+function set_remote_endpoint () {
+
+ get_params "local_port remote_ip remote_UDP_port" "$@"
+
+ # ensure ovs-vswitchd is running
+ is_switch_running || { echo "ovs-vswitchd not running" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
+
+ set -e
+ ovs-vsctl --db=unix:$DB_SOCKET set interface $local_port \
+ options:remote_ip=$remote_ip \
+ options:remote_port=$remote_UDP_port
+ return 0
+}
+