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>
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
<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>