The Citrix XenServer universally unique identifier for the physical
host as displayed by <code>xe host-list</code>.
</column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="flow-restore-wait"
+ type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
+ <p>
+ When <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> starts up, it has an empty flow table
+ and therefore it handles all arriving packets in its default fashion
+ according to its configuration, by dropping them or sending them to
+ an OpenFlow controller or switching them as a standalone switch.
+ This behavior is ordinarily desirable. However, if
+ <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> is restarting as part of a ``hot-upgrade,''
+ then this leads to a relatively long period during which packets are
+ mishandled.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ This option allows for improvement. When <code>ovs-vswitchd</code>
+ starts with this value set as <code>true</code>, it will neither
+ flush or expire previously set datapath flows nor will it send and
+ receive any packets to or from the datapath. When this value is
+ later set to <code>false</code>, <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> will
+ start receiving packets from the datapath and re-setup the flows.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Thus, with this option, the procedure for a hot-upgrade of
+ <code>ovs-vswitchd</code> becomes roughly the following:
+ </p>
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ Stop <code>ovs-vswitchd</code>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Set <ref column="other_config" key="flow-restore-wait"/>
+ to <code>true</code>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Start <code>ovs-vswitchd</code>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Use <code>ovs-ofctl</code> (or some other program, such as an
+ OpenFlow controller) to restore the OpenFlow flow table
+ to the desired state.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Set <ref column="other_config" key="flow-restore-wait"/>
+ to <code>false</code> (or remove it entirely from the database).
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>
+ The <code>ovs-ctl</code>'s ``restart'' and ``force-reload-kmod''
+ functions use the above config option during hot upgrades.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="flow-eviction-threshold"
+ type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0}'>
+ <p>
+ A number of flows as a nonnegative integer. This sets number of
+ flows at which eviction from the datapath flow table will be
+ triggered. If there are a large number of flows then increasing this
+ value to around the number of flows present can result in reduced CPU
+ usage and packet loss.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The default is 2500. Values below 100 will be rounded up to 100.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="force-miss-model">
+ <p>
+ Specifies userspace behaviour for handling flow misses. This takes
+ precedence over flow-eviction-threshold.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>auto</code></dt>
+ <dd>Handle automatically based on the flow-eviction-threshold and
+ the flow setup governer (default, recommended).</dd>
+ <dt><code>with-facets</code></dt>
+ <dd>Always create facets. Expensive kernel flow creation and
+ statistics tracking is always performed, even on flows with only
+ a small number of packets.</dd>
+ <dt><code>without-facets</code></dt>
+ <dd>Always handle without facets. Forces flow misses to be handled
+ in userspace. May cause an increase in CPU usage and packet loss
+ on high throughput.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </p>
+ </column>
</group>
<group title="Status">
datapath ID.
</column>
- <column name="other_config" key="flow-eviction-threshold"
- type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0}'>
- <p>
- A number of flows as a nonnegative integer. This sets number of
- flows at which eviction from the kernel flow table will be triggered.
- If there are a large number of flows then increasing this value to
- around the number of flows present can result in reduced CPU usage
- and packet loss.
- </p>
- <p>
- The default is 1000. Values below 100 will be rounded up to 100.
- </p>
- </column>
-
<column name="other_config" key="forward-bpdu"
type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
Option to allow forwarding of BPDU frames when NORMAL action is
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