</column>
<column name="controller">
- Default <ref table="Controller"/> used by bridges. If a
- <ref table="Bridge"/> record has a <ref table="Bridge"
- column="controller"/> column, then this
- <ref table="Controller"/> is used instead.
+ Default <ref table="Controller"/> used by bridges. May be
+ overridden on a per-bridge basis by the <ref table="Bridge"
+ column="controller"/> column in <ref table="Bridge"/>.
</column>
<column name="managers">
<column name="cur_cfg">
Sequence number that Open vSwitch sets to the current value of
- <ref column="next_cfg"/> after it finishing applying a set of
+ <ref column="next_cfg"/> after it finishes applying a set of
configuration changes.
</column>
</group>
</column>
<column name="datapath_id">
- Reports the OpenFlow datapath ID in use. Exactly 12 hex digits.
+ Reports the OpenFlow datapath ID in use. Exactly 16 hex digits.
</column>
</group>
features. The currently defined key-value pairs are:
<dl>
<dt><code>datapath-id</code></dt>
- <dd>Exactly 12 hex
+ <dd>Exactly 16 hex
digits to set the OpenFlow datapath ID to a specific
value.</dd>
<dt><code>hwaddr</code></dt>
- <dd>Exactly 12 hex digits in the form
+ <dd>An Ethernet address in the form
<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>
to set the hardware address of the local port and influence the
datapath ID.</dd>
<table name="Port" table="Port or bond configuration.">
<p>A port within a <ref table="Bridge"/>.</p>
<p>Most commonly, a port has exactly one ``interface,'' pointed to by its
- <ref column="interface"/> column. Such a port logically
+ <ref column="interfaces"/> column. Such a port logically
corresponds to a port on a physical Ethernet switch. A port
with more than one interface is a ``bonded port'' (see
<ref group="Bonding Configuration"/>).</p>
<column name="bond_downdelay">
For a bonded port, the number of milliseconds for which carrier must
stay down on an interface before the interface is considered to be
- down. Specify <code>0</code> to enable the interface immediately.
+ down. Specify <code>0</code> to disable the interface immediately.
</column>
<column name="bond_fake_iface">
- For a bonded port, whether to create a fake interface with the name of
- the port. Use only for compatibility with legacy software that
+ For a bonded port, whether to create a fake internal interface with the
+ name of the port. Use only for compatibility with legacy software that
requires this.
</column>
</group>
Key-value pairs that identify this port's role in external systems. No
key-value pairs native to <ref table="Port"/> are currently defined.
For fake bridges (see the <ref column="fake_bridge"/> column), external
- IDs for the fake bridge are defined here by prefixing their keys
+ IDs for the fake bridge are defined here by prefixing a
+ <ref table="Bridge"/> <ref table="Bridge" column="external_ids"/> key
with <code>fake-bridge-</code>,
e.g. <code>fake-bridge-xs-network-uuids</code>.
</column>
currently defined key-value pairs are:
<dl>
<dt><code>hwaddr</code></dt>
- <dd>Exactly 12 hex digits in the form
+ <dd>An Ethernet address in the form
<code><var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var></code>.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
whose name is first in alphabetical order). Internal ports and
bridge ports that are used as port mirroring destinations (see the
<ref table="Mirror"/> table) are ignored.</li>
- <li>For other internal interface, the default MAC is randomly
+ <li>For other internal interfaces, the default MAC is randomly
generated.</li>
<li>External interfaces typically have a MAC address associated with
their hardware.</li>
<p>Open vSwitch populates this column when the port number becomes
known. If the interface is successfully added,
<ref column="ofport"/> will be set to a number between 1 and 65535
- (generally either in the range 1 to <code>0xff00</code>, exclusive,
- or <code>0xfffe</code>, the port number for the OpenFlow ``local
- port''). If the interface cannot be added then Open vSwitch sets
- this column to <code>-1</code>.</p>
+ (generally either in the range 1 to 65280, exclusive, or 65534, the
+ port number for the OpenFlow ``local port''). If the interface
+ cannot be added then Open vSwitch sets this column
+ to -1.</p>
</column>
</group>
vSwitch is running. The empty string is a synonym for
<code>system</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>internal</code></dt>
- <dd>A simulated network devices that sent and receive traffic. An
+ <dd>A simulated network device that sends and receives traffic. An
internal interface whose <ref column="name"/> is the same as its
bridge's <ref table="Open_vSwitch" column="name"/> is called the
``local interface.'' It does not make sense to bond an internal
<dl>
<dt><code>xs-vif-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer VIF associated with this
- interface</dd>
+ interface.</dd>
<dt><code>xs-network-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer network to which this interface is
- attached</dd>
+ attached.</dd>
<dt><code>xs-vif-vm-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>UUID of the Citrix XenServer VM to which this interface
- belongs</dd>
+ belongs.</dd>
<dt><code>xs-vif-mac</code></dt>
<dd>The value of the "MAC" field in the Citrix XenServer VIF record
for this interface.</dd>
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