type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 1}'>
<p>
Specifies the number of threads for software datapaths to use for
- handling new flows. The default is one less than the number of
+ handling new flows. The default is two less than the number of
online CPU cores (but at least 1).
</p>
<p>
An Ethernet tunnel over the experimental, UDP-based VXLAN
protocol described at
<code>http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-03</code>.
- VXLAN is currently supported only with the Linux kernel datapath
- with kernel version 2.6.26 or later.
</p>
<p>
Open vSwitch uses UDP destination port 4789. The source port used for
<dt><code>lisp</code></dt>
<dd>
A layer 3 tunnel over the experimental, UDP-based Locator/ID
- Separation Protocol (RFC 6830). LISP is currently supported only
- with the Linux kernel datapath with kernel version 2.6.26 or later.
+ Separation Protocol (RFC 6830).
</dd>
<dt><code>patch</code></dt>
specified. Defaults to <code>100</code>.
</column>
+ <column name="bfd" key="decay_min_rx" type='{"type": "integer"}'>
+ <code>decay_min_rx</code> is used to set the <code>min_rx</code>,
+ when there is no obvious incoming data traffic at the interface.
+ It cannot be set less than the <code>min_rx</code>. The decay feature
+ is disabled by setting the <code>decay_min_rx</code> to 0. And the
+ feature is reset everytime itself or <code>min_rx</code> is
+ reconfigured.
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="bfd" key="forwarding_if_rx" type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
+ When <code>forwarding_if_rx</code> is true the interface will be
+ considered capable of packet I/O as long as there is packet
+ received at interface. This is important in that when link becomes
+ temporarily conjested, consecutive BFD control packets can be lost.
+ And the <code>forwarding_if_rx</code> can prevent link failover by
+ detecting non-control packets received at interface.
+ </column>
+
<column name="bfd" key="cpath_down" type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
Concatenated path down may be used when the local system should not
have traffic forwarded to it for some reason other than a connectivty
<ul>
<li>
To ensure that ovs-vswitchd has enough time to pull statistics
- from the datapath, the minimum
- <ref column="other_config" key="cfm_interval"/> is 500ms.
+ from the datapath, the fault detection interval is set to
+ 3.5 * MAX(<ref column="other_config" key="cfm_interval"/>, 500)
+ ms.
</li>
<li>
referenced from a <ref table="Flow_Sample_Collector_Set"/>.
</column>
+ <column name="cache_active_timeout">
+ The maximum period in seconds for which an IPFIX flow record is
+ cached and aggregated before being sent. If not specified,
+ defaults to 0. If 0, caching is disabled.
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="cache_max_flows">
+ The maximum number of IPFIX flow records that can be cached at a
+ time. If not specified, defaults to 0. If 0, caching is
+ disabled.
+ </column>
+
<group title="Common Columns">
The overall purpose of these columns is described under <code>Common
Columns</code> at the beginning of this document.