.
.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
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:
.
.
.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 \fBdrop\fR
Discards the packet, so no further processing or forwarding takes place.
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"