Add IPv6 support for OpenFlow, OVSDB, NetFlow, and sFlow.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ovsdb / remote-passive.man

diff --git a/ovsdb/remote-passive.man b/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
index 4cbc007..200651b 100644 (file)
--- a/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
+++ b/ovsdb/remote-passive.man
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 .IP "\fBpssl:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given SSL \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,
 .IP "\fBpssl:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given SSL \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,

-connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
+connections are not bound to a particular local IP address and
+it listens only on IPv4 (but not IPv6) addresses, but

 specifying \fIip\fR limits connections to those from the given
 specifying \fIip\fR limits connections to those from the given

-\fIip\fR.  The \fB\-\-private\-key\fR, \fB\-\-certificate\fR, and
-\fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory when this form is used.
+\fIip\fR, either IPv4 or IPv6 address.  If \fIip\fR is
+an IPv6 address, then wrap \fIip\fR with square brackets, e.g.:
+\fBpssl:6632:[::1]\fR.  The \fB\-\-private\-key\fR,
+\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory
+when this form is used.

 .
 .IP "\fBptcp:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given TCP \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,
 .
 .IP "\fBptcp:\fIport\fR[\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 Listen on the given TCP \fIport\fR for a connection.  By default,

-connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
+connections are not bound to a particular local IP address and
+it listens only on IPv4 (but not IPv6) addresses, but

 \fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the given
 \fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the given

-\fIip\fR.
+\fIip\fR, either IPv4 or IPv6 address.  If \fIip\fR is
+an IPv6 address, then wrap \fIip\fR with square brackets, e.g.:
+\fBptcp:6632:[::1]\fR.

 .
 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
 Listen on the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR for a
 .
 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
 Listen on the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR for a