X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-vswitchd.8.in;h=e3cc8db4457c628f996109fa31caef6fcab1cae1;hb=613bded455dfed2755c4f734baf2f8ecb046c9ae;hp=48825740382952aec0835b4f40802407692126ea;hpb=007948177581f3b3dad188221593d0e4bdca6ba0;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 488257403..e3cc8db44 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ ovs\-vswitchd \- Open vSwitch daemon . .SH SYNOPSIS -.B ovs\-vswitchd -\fIdatabase\fR +\fBovs\-vswitchd \fR[\fIdatabase\fR] . .SH DESCRIPTION A daemon that manages and controls any number of Open vSwitch switches on the local machine. .PP -The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument normally takes the form -\fBunix:\fIfile\fR, where \fIfile\fR is the name of a Unix domain -socket on which \fBovsdb\-server\fR is listening. However, all of the -following forms are accepted: +The \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies how \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR connects +to \fBovsdb\-server\fR. The default is \fBunix:@RUNDIR@/db.sock\fR. +The following forms are accepted: .so ovsdb/remote-active.man .so ovsdb/remote-passive.man .PP @@ -67,9 +65,6 @@ Only a single instance of \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is intended to run at a time. A single \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR can manage any number of switch instances, up to the maximum number of supported Open vSwitch datapaths. .PP -\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR provides all the features of \fBovs-openflowd\fR, -and more. Do not run both daemons at the same time. -.PP \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR does all the necessary management of Open vSwitch datapaths itself. Thus, external tools, such \fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8), are not needed for managing datapaths in conjunction with \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR, and their use @@ -113,14 +108,30 @@ how to configure Open vSwitch. .SS "GENERAL COMMANDS" .IP "\fBexit\fR" Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to gracefully terminate. +.IP "\fBcoverage/log\fR" +Logs coverage counters at level warn. .IP "\fBqos/show\fR \fIinterface\fR" Queries the kernel for Quality of Service configuration and statistics associated with the given \fIinterface\fR. -.IP "\fBcfm/show\fR \fIinterface\fR" +.IP "\fBcfm/show\fR [\fIinterface\fR]" Displays detailed information about Connectivity Fault Management -configured on \fIinterface\fR. +configured on \fIinterface\fR. If \fIinterface\fR is not specified, +then displays detailed information about all interfaces with CFM +enabled. +.IP "\fBcfm/set-fault\fR [\fIinterface\fR] \fIstatus\fR" +Force the fault status of the CFM module on \fIinterface\fR (or all +interfaces if none is given) to be \fIstatus\fR. \fIstatus\fR can be +"true", "false", or "normal" which reverts to the standard behavior. +.IP "\fBstp/tcn\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" +Forces a topology change event on \fIbridge\fR if it's running STP. This +may cause it to send Topology Change Notifications to its peers and flush +its MAC table.. If no \fIbridge\fR is given, forces a topology change +event on all bridges. .SS "BRIDGE COMMANDS" These commands manage bridges. +.IP "\fBfdb/flush\fR [\fIbridge\fR]" +Flushes \fIbridge\fR MAC address learning table, or all learning tables +if no \fIbridge\fR is given. .IP "\fBfdb/show\fR \fIbridge\fR" Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR, along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry, @@ -186,12 +197,14 @@ status of \fIslave\fR changes. Returns the hash value which would be used for \fImac\fR with \fIvlan\fR and \fIbasis\fR if specified. . -.IP "\fBlacp/show\fR \fIport\fR" +.IP "\fBlacp/show\fR [\fIport\fR]" Lists all of the LACP related information about the given \fIport\fR: active or passive, aggregation key, system id, and system priority. Also lists information about each slave: whether it is enabled or disabled, whether it is attached or detached, port id and priority, actor -information, and partner information. +information, and partner information. If \fIport\fR is not specified, +then displays detailed information about all interfaces with CFM +enabled. . .so ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man