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-.TH ovs\-ofctl 8 "January 2011" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovs\-ofctl 8 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.ds PN ovs\-ofctl
.
.SH NAME
program is a command line tool for monitoring and administering
OpenFlow switches. It can also show the current state of an OpenFlow
switch, including features, configuration, and table entries.
+It should work with any OpenFlow switch, not just Open vSwitch.
.
.SS "OpenFlow Switch Management Commands"
.PP
associated with \fIswitch\fR (version 1.7 or later). This is a subset
of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command.
.
-.TP
-\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
-following:
+.IP "\fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fIport\fR \fIaction\fR"
+Modify characteristics of port \fBport\fR in \fIswitch\fR. \fIport\fR
+may be an OpenFlow port number or name or the keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the
+preferred way to refer to the OpenFlow local port). The \fIaction\fR
+may be any one of the following:
.
.RS
.IQ \fBup\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
-syntax of \fIflows\fR. The output format is described in
+syntax of \fIflows\fR. The output format is described in
\fBTable Entry Output\fR.
.
+.IP
+By default, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR prints flow entries in the same order
+that the switch sends them, which is unlikely to be intuitive or
+consistent. See the description of \fB\-\-sort\fR and \fB\-\-rsort\fR,
+under \fBOPTIONS\fR below, to influence the display order.
+.
.TP
\fBdump\-aggregate \fIswitch \fR[\fIflows\fR]
-Prints to the console aggregate statistics for flows in
+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.
.
.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.
+\fIport\fR within \fIswitch\fR. \fIport\fR can be an OpenFlow port
+number or name, the keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the preferred way to refer to
+the OpenFlow local port), or the keyword \fBALL\fR. Either of
+\fIport\fR or \fIqueue\fR or both may be omitted (or equivalently the
+keyword \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"
.
Connects to \fIswitch\fR and instructs it to execute the OpenFlow
\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR. For the purpose of executing the
actions, the packets are considered to have arrived on \fIin_port\fR,
-which may be an OpenFlow assigned port number, an OpenFlow port name
-(e.g. \fBeth0\fR), the keyword \fBlocal\fR for the OpenFlow ``local''
-port \fBOFPP_LOCAL\fR, or the keyword \fBnone\fR to indicate that the
-packet was generated by the switch itself.
+which may be an OpenFlow port number or name (e.g. \fBeth0\fR), the
+keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the preferred way to refer to the OpenFlow
+``local'' port), or the keyword \fBNONE\fR to indicate that the packet
+was generated by the switch itself.
.
.SS "OpenFlow Switch Monitoring Commands"
.
the configured controller is disconnected, no traffic is sent, so
monitoring will not show any traffic.
.
-.IP "\fBmonitor \fIswitch\fR [\fImiss-len\fR] [\fBinvalid_ttl\fR]"
+.IP "\fBmonitor \fIswitch\fR [\fImiss-len\fR] [\fBinvalid_ttl\fR] [\fBwatch:\fR[\fIspec\fR...]]"
Connects to \fIswitch\fR and prints to the console all OpenFlow
messages received. Usually, \fIswitch\fR should specify the name of a
bridge in the \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR database.
specified on this argument. (Thus, if \fImiss\-len\fR is not
specified, very little traffic will ordinarily be printed.)
.IP
-.IP
If \fBinvalid_ttl\fR is passed, \fBovs\-ofctl\fR sends an OpenFlow ``set
configuration'' message at connection setup time that requests
\fBINVALID_TTL_TO_CONTROLLER\fR, so that \fBovs\-ofctl monitor\fR can
receive ``packet-in'' messages when TTL reaches zero on \fBdec_ttl\fR action.
.IP
-
+\fBwatch:\fR[\fB\fIspec\fR...] causes \fBovs\-ofctl\fR to send a
+``monitor request'' Nicira extension message to the switch at
+connection setup time. This message causes the switch to send
+information about flow table changes as they occur. The following
+comma-separated \fIspec\fR syntax is available:
+.RS
+.IP "\fB!initial\fR"
+Do not report the switch's initial flow table contents.
+.IP "\fB!add\fR"
+Do not report newly added flows.
+.IP "\fB!delete\fR"
+Do not report deleted flows.
+.IP "\fB!modify\fR"
+Do not report modifications to existing flows.
+.IP "\fB!own\fR"
+Abbreviate changes made to the flow table by \fBovs\-ofctl\fR's own
+connection to the switch. (These could only occur using the
+\fBofctl/send\fR command described below under \fBRUNTIME MANAGEMENT
+COMMANDS\fR.)
+.IP "\fB!actions\fR"
+Do not report actions as part of flow updates.
+.IP "\fBtable=\fInumber\fR"
+Limits the monitoring to the table with the given \fInumber\fR between
+0 and 254. By default, all tables are monitored.
+.IP "\fBout_port=\fIport\fR"
+If set, only flows that output to \fIport\fR are monitored. The
+\fIport\fR may be an OpenFlow port number or keyword
+(e.g. \fBLOCAL\fR).
+.IP "\fIfield\fB=\fIvalue\fR"
+Monitors only flows that have \fIfield\fR specified as the given
+\fIvalue\fR. Any syntax valid for matching on \fBdump\-flows\fR may
+be used.
+.RE
+.IP
This command may be useful for debugging switch or controller
-implementations.
+implementations. With \fBwatch:\fR, it is particularly useful for
+observing how a controller updates flow tables.
.
.SS "OpenFlow Switch and Controller Commands"
.
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
-resulting flow matches all packets. The string \fB*\fR or \fBANY\fR
-may be specified to explicitly mark any of these fields as a wildcard.
+resulting flow matches all packets. The string \fB*\fR may be specified
+to explicitly mark any of these fields as a wildcard.
(\fB*\fR should be quoted to protect it from shell expansion.)
.
-.IP \fBin_port=\fIport_no\fR
-Matches OpenFlow port \fIport_no\fR. Ports are numbered as
-displayed by \fBovs\-ofctl show\fR.
+.IP \fBin_port=\fIport\fR
+Matches OpenFlow port \fIport\fR, which may be an OpenFlow port number
+or keyword (e.g. \fBLOCAL\fR).
+\fBovs\-ofctl show\fR.
.IP
(The \fBresubmit\fR action can search OpenFlow flow tables with
arbitrary \fBin_port\fR values, so flows that match port numbers that
\fBar_spa\fR or \fBar_tpa\fR field, respectively, in ARP packets for
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 ignored
+When \fBdl_type=0x8035\fR or \fBrarp\fR is specified, matches the
+\fBar_spa\fR or \fBar_tpa\fR field, respectively, in RARP packets for
+IPv4 and Ethernet.
+.IP
+When \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded or set to a value other than 0x0800,
+0x0806, or 0x8035, the values of \fBnw_src\fR and \fBnw_dst\fR are ignored
(see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBnw_proto=\fIproto\fR
8 bits of the ARP opcode. ARP opcodes greater than 255 are treated as
0.
.IP
+When \fBrarp\fR or \fBdl_type=0x8035\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,
-0x0806, or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_proto\fR is ignored (see \fBFlow
-Syntax\fR above).
+0x0806, 0x8035 or 0x86dd, the value of \fBnw_proto\fR is ignored (see
+\fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
.
.IP \fBnw_tos=\fItos\fR
Matches IP ToS/DSCP or IPv6 traffic class field \fItos\fR, which is
extension to OpenFlow, which as of this writing is only known to be
implemented by Open vSwitch.
.
+.IP \fBmetadata=\fIvalue\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
+Matches \fIvalue\fR either exactly or with optional \fImask\fR in the metadata
+field. \fIvalue\fR and \fImask\fR are 64-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. Matching on
+metadata was added in Open vSwitch 1.8.
+.
.PP
The following shorthand notations are also available:
.
.IP \fBarp\fR
Same as \fBdl_type=0x0806\fR.
.
+.IP \fBrarp\fR
+Same as \fBdl_type=0x8035\fR.
+.
.PP
The following field assignments require support for the NXM (Nicira
Extended Match) extension to OpenFlow. When one of these is specified,
.
.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.
+When \fBdl_type\fR specifies either ARP or RARP, \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]
.IP \fBactions=\fR[\fItarget\fR][\fB,\fItarget\fR...]\fR
Specifies a comma-separated list of actions to take on a packet when the
flow entry matches. If no \fItarget\fR is specified, then packets
-matching the flow are dropped. The \fItarget\fR may be a decimal port
+matching the flow are dropped. The \fItarget\fR may be an OpenFlow port
number designating the physical port on which to output the packet, or one
of the following keywords:
.
.RS
-.IP \fBoutput\fR:\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
+.IP \fBoutput:\fIport\fR
+Outputs the packet to \fIport\fR, which must be an OpenFlow port
+number or keyword (e.g. \fBLOCAL\fR).
+.
+.IP \fBoutput:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]
+Outputs the packet to the OpenFlow port number read from \fIsrc\fR,
+which must be an NXM field as described above. For example,
+\fBoutput:NXM_NX_REG0[16..31]\fR outputs to the OpenFlow port number
+written in the upper half of register 0. This form of \fBoutput\fR
+uses an OpenFlow extension that is not supported by standard OpenFlow
+switches.
+.
+.IP \fBenqueue:\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.
+\fIport\fR, which must be an OpenFlow port number or keyword
+(e.g. \fBLOCAL\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
.IP \fBstrip_vlan\fR
Strips the VLAN tag from a packet if it is present.
.
+.IP \fBpush_vlan\fR:\fIethertype\fR
+Push a new VLAN tag onto the packet. Ethertype is used as the the Ethertype
+for the tag. Only ethertype 0x8100 should be used. (0x88a8 which the spec
+allows isn't supported at the moment.)
+A priority of zero and the tag of zero are used for the new tag.
+.
+.IP \fBpush_mpls\fR:\fIethertype\fR
+If the packet does not already contain any MPLS labels, changes the
+packet's Ethertype to \fIethertype\fR, which must be either the MPLS
+unicast Ethertype \fB0x8847\fR or the MPLS multicast Ethertype
+\fB0x8848\fR, and then pushes an initial label stack entry. The label
+stack entry's default label is 2 if the packet contains IPv6 and 0
+otherwise, its default traffic control value is the low 3 bits of the
+packet's DSCP value (0 if the packet is not IP), and its TTL is copied
+from the IP TTL (64 if the packet is not IP).
+.IP
+If the packet does already contain an MPLS label, pushes a new
+outermost label as a copy of the existing outermost label.
+.IP
+There are some limitations in the implementation. \fBpush_mpls\fR
+followed by another \fBpush_mpls\fR will result in the first
+\fBpush_mpls\fR being discarded.
+.
+.IP \fBpop_mpls\fR:\fIethertype\fR
+Strips the outermost MPLS label stack entry. If the MPLS label
+stripped was the only one, changes the ethertype of a packet to
+\fIethertype\fR, which should not ordinarily be an MPLS Ethertype.
+.
+.IP
+There are some limitations in the implementation. \fBpop_mpls\fR
+followed by another \fBpush_mpls\fR without an intermediate
+\fBpush_mpls\fR will result in the first \fBpush_mpls\fR being
+discarded.
+.
.IP \fBmod_dl_src\fB:\fImac\fR
Sets the source Ethernet address to \fImac\fR.
.
Sets the IPv4 ToS/DSCP field to \fItos\fR. Valid values are between 0 and
255, inclusive. Note that the two lower reserved bits are never
modified.
-.
.RE
.IP
The following actions are Nicira vendor extensions that, as of this writing, are
actions were applied.
.
.IP \fBdec_ttl\fR
+.IQ \fBdec_ttl\fB[\fR(\fIid1,id2\fI)\fR]\fR
Decrement TTL of IPv4 packet or hop limit of IPv6 packet. If the
TTL or hop limit is initially zero, no decrement occurs. Instead,
a ``packet-in'' message with reason code \fBOFPR_INVALID_TTL\fR is
sent to each connected controller that has enabled receiving them,
-if any. Processing the current set of actions then stops.
-However, if the current set of actions was reached through
-``resubmit'' then remaining actions in outer levels resume
-processing.
+if any. Processing the current set of actions then stops. However,
+if the current set of actions was reached through ``resubmit'' then
+remaining actions in outer levels resume processing. This action
+also optionally supports the ability to specify a list of valid
+controller ids. Each of controllers in the list will receive the
+``packet_in'' message only if they have registered to receive the
+invalid ttl packets. If controller ids are not specified, the
+``packet_in'' message will be sent only to the controllers having
+controller id zero which have registered for the invalid ttl packets.
+.
+.IP \fBset_mpls_ttl\fR:\fIttl\fR
+Set the TTL of the outer MPLS label stack entry of a packet.
+\fIttl\fR should be in the range 0 to 255 inclusive.
+.
+.IP \fBdec_mpls_ttl\fR
+Decrement TTL of the outer MPLS label stack entry of a packet. If the TTL
+is initially zero, no decrement occurs. Instead, a ``packet-in'' message
+with reason code \fBOFPR_INVALID_TTL\fR is sent to each connected
+controller with controller id zer that has enabled receiving them.
+Processing the current set of actions then stops. However, if the current
+set of actions was reached through ``resubmit'' then remaining actions in
+outer levels resume processing.
.
.IP \fBnote:\fR[\fIhh\fR]...
Does nothing at all. Any number of bytes represented as hex digits
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 "\fBpush:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
+Pushes \fIstart\fR to \fIend\fR bits inclusive, in fields
+on top of the stack.
+.IP
+Example: \fBpush:NXM_NX_REG2[0..5]\fR push the value stored in register
+2 bits 0 through 5, inclusive, on to the internal stack.
+.
+.IP "\fBpop:\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
+Pops from the top of the stack, retrieves the \fIstart\fR to \fIend\fR bits
+inclusive, from the value popped and store them into the corresponding
+bits in \fIdst\fR.
+.
+.IP
+Example: \fBpop:NXM_NX_REG2[0..5]\fR pops the value from top of the stack.
+Set register 2 bits 0 through 5, inclusive, based on bits 0 through 5 from the
+value just popped.
+.
+.IP "\fBset_field:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst"
+Writes the literal \fIvalue\fR into the field \fIdst\fR, which should
+be specified as a name used for matching. (This is similar to
+\fBload\fR but more closely matches the set-field action defined in
+Open Flow 1.2 and above.)
+.
+.IP
+Example: \fBset_field:fe80:0123:4567:890a:a6ba:dbff:fefe:59fa\->ipv6_src\fR
+.
.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
.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 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
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.)
+.
+.RS
+.IP \fBapply_actions(\fR[\fIaction\fR][\fB,\fIaction\fR...]\fB)
+Applies the specific action(s) immediately. The syntax of actions are same
+to \fBactions=\fR field.
+.
+.IP \fBclear_actions\fR
+Clears all the actions in the action set immediately.
+.
+.IP \fBwrite_metadata\fB:\fIvalue\fR[/\fImask\fR]
+Updates the metadata field for the flow. If \fImask\fR is omitted, the
+metadata field is set exactly to \fIvalue\fR; if \fImask\fR is specified, then
+a 1-bit in \fImask\fR indicates that the corresponding bit in the metadata
+field will be replaced with the corresponding bit from \fIvalue\fR. Both
+\fIvalue\fR and \fImask\fR are 64-bit values that are decimal by default; use
+a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify them in hexadecimal.
+.
+.IP \fBgoto_table\fR:\fItable\fR
+Indicates the next table in the process pipeline.
.RE
.
.IP "\fBfin_timeout(\fIargument\fR[\fB,\fIargument\fR]\fB)"
actions. Those actions which have already been executed are unaffected. Any
further actions, including those which may be in other tables, or different
levels of the \fBresubmit\fR call stack, are ignored.
+.RE
.
.PP
An opaque identifier called a cookie can be used as a handle to identify
.
.TP
\fBout_port=\fIport\fR
-If set, a matching flow must include an output action to \fIport\fR.
+If set, a matching flow must include an output action to \fIport\fR,
+which must an OpenFlow port number or name (e.g. \fBlocal\fR).
.
.SS "Table Entry Output"
.
\fB\-\-strict\fR
Uses strict matching when running flow modification commands.
.
+.so lib/ofp-version.man
+.
.IP "\fB\-F \fIformat\fR[\fB,\fIformat\fR...]"
.IQ "\fB\-\-flow\-format=\fIformat\fR[\fB,\fIformat\fR...]"
\fBovs\-ofctl\fR supports the following individual flow formats, any
This combines Nicira Extended match with the ability to place a flow
in a specific table. Open vSwitch 1.2 and later supports this flow
format.
+.
+.IP "\fBOXM-OpenFlow12\fR"
+.IQ "\fBOXM-OpenFlow13\fR"
+These are the standard OXM (OpenFlow Extensible Match) flow format in
+OpenFlow 1.2 and 1.3, respectively.
.RE
.
.IP
\fBOpenFlow10\-table_id\fR or \fBOpenFlow10+table_id\fR.
.IP "\fBNXM\fR"
\fBNXM\-table_id\fR or \fBNXM+table_id\fR.
+.IP "\fBOXM\fR"
+\fBOXM-OpenFlow12\fR or \fBOXM-OpenFlow13\fR.
.RE
.
.IP
\fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands. Specify this option more than once to
increase verbosity further.
.
+.IP \fB\-\-sort\fR[\fB=\fIfield\fR]
+.IQ \fB\-\-rsort\fR[\fB=\fIfield\fR]
+Display output sorted by flow \fIfield\fR in ascending
+(\fB\-\-sort\fR) or descending (\fB\-\-rsort\fR) order, where
+\fIfield\fR is any of the fields that are allowed for matching or
+\fBpriority\fR to sort by priority. When \fIfield\fR is omitted, the
+output is sorted by priority. Specify these options multiple times to
+sort by multiple fields.
+.IP
+Any given flow will not necessarily specify a value for a given
+field. This requires special treatement:
+.RS
+.IP \(bu
+A flow that does not specify any part of a field that is used for sorting is
+sorted after all the flows that do specify the field. For example,
+\fB\-\-sort=tcp_src\fR will sort all the flows that specify a TCP
+source port in ascending order, followed by the flows that do not
+specify a TCP source port at all.
+.IP \(bu
+A flow that only specifies some bits in a field is sorted as if the
+wildcarded bits were zero. For example, \fB\-\-sort=nw_src\fR would
+sort a flow that specifies \fBnw_src=192.168.0.0/24\fR the same as
+\fBnw_src=192.168.0.0\fR.
+.RE
+.IP
+These options currently affect only \fBdump\-flows\fR output.
+.
.ds DD \
\fBovs\-ofctl\fR detaches only when executing the \fBmonitor\fR or \
\fBsnoop\fR commands.
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