X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=6ba2ad7c33984f02429ab1b46a4053d33793d842;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fbranch-1.3;hp=d23636d598f31fc728144a0d1d735f1297982cce;hpb=045b2e5c77d02cd0d7bba046e2dbed72ec4828c8;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/README b/README index d23636d59..6ba2ad7c3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ vSwitch supports the following features: * Standard 802.1Q VLAN model with trunk and access ports * NIC bonding with or without LACP on upstream switch - * NetFlow, sFlow(R), SPAN, RSPAN, and ERSPAN for increased visibility + * NetFlow, sFlow(R), and mirroring for increased visibility * QoS (Quality of Service) configuration, plus policing * GRE, GRE over IPSEC, and CAPWAP tunneling * 802.1ag connectivity fault management @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ vSwitch supports the following features: The included Linux kernel module supports Linux 2.6.18 and up, with testing focused on 2.6.32 with Centos and Xen patches. Open vSwitch -also has special support for Citrix XenServer hosts. +also has special support for Citrix XenServer and Red Hat Enterprise +Linux hosts. Open vSwitch can also operate, at a cost in performance, entirely in userspace, without assistance from a kernel module. This userspace @@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ The main components of this distribution are: * ovs-dpctl, a tool for configuring the switch kernel module. - * Scripts and specs for building RPMs that allow Open vSwitch - to be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in - replacement for its switch, with additional functionality. + * Scripts and specs for building RPMs for Citrix XenServer and Red + Hat Enterprise Linux. The XenServer RPMs allow Open vSwitch to + be installed on a Citrix XenServer host as a drop-in replacement + for its switch, with additional functionality. * ovs-vsctl, a utility for querying and updating the configuration of ovs-vswitchd. @@ -94,6 +96,9 @@ read INSTALL.bridge. To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Citrix XenServer host or resource pool, read INSTALL.XenServer. +To build RPMs for installing Open vSwitch on a Red Hat Enterprise +Linux host, read INSTALL.RHEL. + To use Open vSwitch with KVM on Linux, read INSTALL.Linux, then INSTALL.KVM.