choose key names that are likely to be unique. The currently
defined common key-value pairs are:
<dl>
- <dt><code>system-uuid</code></dt>
- <dd>A universally unique identifier for the Open vSwitch's
- physical host. The form of the identifier depends on the
- type of the host. On a Citrix XenServer, this is the host
- UUID displayed by, e.g., <code>xe host-list</code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>system-type</code></dt>
+ <dd>An identifier for the switch type, such as
+ <code>XenServer</code> or <code>KVM</code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>system-version</code></dt>
+ <dd>The version of the switch software, such as
+ <code>5.6.0</code> on XenServer.</dd>
+ <dt><code>system-id</code></dt>
+ <dd>A unique identifier for the Open vSwitch's physical host.
+ The form of the identifier depends on the type of the host.
+ On a Citrix XenServer, this will likely be the same as
+ <code>xs-system-uuid</code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>xs-system-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dd>The Citrix XenServer universally unique identifier for the
+ physical host as displayed by <code>xe host-list</code>.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
</group>
integrators should either use the Open vSwitch development
mailing list to coordinate on common key-value definitions, or
choose key names that are likely to be unique. The currently
- defined common key-value pairs are:
+ defined key-value pairs are:
<dl>
- <dt><code>network-uuids</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>bridge-id</code></dt>
+ <dd>A unique identifier of the bridge. On Citrix XenServer this
+ will commonly be the same as <code>xs-network-uuids</code>.</dd>
+ <dt><code>xs-network-uuids</code></dt>
<dd>Semicolon-delimited set of universally unique identifier(s) for
- the network with which this bridge is associated. The form of the
- identifier(s) depends on the type of the host. On a Citrix
- XenServer host, the network identifiers are RFC 4122 UUIDs as
+ the network with which this bridge is associated on a Citrix
+ XenServer host. The network identifiers are RFC 4122 UUIDs as
displayed by, e.g., <code>xe network-list</code>.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
column), external 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-network-uuids</code>.
+ e.g. <code>fake-bridge-xs-network-uuids</code>.
</p>
</column>
Configuration options whose interpretation varies based on
<ref column="type"/>.
</column>
+
+ <column name="status">
+ <p>
+ Key-value pairs that report port status. Supported status
+ values are <code>type</code>-dependent.
+ </p>
+ <p>The only currently defined key-value pair is:</p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>source_ip</code></dt>
+ <dd>The source IP address used for an IPv4 tunnel end-point,
+ such as <code>gre</code> or <code>capwap</code>. Not
+ supported by all implementations.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </column>
</group>
<group title="Ingress Policing">
<group title="Other Features">
<column name="external_ids">
+ Key-value pairs for use by external frameworks that integrate
+ with Open vSwitch, rather than by Open vSwitch itself. System
+ integrators should either use the Open vSwitch development
+ mailing list to coordinate on common key-value definitions, or
+ choose key names that are likely to be unique. The currently
+ defined common key-value pairs are:
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>attached-mac</code></dt>
+ <dd>
+ The MAC address programmed into the ``virtual hardware'' for this
+ interface, in the form
+ <var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>.
+ For Citrix XenServer, this is the value of the <code>MAC</code>
+ field in the VIF record for this interface.</dd>
+ <dt><code>iface-id</code></dt>
+ <dd>A system-unique identifier for the interface. On XenServer,
+ this will commonly be the same as <code>xs-vif-uuid</code>.</dd>
+ </dl>
<p>
- Key-value pairs for use by external frameworks that integrate
- with Open vSwitch, rather than by Open vSwitch itself. System
- integrators should either use the Open vSwitch development
- mailing list to coordinate on common key-value definitions, or
- choose key names that are likely to be unique.
- </p>
- <p>
- All of the currently defined key-value pairs specifically
+ Additionally the following key-value pairs specifically
apply to an interface that represents a virtual Ethernet interface
connected to a virtual machine. These key-value pairs should not be
present for other types of interfaces. Keys whose names end
UUIDs in RFC 4122 format. Other hypervisors may use other
formats.
</p>
- <p>The currently defined key-value pairs are:</p>
+ <p>The currently defined key-value pairs for XenServer are:</p>
<dl>
- <dt><code>vif-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>xs-vif-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>The virtual interface associated with this interface.</dd>
- <dt><code>network-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>xs-network-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>The virtual network to which this interface is attached.</dd>
- <dt><code>vm-uuid</code></dt>
+ <dt><code>xs-vm-uuid</code></dt>
<dd>The VM to which this interface belongs.</dd>
- <dt><code>vif-mac</code></dt>
- <dd>The MAC address programmed into the "virtual hardware" for this
- interface, in the
- form <var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>:<var>xx</var>.
- For Citrix XenServer, this is the value of the <code>MAC</code>
- field in the VIF record for this interface.</dd>
</dl>
</column>
column="type"/> of <code>min-rate</code> are:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>min-rate</code></dt>
- <dd>Minimum guaranteed bandwidth, in bit/s. Required.</dd>
+ <dd>Minimum guaranteed bandwidth, in bit/s. Required. The
+ floor value is 1500 bytes/s (12,000 bit/s).</dd>
</dl>
<p>The key-value pairs defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS"
column="type"/> of <code>linux-htb</code> are:</p>
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