<group title="OpenFlow Configuration">
<column name="controller">
- OpenFlow controller set. If unset, then no OpenFlow controllers
- will be used.
+ <p>
+ OpenFlow controller set. If unset, then no OpenFlow controllers
+ will be used.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ If there are primary controllers, removing all of them clears the
+ flow table. If there are no primary controllers, adding one also
+ clears the flow table. Other changes to the set of controllers, such
+ as adding or removing a service controller, adding another primary
+ controller to supplement an existing primary controller, or removing
+ only one of two primary controllers, have no effect on the flow
+ table.
+ </p>
</column>
<column name="fail_mode">
<p>When more than one controller is configured,
<ref column="fail_mode"/> is considered only when none of the
configured controllers can be contacted.</p>
+ <p>
+ Changing <ref column="fail_mode"/> when no primary controllers are
+ configured clears the flow table.
+ </p>
</column>
<column name="datapath_id">
</p>
</column>
+ <column name="other_config" key="bond-hash-basis"
+ type='{"type": "integer"}'>
+ An integer hashed along with flows when choosing output slaves in load
+ balanced bonds. When changed, all flows will be assigned different
+ hash values possibly causing slave selection decisions to change. Does
+ not affect bonding modes which do not employ load balancing such as
+ <code>active-backup</code>.
+ </column>
+
<group title="Link Failure Detection">
<p>
An important part of link bonding is detecting that links are down so
when this mode is in use. The default if not specified is
<code>false</code>.
</column>
-
- <column name="other_config" key="bond-hash-basis"
- type='{"type": "integer"}'>
- An integer hashed along with flows when choosing output slaves. When
- changed, all flows will be assigned different hash values possibly
- causing slave selection decisions to change.
- </column>
</group>
<group title="SLB Configuration">
</p>
<ul>
+ <li>
+ The VLAN is the <ref table="Port" column="tag"/> value in any <ref
+ table="Port"/> record.
+ </li>
+
<li>
The VLAN is listed within the <ref table="Port" column="trunks"/>
column of the <ref table="Port"/> record of an interface on which
<group title="Configuration for linux-htb QoS">
<p>
- These key-value pairs are defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref
- table="QoS" column="type"/> of <code>linux-htb</code>.
+ <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS" column="type"/>
+ <code>linux-htb</code> may use <code>queue_id</code>s less than 61440.
+ It has the following key-value pairs defined.
</p>
<column name="other_config" key="min-rate"
<group title="Configuration for linux-hfsc QoS">
<p>
- These key-value pairs are defined for <ref table="QoS"/> <ref
- table="QoS" column="type"/> of <code>linux-hfsc</code>.
+ <ref table="QoS"/> <ref table="QoS" column="type"/>
+ <code>linux-hfsc</code> may use <code>queue_id</code>s less than 61440.
+ It has the following key-value pairs defined.
</p>
<column name="other_config" key="min-rate"
<column name="agent">
Name of the network device whose IP address should be reported as the
- ``agent address'' to collectors. If not specified, the IP address
+ ``agent address'' to collectors. If not specified, the agent device is
+ figured from the first target address and the routing table. If the
+ routing table does not contain a route to the target, the IP address
defaults to the <ref table="Controller" column="local_ip"/> in the
collector's <ref table="Controller"/>. If an agent IP address cannot be
- determined either way, sFlow is disabled.
+ determined any of these ways, sFlow is disabled.
</column>
<column name="header">