-This directory contains files for seamless integration of vswitch on
+This directory contains files for seamless integration of Open vSwitch on
Citrix XenServer hosts managed by the Citrix management tools.
Some of these files are modifications of Citrix's proprietary code.
under the same name, if underscores are replaced by slashes. The
files are:
- etc_init.d_vswitch
+ etc_init.d_openvswitch
- Initializes the vswitch at boot and shuts it down at shutdown.
+ Initializes Open vSwitch at boot and shuts it down at shutdown.
- etc_init.d_vswitch-xapi-update
+ etc_init.d_openvswitch-xapi-update
- Init script to ensure vswitch-cfg-update is called for the
+ Init script to ensure openvswitch-cfg-update is called for the
current host at boot.
- etc_logrotate.d_vswitch
+ etc_logrotate.d_openvswitch
- Ensures that /var/log/ovs-vswitchd.log is rotated periodically
- and that ovs-vswitchd reopens its log file at that point.
+ Ensures that logs in /var/log/openvswitch are rotated
+ periodically and that appropriate daemons reopen their log
+ files at that point.
- etc_profile.d_vswitch.sh
+ etc_profile.d_openvswitch.sh
- vswitch-related shell functions for the administrator's
+ Open vSwitch-related shell functions for the administrator's
convenience.
- etc_xapi.d_plugins_vswitch-cfg-update
+ etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update
xapi plugin script to update the cache of configuration items
- in the ovs-vswitchd configuration file that are managed in the
+ in the ovs-vswitchd configuration that are managed in the
xapi database when integrated with Citrix management tools.
etc_xensource_scripts_vif
- vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
+ Open vSwitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
+
+ openvswitch-xen.spec
+
+ spec file for building RPMs to install on a XenServer host.
opt_xensource_libexec_interface-reconfigure
- vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
+ Open vSwitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
- usr_share_vswitch_scripts_refresh-xs-network-uuids
+ usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-external-ids
- Script to refresh bridge.<bridge>.xs-network-uuids keys, which
- can get out-of-sync following a pool join. Running this script
- is an alternative to rebooting the host.
+ Daemon to monitor the external_ids columns of the Bridge and
+ Interface OVSDB tables.
- root_vswitch_scripts_sysconfig.template
+ usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_refresh-xs-network-uuids
- Template for vswitch's /etc/sysconfig/vswitch configuration
- file.
+ Script to refresh Bridge table external-ids:xs-network-uuids
+ values, which can get out-of-sync following a pool join.
+
+ usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_sysconfig.template
+
+ Template for Open vSwitch's /etc/sysconfig/openvswitch
+ configuration file.
usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
xsconsole plugin to configure the pool-wide configuration keys
- used to control vswitch when integrated with Citrix management
- tools.
+ used to control Open vSwitch when integrated with Citrix
+ management tools.
usr_sbin_brctl
usr_sbin_xen-bugtool
- vswitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
+ Open vSwitch-aware replacement for Citrix script of the same name.
- vswitch-xen.spec
+ uuid.py
- spec file for building RPMs to install on a XenServer host.
+ This is uuid.py from Python 2.5. It is installed into the
+ Open vSwitch RPM because XenServer 5.5 and 5.6 use Python 2.4,
+ which do not have uuid.py.
-To install, build the vswitch RPM with a command like this:
+To install, build the Open vSwitch RPM with a command like this:
- rpmbuild -D "vswitch_version $full_version" \
+ rpmbuild -D "openvswitch_version $full_version" \
-D "xen_version $XENKERNEL" \
-D "build_number --with-build-number=$buildnr" \
- -bb vswitch-xen.spec
+ -bb openvswitch-xen.spec
-Then, "rpm -U" the resulting vswitch package on the XenServer hosts in
-question and reboot them. (The vswitch-dbg package that is also
+Then, "rpm -U" the resulting Open vSwitch package on the XenServer hosts in
+question and reboot them. (The openvswitch-dbg package that is also
produced need not be installed, but it is harmless to do so.)
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-Copyright (C) 2009 Nicira Networks, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicira Networks, Inc.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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