Update Open vSwitch documentation.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ What is Open vSwitch?
 Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open
 source Apache 2 license.  Our goal is to implement a production
 quality switch platform that supports standard management interfaces
-(e.g. NetFlow, RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the forwarding
-functions to programmatic extension and control.
+(e.g. NetFlow, sFlow(R), RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the
+forwarding functions to programmatic extension and control.
 
 Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM
 environments.  In addition to exposing standard control and visibility
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ The bulk of the code is written in platform-independent C and is
 easily ported to other environments.  The current release of Open
 vSwitch supports the following features:
 
-    * Visibility into inter-VM communication via NetFlow, SPAN, and RSPAN
+    * Visibility into inter-VM communication via NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN,
+      and RSPAN
     * Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunking
     * Per VM policing
     * NIC bonding with source-MAC load balancing
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ The main components of this distribution are:
     * ovs-vswitchd, a daemon that implements the switch, along with 
       a companion Linux kernel module for flow-based switching.
 
+    * ovsdb-server, a lightweight database server that ovs-vswitchd
+      queries to obtain its configuration.
+
     * ovs-brcompatd, a daemon that allows ovs-vswitchd to act as a
       drop-in replacement for the Linux bridge in many environments, 
       along with a companion Linux kernel module to intercept bridge