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, sFlow, RSPAN, ERSPAN, IOS-like CLI), and opens the
+(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
* 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
* ovs-appctl, a utility that sends commands to running Open
vSwitch daemons.
+ * ovsdbmonitor, a GUI tool for remotely viewing OVS databases and
+ OpenFlow flow tables.
+
Open vSwitch also provides an OpenFlow implementation and tools for
those interested in OpenFlow but not additional Open vSwitch features:
To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host
or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer.
+To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then
+INSTALL.KVM.
+
To install Open vSwitch without using a kernel module, read
INSTALL.userspace.