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
Prints to the console statistics for each of the flow tables used by
\fIswitch\fR.
queues on \fIport\fR; if only \fIport\fR is omitted, then statistics
are printed for \fIqueue\fR on every port where it exists.
.
-.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.
+.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 "[\fB\-\-readd\fR] \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.
.
-.TP
-\fBadd\-flows \fIswitch file\fR
-Add the flow entries listed in \fIfile\fR, or supplied on \fBstdin\fR
-if \fIfile\fR is \fB\-\fR, to \fIswitch\fR's
-tables. Each line in \fIfile\fR is a flow entry in the format
-described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR, below.
+.IP
+With \fB\-\-readd\fR, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR adds all the flows from
+\fIfile\fR, even those that exist with the same actions, cookie, and
+timeout in \fIswitch\fR. This resets all the flow packet and byte
+counters to 0, which can be useful for debugging.
+.
+.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
-\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.
-.
-.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
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
-option.
+messages received. Usually, \fIswitch\fR should specify the name of a
+bridge in the \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR database.
.IP
If \fImiss-len\fR is provided, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR sends an OpenFlow ``set
configuration'' message at connection setup time that requests
pairs of hexadecimal digits delimited by colons
(e.g. \fB00:0A:E4:25:6B:B0\fR).
.
+.IP \fBdl_dst=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB/\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
+Matches an Ethernet destination address specified as 6 pairs of
+hexadecimal digits delimited by colons (e.g. \fB00:0A:E4:25:6B:B0\fR),
+with a wildcard mask following the slash. Only
+the following masks are allowed:
+.RS
+.IP \fB01:00:00:00:00:00\fR
+Match only the multicast bit. Thus,
+\fBdl_dst=01:00:00:00:00:00/01:00:00:00:00:00\fR matches all multicast
+(including broadcast) Ethernet packets, and
+\fBdl_dst=00:00:00:00:00:00/01:00:00:00:00:00\fR matches all unicast
+Ethernet packets.
+.IP \fBfe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff\fR
+Match all bits except the multicast bit. This is probably not useful.
+.IP \fBff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff\fR
+Exact match (equivalent to omitting the mask).
+.IP \fB00:00:00:00:00:00\fR
+Wildcard all bits (equivalent to \fBdl_dst=*\fR.)
+.RE
+.
.IP \fBdl_type=\fIethertype\fR
Matches Ethernet protocol type \fIethertype\fR, which is specified as an
integer between 0 and 65535, inclusive, either in decimal or as a
When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of
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:
.
extension. If the switch does not support NXM, then \fBovs\-ofctl\fR
will report a fatal error.
.
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=\fItci\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
+Matches modified VLAN TCI \fItci\fR. If \fImask\fR is omitted,
+\fItci\fR is the exact VLAN TCI to match; if \fImask\fR is specified,
+then a 1-bit in \fItci\fR indicates that the corresponding bit in
+\fItci\fR must match exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that bit. Both
+\fItci\fR and \fImask\fR are 16-bit values that are decimal by
+default; use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify them in hexadecimal.
+.
+.IP
+The value that \fBvlan_tci\fR matches against is 0 for a packet that
+has no 802.1Q header. Otherwise, it is the TCI value from the 802.1Q
+header with the CFI bit (with value \fB0x1000\fR) forced to 1.
+.IP
+Examples:
+.RS
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0\fR
+Match only packets without an 802.1Q header.
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0xf123\fR
+Match packets tagged with priority 7 in VLAN 0x123.
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x1123/0x1fff\fR
+Match packets tagged with VLAN 0x123 (and any priority).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x5000/0xf000\fR
+Match packets tagged with priority 2 (in any VLAN).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0/0xfff\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with VLAN 0 (and any
+priority).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0x5000/0xe000\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with priority 2 (in any
+VLAN).
+.IP \fBvlan_tci=0/0xefff\fR
+Match packets with no 802.1Q header or tagged with VLAN 0 and priority
+0.
+.RE
+.IP
+Some of these matching possibilities can also be achieved with
+\fBdl_vlan\fR and \fBdl_vlan_pcp\fR.
+.
.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
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:
+Finally, field assignments to \fBduration\fR, \fBn_packets\fR, or
+\fBn_bytes\fR are ignored to allow output from the \fBdump\-flows\fR
+command to be used as input for other commands that parse flows.
+.
+.PP
+The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBmod\-flows\fR commands
+require an additional field, which must be the final field specified:
.
.IP \fBactions=\fR[\fItarget\fR][\fB,\fItarget\fR...]\fR
Specifies a comma-separated list of actions to take on a packet when the
.
.RS
.IP \fBoutput\fR:\fIport\fR
-Outputs the packet on the port specified by \fIport\fR.
+.IQ \fBoutput\fR:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]
+Outputs the packet. If \fIport\fR is an OpenFlow port number, outputs directly
+to it. Otherwise, outputs to the OpenFlow port number read from \fIsrc\fR
+which must be an NXM field as described above. Outputting to an NXM field is
+an OpenFlow extension which is not supported by standard OpenFlow switches.
+.IP
+Example: \fBoutput:NXM_NX_REG0[16..31]\fR outputs to the OpenFlow port number
+written in the upper half of register 0.
.
.IP \fBenqueue\fR:\fIport\fB:\fIqueue\fR
Enqueues the packet on the specified \fIqueue\fR within port
.
.IP \fBlocal\fR
Outputs the packet on the ``local port,'' which corresponds to the
-\fBof\fIn\fR network device (see \fBCONTACTING THE CONTROLLER\fR in
-\fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8) for information on the \fBof\fIn\fR network device).
+network device that has the same name as the bridge.
+.
+.IP \fBin_port\fR
+Outputs the packet on the port from which it was received.
.
.IP \fBdrop\fR
Discards the packet, so no further processing or forwarding takes place.
.RS
.
.IP \fBresubmit\fB:\fIport\fR
-Re-searches the OpenFlow flow table with the \fBin_port\fR field
-replaced by \fIport\fR and executes the actions found, if any, in
-addition to any other actions in this flow entry. Recursive
-\fBresubmit\fR actions are ignored.
+.IQ \fBresubmit\fB(\fR[\fIport\fR]\fB,\fR[\fItable\fR]\fB)
+Re-searches this OpenFlow flow table (or the table whose number is
+specified by \fItable\fR) with the \fBin_port\fR field replaced by
+\fIport\fR (if \fIport\fR is specified) and executes the actions
+found, if any, in addition to any other actions in this flow entry.
+.IP
+Recursive \fBresubmit\fR actions are obeyed up to an
+implementation-defined maximum depth. Open vSwitch 1.0.1 and earlier
+did not support recursion; Open vSwitch before 1.2.90 did not support
+\fItable\fR.
.
.IP \fBset_tunnel\fB:\fIid\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.
+supports an identifier (such as GRE), sets the identifier to \fIid\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
\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"
+.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.
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
+\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.
+in field \fIdst\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.
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
+\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM field as
described above.
.IP
Currently, \fIfields\fR must be either \fBeth_src\fR or
the \fBiter_hash\fR algorithm uses \fIarg\fR.
.IP
Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
-.RE
.
+.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 field 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.
+.
+.IP "\fBbundle(\fIfields\fB, \fIbasis\fB, \fIalgorithm\fB, \fIslave_type\fB, slaves:[\fIs1\fB, \fIs2\fB, ...])\fR"
+Hashes \fIfields\fR using \fIbasis\fR as a universal hash parameter, then
+applies the bundle link selection \fIalgorithm\fR to choose one of the listed
+slaves represented as \fIslave_type\fR. Currently the only supported
+\fIslave_type\fR is \fBofport\fR. Thus, each \fIs1\fR through \fIsN\fR should
+be an OpenFlow port number. Outputs to the selected slave.
+.IP
+Currently, \fIfields\fR must be either \fBeth_src\fR or \fBsymmetric_l4\fR and
+\fIalgorithm\fR must be one of \fBhrw\fR and \fBactive_backup\fR.
+.IP
+Example: \fBbundle(eth_src,0,hrw,ofport,slaves:4,8)\fR uses an Ethernet source
+hash with basis 0, to select between OpenFlow ports 4 and 8 using the Highest
+Random Weight algorithm.
+.IP
+Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
+.
+.IP "\fBbundle_load(\fIfields\fB, \fIbasis\fB, \fIalgorithm\fB, \fIslave_type\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB], slaves:[\fIs1\fB, \fIs2\fB, ...])\fR"
+Has the same behavior as the \fBbundle\fR action, with one exception. Instead
+of outputting to the selected slave, it writes its selection to
+\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, which must be an NXM field as described
+above.
+.IP
+Example: \fBbundle_load(eth_src, 0, hrw, ofport, NXM_NX_REG0[],
+slaves:4, 8)\fR uses an Ethernet source hash with basis 0, to select
+between OpenFlow ports 4 and 8 using the Highest Random Weight
+algorithm, and writes the selection to \fBNXM_NX_REG0[]\fR.
+.IP
+Refer to \fBnicira\-ext.h\fR for more details.
+.
+.IP "\fBlearn(\fIargument\fR[\fB,\fIargument\fR]...\fB)\fR"
+This action adds or modifies a flow in an OpenFlow table, similar to
+\fBovs\-ofctl \-\-strict mod\-flows\fR. The arguments specify the
+flow's match fields, actions, and other properties, as follows. At
+least one match criterion and one action argument should ordinarily be
+specified.
+.RS
+.IP \fBidle_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
+.IQ \fBhard_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
+.IQ \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR
+These key-value pairs have the same meaning as in the usual
+\fBovs\-ofctl\fR flow syntax.
+.
+.IP \fBtable=\fInumber\fR
+The table in which the new flow should be inserted. Specify a decimal
+number between 0 and 254. The default, if \fBtable\fR is unspecified,
+is table 1.
+.
+.IP \fIfield\fB=\fIvalue\fR
+.IQ \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]=\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
+.IQ \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
+Adds a match criterion to the new flow.
+.IP
+The first form specifies that \fIfield\fR must match the literal
+\fIvalue\fR, e.g. \fBdl_type=0x0800\fR. All of the fields and values
+for \fBovs\-ofctl\fR flow syntax are available with their usual
+meanings.
+.IP
+The second form specifies that \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
+in the new flow must match \fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR taken
+from the flow currently being processed.
+.IP
+The third form is a shorthand for the second form. It specifies that
+\fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR in the new flow must match
+\fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR taken from the flow currently
+being processed.
+.
+.IP \fBload:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]
+.IQ \fBload:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]
+.
+Adds a \fBload\fR action to the new flow.
+.IP
+The first form loads the literal \fIvalue\fR into bits \fIstart\fR
+through \fIend\fR, inclusive, in field \fIdst\fR. Its syntax is the
+same as the \fBload\fR action described earlier in this section.
+.IP
+The second form loads \fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR, a value
+from the flow currently being processed, into bits \fIstart\fR
+through \fIend\fR, inclusive, in field \fIdst\fR.
+.
+.IP \fBoutput:\fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
+Add an \fBoutput\fR action to the new flow's actions, that outputs to
+the OpenFlow port taken from \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR,
+which must be an NXM field as described above.
+.RE
.IP
-(The OpenFlow protocol supports other actions that \fBovs\-ofctl\fR does
-not yet expose to the user.)
+For best performance, segregate learned flows into a table (using
+\fBtable=\fInumber\fR) that is not used for any other flows except
+possibly for a lowest-priority ``catch-all'' flow, that is, a flow
+with no match criteria. (This is why the default \fBtable\fR is 1, to
+keep the learned flows separate from the primary flow table 0.)
+.RE
.
.PP
The \fBadd\-flow\fR, \fBadd\-flows\fR, and \fBmod\-flows\fR commands
.
A cookie is an opaque identifier that can be associated with the flow.
\fIvalue\fR can be any 64-bit number and need not be unique among
-flows.
+flows. If this field is omitted, these commands set a default cookie
+value of 0.
.
.PP
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.
+specification. Other commands do not allow priority to be specified.
.
.IP \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR
The priority at which a wildcarded entry will match in comparison to
\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
-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
This is the standard OpenFlow 1.0 flow format. It should be supported
by all OpenFlow switches.
.
-.IP "\fBtun_id_from_cookie\fR"
-This Nicira extension to OpenFlow adds minimal and limited support for
-\fBtun_id\fR, but it does not support any other Nicira flow
-extensions. (This flow format is deprecated.)
-.
.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
.
.SH EXAMPLES
.
-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
-\fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8) command line.
+The following examples assume that \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR has a bridge
+named \fBbr0\fR configured.
.
.TP
-\fBovs\-ofctl dump\-tables unix:@RUNDIR@/openflow.sock\fR
+\fBovs\-ofctl dump\-tables br0\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 br0\fR
Prints the flow entries in the switch.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"