of a PEM file containing a certificate, signed by the
695 certificate authority (CA) used by the controller and manager,
696 that certifies the switch's private key, identifying a trustworthy
700 <column name="ca_cert">
701 Name of a PEM file containing the CA certificate used to verify
702 that the switch is connected to a trustworthy controller.
705 <column name="bootstrap_ca_cert">
706 If set to <code>true</code>, then Open vSwitch will attempt to
707 obtain the CA certificate from the controller on its first SSL
708 connection and save it to the named PEM file. If it is successful,
709 it will immediately drop the connection and reconnect, and from then
710 on all SSL connections must be authenticated by a certificate signed
711 by the CA certificate thus obtained. <em>This option exposes the
712 SSL connection to a man-in-the-middle attack obtaining the initial
713 CA certificate.</em> It may still be useful for bootstrapping.
718 <p>An sFlow(R) target. sFlow is a protocol for remote monitoring
721 <column name="agent">
722 IP address to report as ``agent address'' to collectors. If not
723 specified, defaults to the <ref table="Controller" column="local_ip"/> in
724 the collector's <ref table="Controller"/>. If neither is specified,
728 <column name="header">
729 Number of bytes of a sampled packet to send to the collector.
730 If not specified, the default is 128 bytes.
733 <column name="polling">
734 Polling rate in seconds to send port statistics to the collector.
735 If not specified, defaults to 30 seconds.
738 <column name="sampling">
739 Rate at which packets should be sampled and sent to the collector.
740 If not specified, defaults to 400, which means one out of 400
741 packets, on average, will be sent to the collector.
744 <column name="targets">
745 sFlow targets in the form
746 <code><var>ip</var>:<var>port</var></code>.