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-.TH ovs\-ofctl 8 "January 2010" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-ofctl 8 "January 2011" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-ofctl
.
.SH NAME
information on its flow tables and ports.
.
.TP
-\fBstatus \fIswitch\fR [\fIkey\fR]
-Prints to the console a series of key-value pairs that report the
-status of \fIswitch\fR. If \fIkey\fR is specified, only the key-value
-pairs whose key names begin with \fIkey\fR are printed. If \fIkey\fR is
-omitted, all key-value pairs are printed.
-.
-.TP
-\fBdump-tables \fIswitch\fR
+\fBdump\-tables \fIswitch\fR
Prints to the console statistics for each of the flow tables used by
\fIswitch\fR.
.
.TP
-\fBdump-ports \fIswitch\fR [\fInetdev\fR]
+\fBdump\-ports \fIswitch\fR [\fInetdev\fR]
Prints to the console statistics for network devices associated with
\fIswitch\fR. If \fInetdev\fR is specified, only the statistics
associated with that device will be printed. \fInetdev\fR can be an
OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR.
.
.TP
-\fBmod-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR
+\fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fInetdev\fR \fIaction\fR
Modify characteristics of an interface monitored by \fIswitch\fR.
\fInetdev\fR can be referred to by its OpenFlow assigned port number or
the device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR. The \fIaction\fR may be any one of the
.RE
.
.TP
-\fBdump-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR]
+\fBdump\-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR]
Prints to the console all flow entries in \fIswitch\fR's
tables that match \fIflows\fR. If \fIflows\fR is omitted, all flows
in the switch are retrieved. See \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the
\fBTable Entry Output\fR.
.
.TP
-\fBdump-aggregate \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR]
+\fBdump\-aggregate \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR]
Prints to the console aggregate statistics for flows in
\fIswitch\fR's tables that match \fIflows\fR. If \fIflows\fR is omitted,
the statistics are aggregated across all flows in the switch's flow
tables. See \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the syntax of \fIflows\fR.
The output format is descrbed in \fBTable Entry Output\fR.
.
-.TP
-\fBadd-flow \fIswitch flow\fR
-Add the flow entry as described by \fIflow\fR to the \fIswitch\fR's
-tables. The flow entry is in the format described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR,
-below.
-.
-.TP
-\fBadd-flows \fIswitch file\fR
-Add flow entries as described in \fIfile\fR to \fIswitch\fR's
-tables. Each line in \fIfile\fR is a flow entry in the format
-described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below.
-.
-.TP
-\fBmod-flows \fIswitch flow\fR
-Modify the actions in entries from the \fIswitch\fR's tables
-that match \fIflow\fR. When invoked with the \fB--strict\fR option,
-wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes. See
-\fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the syntax of \fIflows\fR.
+.IP "\fBqueue\-stats \fIswitch \fR[\fIport \fR[\fIqueue\fR]]"
+Prints to the console statistics for the specified \fIqueue\fR on
+\fIport\fR within \fIswitch\fR. Either of \fIport\fR or \fIqueue\fR
+or both may be omitted (or equivalently specified as \fBALL\fR). If
+both are omitted, statistics are printed for all queues on all ports.
+If only \fIqueue\fR is omitted, then statistics are printed for all
+queues on \fIport\fR; if only \fIport\fR is omitted, then statistics
+are printed for \fIqueue\fR on every port where it exists.
+.
+.SS "OpenFlow Switch Flow Table Commands"
+.
+These commands manage the flow table in an OpenFlow switch. In each
+case, \fIflow\fR specifies a flow entry in the format described in
+\fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, and \fIfile\fR is a text file that contains
+zero or more flows in the same syntax, one per line.
+.
+.IP "\fBadd\-flow \fIswitch flow\fR"
+.IQ "\fBadd\-flow \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR"
+.IQ "\fBadd\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"
+Add each flow entry to \fIswitch\fR's tables.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBmod\-flows \fIswitch flow\fR"
+.IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBmod\-flows \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR"
+Modify the actions in entries from \fIswitch\fR's tables that match
+the specified flows. With \fB\-\-strict\fR, wildcards are not treated
+as active for matching purposes.
+.
+.IP "\fBdel\-flows \fIswitch\fR"
+.IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBdel\-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflow\fR]"
+.IQ "[\fB\-\-strict\fR] \fBdel\-flows \fIswitch \fB\- < \fIfile\fR"
+Deletes entries from \fIswitch\fR's flow table. With only a
+\fIswitch\fR argument, deletes all flows. Otherwise, deletes flow
+entries that match the specified flows. With \fB\-\-strict\fR,
+wildcards are not treated as active for matching purposes.
+.
+.IP "\fBreplace\-flows \fIswitch file\fR"
+Reads flow entries from \fIfile\fR (or \fBstdin\fR if \fIfile\fR is
+\fB\-\fR) and queries the flow table from \fIswitch\fR. Then it fixes
+up any differences, adding flows from \fIflow\fR that are missing on
+\fIswitch\fR, deleting flows from \fIswitch\fR that are not in
+\fIfile\fR, and updating flows in \fIswitch\fR whose actions, cookie,
+or timeouts differ in \fIfile\fR.
+.
+.IP "\fBdiff\-flows \fIsource1 source2\fR"
+Reads flow entries from \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR and prints the
+differences. A flow that is in \fIsource1\fR but not in \fIsource2\fR
+is printed preceded by a \fB\-\fR, and a flow that is in \fIsource2\fR
+but not in \fIsource1\fR is printed preceded by a \fB+\fR. If a flow
+exists in both \fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR with different actions,
+cookie, or timeouts, then both versions are printed preceded by
+\fB\-\fR and \fB+\fR, respectively.
+.IP
+\fIsource1\fR and \fIsource2\fR may each name a file or a switch. If
+a name begins with \fB/\fR or \fB.\fR, then it is considered to be a
+file name. A name that contains \fB:\fR is considered to be a switch.
+Otherwise, it is a file if a file by that name exists, a switch if
+not.
+.IP
+For this command, an exit status of 0 means that no differences were
+found, 1 means that an error occurred, and 2 means that some
+differences were found.
.
-.TP
-\fBdel-flows \fIswitch \fR[\fIflow\fR]
-Deletes entries from the \fIswitch\fR's tables that match
-\fIflow\fR. When invoked with the \fB--strict\fR option, wildcards are
-not treated as active for matching purposes. If \fIflow\fR is
-omitted and the \fB--strict\fR option is not used, all flows in the
-switch's tables are removed. See \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below, for the
-syntax of \fIflows\fR.
+.SS "OpenFlow Switch Monitoring Commands"
.
.IP "\fBsnoop \fIswitch\fR"
Connects to \fIswitch\fR and prints to the console all OpenFlow
between a switch and its controller.
.IP
When a switch has more than one controller configured, only the
-protocol to and from a single controller, chosen arbitrarily by Open
-vSwitch, is given. If a switch has no controller configured, or if
+traffic to and from a single controller is output. If none of the
+controllers is configured as a master or a slave (using a Nicira
+extension to OpenFlow), then a controller is chosen arbitrarily among
+them. If there is a master controller, it is chosen; otherwise, if
+there are any controllers that are not masters or slaves, one is
+chosen arbitrarily; otherwise, a slave controller is chosen
+arbitrarily. This choice is made once at connection time and does not
+change as controllers reconfigure their roles.
+.IP
+If a switch has no controller configured, or if
the configured controller is disconnected, no traffic is sent, so
monitoring will not show any traffic.
.
-.IQ "\fBmonitor \fIswitch\fR [\fImiss-len\fR]"
+.IP "\fBmonitor \fIswitch\fR [\fImiss-len\fR]"
Connects to \fIswitch\fR and prints to the console all OpenFlow
messages received. Usually, \fIswitch\fR should specify a connection
-named on \fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8)'s \fB-l\fR or \fB--listen\fR command line
+named on \fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8)'s \fB\-l\fR or \fB\-\-listen\fR command line
option.
.IP
If \fImiss-len\fR is provided, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR sends an OpenFlow ``set
.TP
\fBprobe \fItarget\fR
Sends a single OpenFlow echo-request message to \fItarget\fR and waits
-for the response. With the \fB-t\fR or \fB--timeout\fR option, this
+for the response. With the \fB\-t\fR or \fB\-\-timeout\fR option, this
command can test whether an OpenFlow switch or controller is up and
running.
.
quoting to prevent the shell from breaking the description into
multiple arguments.)
.PP
+Flow descriptions should be in \fBnormal form\fR. This means that a
+flow may only specify a value for an L3 field if it also specifies a
+particular L2 protocol, and that a flow may only specify an L4 field
+if it also specifies particular L2 and L3 protocol types. For
+example, if the L2 protocol type \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded, then L3
+fields \fBnw_src\fR, \fBnw_dst\fR, and \fBnw_proto\fR must also be
+wildcarded. Similarly, if \fBdl_type\fR or \fBnw_proto\fR (the L3
+protocol type) is wildcarded, so must be \fBtp_dst\fR and
+\fBtp_src\fR, which are L4 fields. \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will warn about
+flows not in normal form.
+.PP
The following field assignments describe how a flow matches a packet.
If any of these assignments is omitted from the flow syntax, the field
is treated as a wildcard; thus, if all of them are omitted, the
IPv4 and Ethernet.
.IP
When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800
-or 0x0806, the values of \fBnw_src\fR and \fBnw_dst\fR are silently
-ignored.
+or 0x0806, the values of \fBnw_src\fR and \fBnw_dst\fR are ignored
+(see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBnw_proto=\fIproto\fR
When \fBip\fR or \fBdl_type=0x0800\fR is specified, matches IP
protocol type \fIproto\fR, which is specified as a decimal number
-between 0 and 255, inclusive (e.g. 6 to match TCP packets).
+between 0 and 255, inclusive (e.g. 1 to match ICMP packets or 6 to match
+TCP packets).
+.IP
+When \fBipv6\fR or \fBdl_type=0x86dd\fR is specified, matches IPv6
+header type \fIproto\fR, which is specified as a decimal number between
+0 and 255, inclusive (e.g. 58 to match ICMPv6 packets or 6 to match
+TCP). The header type is the terminal header as described in the
+\fBDESIGN\fR document.
.IP
When \fBarp\fR or \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR is specified, matches the lower
8 bits of the ARP opcode. ARP opcodes greater than 255 are treated as
0.
.IP
-When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800
-or 0x0806, the value of \fBnw_proto\fR is silently ignored.
+When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800,
+0x0806, or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_proto\fR is ignored (see \fBFlow
+Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBnw_tos=\fItos\fR
-Matches IP ToS/DSCP field \fItos\fR, which is specified as a decimal
-number between 0 and 255, inclusive. Note that the two lower reserved
-bits are ignored for matching purposes.
+Matches IP ToS/DSCP or IPv6 traffic class field \fItos\fR, which is
+specified as a decimal number between 0 and 255, inclusive. Note that
+the two lower reserved bits are ignored for matching purposes.
.IP
-The value of \fBnw_proto\fR is silently ignored unless
-\fBdl_type=0x0800\fR, \fBip\fR, \fBicmp\fR, \fBtcp\fR, or \fBudp\fR is
-also specified.
+When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800,
+0x0806, or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_tos\fR is ignored (see \fBFlow
+Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBtp_src=\fIport\fR
.IQ \fBtp_dst=\fIport\fR
from a HTTP server).
.IP
When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of
-these settings are silently ignored.
+these settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBicmp_type=\fItype\fR
.IQ \fBicmp_code=\fIcode\fR
-When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR specify ICMP, \fItype\fR matches
-the ICMP type and \fIcode\fR matches the ICMP code. Each is specified
-as a decimal number between 0 and 255, inclusive.
+When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR specify ICMP or ICMPv6, \fItype\fR
+matches the ICMP type and \fIcode\fR matches the ICMP code. Each is
+specified as a decimal number between 0 and 255, inclusive.
.IP
When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of
-these settings are silently ignored.
+these settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
+.
+.IP \fBtable=\fInumber\fR
+If specified, limits the flow manipulation and flow dump commands to
+only apply to the table with the given \fInumber\fR.
+\fInumber\fR is a number between 0 and 254, inclusive.
+.
+Behavior varies if \fBtable\fR is not specified. For flow table
+modification commands without \fB\-\-strict\fR, the switch will choose
+the table for these commands to operate on. For flow table
+modification commands with \fB\-\-strict\fR, the command will operate
+on any single matching flow in any table; it will do nothing if there
+are matches in more than one table. The \fBdump-flows\fR and
+\fBdump-aggregate\fR commands will gather statistics about flows from
+all tables.
+.IP
+When this field is specified in \fBadd-flow\fR, \fBadd-flows\fR,
+\fBmod-flows\fR and \fBdel-flows\fR commands, it activates a Nicira
+extension to OpenFlow, which as of this writing is only known to be
+implemented by Open vSwitch.
.
.PP
The following shorthand notations are also available:
Same as \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR.
.
.PP
-The \fBadd-flow\fR and \fBadd-flows\fR commands require an additional
+The following field assignments require support for the NXM (Nicira
+Extended Match) extension to OpenFlow. When one of these is specified,
+\fBovs\-ofctl\fR will automatically attempt to negotiate use of this
+extension. If the switch does not support NXM, then \fBovs\-ofctl\fR
+will report a fatal error.
+.
+.IP \fBarp_sha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
+.IQ \fBarp_tha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR specifies ARP, \fBarp_sha\fR and \fBarp_tha\fR match
+the source and target hardware address, respectively. An address is
+specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal digits delimited by colons.
+.
+.IP \fBipv6_src=\fIipv6\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR]
+.IQ \fBipv6_dst=\fIipv6\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR]
+When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x86dd (possibly via shorthand, e.g., \fBipv6\fR
+or \fBtcp6\fR), matches IPv6 source (or destination) address \fIipv6\fR,
+which may be specified as defined in RFC 2373. The preferred format is
+\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fB:\fIx\fR, where
+\fIx\fR are the hexadecimal values of the eight 16-bit pieces of the
+address. A single instance of \fB::\fR may be used to indicate multiple
+groups of 16-bits of zeros. The optional \fInetmask\fR allows
+restricting a match to an IPv6 address prefix. A netmask is specified
+as a CIDR block (e.g. \fB2001:db8:3c4d:1::/64\fR).
+.
+.IP \fBnd_target=\fIipv6\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify
+IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ICMPv6 type 135 or 136), matches the target address
+\fIipv6\fR. \fIipv6\fR is in the same format described earlier for the
+\fBipv6_src\fR and \fBipv6_dst\fR fields.
+.
+.IP \fBnd_sll=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify IPv6
+Neighbor Solicitation (ICMPv6 type 135), matches the source link\-layer
+address option. An address is specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal
+digits delimited by colons.
+.
+.IP \fBnd_tll=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR, \fBnw_proto\fR, and \fBicmp_type\fR specify IPv6
+Neighbor Advertisement (ICMPv6 type 136), matches the target link\-layer
+address option. An address is specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal
+digits delimited by colons.
+.
+.IP \fBtun_id=\fItunnel-id\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
+Matches tunnel identifier \fItunnel-id\fR. Only packets that arrive
+over a tunnel that carries a key (e.g. GRE with the RFC 2890 key
+extension) will have a nonzero tunnel ID. If \fImask\fR is omitted,
+\fItunnel-id\fR is the exact tunnel ID to match; if \fImask\fR is
+specified, then a 1-bit in \fImask\fR indicates that the corresponding
+bit in \fItunnel-id\fR must match exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that
+bit.
+.IP
+In an attempt to be compatible with more switches, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will
+prefer to use the ``tunnel ID from cookie'' Nicira extension to NXM.
+The use of this extension comes with three caveats: the top 32 bits of
+the \fBcookie\fR (see below) are used for \fItunnel-id\fR and thus
+unavailable for other use, specifying \fBtun_id\fR on \fBdump\-flows\fR
+or \fBdump\-aggregate\fR has no effect, and \fImask\fR is not supported.
+If any of these caveats apply, \fBovs-ofctl\fR will use NXM.
+.
+.IP "\fBreg\fIidx\fB=\fIvalue\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]"
+Matches \fIvalue\fR either exactly or with optional \fImask\fR in
+register number \fIidx\fR. The valid range of \fIidx\fR depends on
+the switch. \fIvalue\fR and \fImask\fR are 32-bit integers, by
+default in decimal (use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify hexadecimal).
+Arbitrary \fImask\fR values are allowed: a 1-bit in \fImask\fR
+indicates that the corresponding bit in \fIvalue\fR must match
+exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that bit.
+.IP
+When a packet enters an OpenFlow switch, all of the registers are set
+to 0. Only explicit Nicira extension actions change register values.
+.
+.PP
+Defining IPv6 flows (those with \fBdl_type\fR equal to 0x86dd) requires
+support for NXM. The following shorthand notations are available for
+IPv6-related flows:
+.
+.IP \fBipv6\fR
+Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd\fR.
+.
+.IP \fBtcp6\fR
+Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=6\fR.
+.
+.IP \fBudp6\fR
+Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=17\fR.
+.
+.IP \fBicmp6\fR
+Same as \fBdl_type=0x86dd,nw_proto=58\fR.
+.
+.PP
+The \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands require an additional
field, which must be the final field specified:
.
.IP \fBactions=\fR[\fItarget\fR][\fB,\fItarget\fR...]\fR
.IP \fBoutput\fR:\fIport\fR
Outputs the packet on the port specified by \fIport\fR.
.
+.IP \fBenqueue\fR:\fIport\fB:\fIqueue\fR
+Enqueues the packet on the specified \fIqueue\fR within port
+\fIport\fR. The number of supported queues depends on the switch;
+some OpenFlow implementations do not support queuing at all.
+.
.IP \fBnormal\fR
Subjects the packet to the device's normal L2/L3 processing. (This
action is not implemented by all OpenFlow switches.)
\fBresubmit\fR actions are ignored.
.
.IP \fBset_tunnel\fB:\fIid\fR
-If outputting to a port that encapsulates the packet in a tunnel and supports
-an identifier (such as GRE), sets the identifier to \fBid\fR.
+.IQ \fBset_tunnel64\fB:\fIid\fR
+If outputting to a port that encapsulates the packet in a tunnel and
+supports an identifier (such as GRE), sets the identifier to \fBid\fR.
+If the \fBset_tunnel\fR form is used and \fIid\fR fits in 32 bits,
+then this uses an action extension that is supported by Open vSwitch
+1.0 and later. Otherwise, if \fIid\fR is a 64-bit value, it requires
+Open vSwitch 1.1 or later.
+.
+.IP \fBdrop_spoofed_arp\fR
+Stops processing further actions, if the packet being processed is an
+Ethernet+IPv4 ARP packet for which the source Ethernet address inside
+the ARP packet differs from the source Ethernet address in the
+Ethernet header.
+.IP
+This action is deprecated in favor of defining flows using the
+\fBarp_sha\fR match field described earlier and will likely be removed
+in a future version of Open vSwitch.
+.
+.IP \fBset_queue\fB:\fIqueue\fR
+Sets the queue that should be used to \fIqueue\fR when packets are
+output. The number of supported queues depends on the switch; some
+OpenFlow implementations do not support queuing at all.
+.
+.IP \fBpop_queue\fR
+Restores the queue to the value it was before any \fBset_queue\fR
+actions were applied.
+.
+.IP \fBnote:\fR[\fIhh\fR]...
+Does nothing at all. Any number of bytes represented as hex digits
+\fIhh\fR may be included. Pairs of hex digits may be separated by
+periods for readability.
+.
+.IP "\fBmove:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR"
+Copies the named bits from field \fIsrc\fR to field \fIdst\fR.
+\fIsrc\fR and \fIdst\fR must be NXM field names as defined in
+\fBnicira\-ext.h\fR, e.g. \fBNXM_OF_UDP_SRC\fR or \fBNXM_NX_REG0\fR.
+Each \fIstart\fR and \fIend\fR pair, which are inclusive, must specify
+the same number of bits and must fit within its respective field.
+Shorthands for \fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR exist: use
+\fB[\fIbit\fB]\fR to specify a single bit or \fB[]\fR to specify an
+entire field.
+.IP
+Examples: \fBmove:NXM_NX_REG0[0..5]\->NXM_NX_REG1[26..31]\fR copies the
+six bits numbered 0 through 5, inclusive, in register 0 into bits 26
+through 31, inclusive;
+\fBmove:NXM_NX_REG0[0..15]->NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[]\fR copies the least
+significant 16 bits of register 0 into the VLAN TCI field.
+.
+.IP "\fBload:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
+Writes \fIvalue\fR to bits \fIstart\fR through \fIend\fR, inclusive,
+in field \fBdst\fR.
+.IP
+Example: \fBload:55\->NXM_NX_REG2[0..5]\fR loads value 55 (bit pattern
+\fB110111\fR) into bits 0 through 5, inclusive, in register 2.
+.
+.IP "\fBmultipath(\fIfields\fB, \fIbasis\fB, \fIalgorithm\fB, \fIn_links\fB, \fIarg\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB])\fR"
+Hashes \fIfields\fR using \fIbasis\fR as a universal hash parameter,
+then the applies multipath link selection \fIalgorithm\fR (with
+parameter \fIarg\fR) to choose one of \fIn_links\fR output links
+numbered 0 through \fIn_links\fR minus 1, and stores the link into
+\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM register as
+described above.
+.IP
+Currently, \fIfields\fR must be either \fBeth_src\fR or
+\fBsymmetric_l4\fR and \fIalgorithm\fR must be one of \fBmodulo_n\fR,
+\fBhash_threshold\fR, \fBhrw\fR, and \fBiter_hash\fR. Only
+the \fBiter_hash\fR algorithm uses \fIarg\fR.
+.IP
+Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
.
+.IP "\fBautopath(\fIid\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB])\fR"
+Given \fIid\fR, chooses an OpenFlow port and populates it in
+\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM register as
+described above.
+.IP
+Currently, \fIid\fR should be the OpenFlow port number of an interface on the
+bridge. If it isn't then \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR will be
+populated with the OpenFlow port "none". If \fIid\fR is a member of a bond,
+the normal bond selection logic will be used to choose the destination port.
+Otherwise, the register will be populated with \fIid\fR itself.
+.IP
+Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
.RE
.
.IP
flows.
.
.PP
-The \fBadd-flow\fR, \fBadd-flows\fR, and \fBdel-flows\fR commands
-support an additional optional field:
+The following additional field sets the priority for flows added by
+the \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands. For
+\fBmod\-flows\fR and \fBdel\-flows\fR when \fB\-\-strict\fR is
+specified, priority must match along with the rest of the flow
+specification. Other commands ignore the priority value.
.
.IP \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR
The priority at which a wildcarded entry will match in comparison to
the flow's priority will default to 32768.
.
.PP
-The \fBadd-flow\fR and \fBadd-flows\fR commands support additional
+The \fBadd\-flow\fR and \fBadd\-flows\fR commands support additional
optional fields:
.
.TP
\fBidle_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
Causes the flow to expire after the given number of seconds of
-inactivity. A value of 0 prevents a flow from expiring due to
-inactivity. The default is 60 seconds.
+inactivity. A value of 0 (the default) prevents a flow from expiring due to
+inactivity.
.
.IP \fBhard_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
Causes the flow to expire after the given number of seconds,
hard expiration deadline.
.
.PP
-The \fBdump-flows\fR, \fBdump-aggregate\fR, \fBdel-flow\fR
-and \fBdel-flows\fR commands support one additional optional field:
+The \fBdump\-flows\fR, \fBdump\-aggregate\fR, \fBdel\-flow\fR
+and \fBdel\-flows\fR commands support one additional optional field:
.
.TP
\fBout_port=\fIport\fR
If set, a matching flow must include an output action to \fIport\fR.
.
.PP
-The \fBdump-flows\fR and \fBdump-aggregate\fR commands support an
+The \fBdump\-flows\fR and \fBdump\-aggregate\fR commands support an
additional optional field:
.
-.IP \fBtable=\fInumber\fR
-If specified, limits the flows about which statistics are gathered to
-those in the table with the given \fInumber\fR. Tables are numbered
-as shown by the \fBdump-tables\fR command.
-.
-If this field is not specified, or if \fInumber\fR is given as
-\fB255\fR, statistics are gathered about flows from all tables.
-.
.SS "Table Entry Output"
.
-The \fBdump-tables\fR and \fBdump-aggregate\fR commands print information
+The \fBdump\-tables\fR and \fBdump\-aggregate\fR commands print information
about the entries in a datapath's tables. Each line of output is a
unique flow entry, which begins with some common information:
.
.IP \fBtable_id\fR
The table that contains the flow. When a packet arrives, the switch
begins searching for an entry at the lowest numbered table. Tables are
-numbered as shown by the \fBdump-tables\fR command.
+numbered as shown by the \fBdump\-tables\fR command.
.
.IP \fBpriority\fR
The priority of the entry in relation to other entries within the same
.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-\fB--strict\fR
+\fB\-\-strict\fR
Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands.
.
+.IP "\fB\-F \fIformat\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-flow\-format=\fIformat\fR"
+\fBovs\-ofctl\fR supports the following flow formats, in order of
+increasing capability:
+.RS
+.IP "\fBopenflow10\fR"
+This is the standard OpenFlow 1.0 flow format. It should be supported
+by all OpenFlow switches.
+.
+.IP "\fBnxm\fR (Nicira Extended Match)"
+This Nicira extension to OpenFlow is flexible and extensible. It
+supports all of the Nicira flow extensions, such as \fBtun_id\fR and
+registers.
+.RE
+.IP
+Usually, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR picks the correct format automatically. For
+commands that modify the flow table, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR by default uses
+the most widely supported flow format that supports the flows being
+added. For commands that query the flow table, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR by
+default queries and uses the most advanced format supported by the
+switch.
+.IP
+This option, where \fIformat\fR is one of the formats listed in the
+above table, overrides \fBovs\-ofctl\fR's default choice of flow
+format. If a command cannot work as requested using the requested
+flow format, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will report a fatal error.
+.
+.IP "\fB\-m\fR"
+.IQ "\fB\-\-more\fR"
+Increases the verbosity of OpenFlow messages printed and logged by
+\fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands. Specify this option more than once to
+increase verbosity further.
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
.so lib/ssl.man
.so lib/vlog.man
The following examples assume that an OpenFlow switch on the local
host has been configured to listen for management connections on a
Unix domain socket named \fB@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR, e.g. by
-specifying \fB--listen=punix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR on the
+specifying \fB\-\-listen=punix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR on the
\fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8) command line.
.
.TP
-\fBovs\-ofctl dump-tables unix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR
+\fBovs\-ofctl dump\-tables unix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR
Prints out the switch's table stats. (This is more interesting after
some traffic has passed through.)
.
.TP
-\fBovs\-ofctl dump-flows unix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR
+\fBovs\-ofctl dump\-flows unix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR
Prints the flow entries in the switch.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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