Listens for SSL connections on the specified TCP port
- (default: 6632). If ip, which must be expressed as an
- IP address (not a DNS name), is specified, then connections are
- restricted to the specified local IP address.
+ (default: 6632). Specify 0 for port to have the
+ kernel automatically choose an available port. If ip,
+ which must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name), is
+ specified, then connections are restricted to the specified local
+ IP address.
The column in the ptcp:
[port][:ip
]
Listens for connections on the specified TCP port
- (default: 6632). If ip, which must be expressed as an
- IP address (not a DNS name), is specified, then connections are
- restricted to the specified local IP address.
+ (default: 6632). Specify 0 for port to have the kernel
+ automatically choose an available port. If ip, which
+ must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS name), is specified,
+ then connections are restricted to the specified local IP address.
When multiple managers are configured, the
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-
-
- 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. No common key-value pairs are currently defined.
-
-
-
true
if currently connected to this manager,
false
otherwise.
-
- Key-value pairs that report manager status.
-
- last_error
- - A human-readable description of the last error on the connection
- to the manager; i.e.
strerror(errno)
. This key
- will exist only if an error has occurred.
-
-
- state
- - The state of the connection to the manager. Possible values
- are:
VOID
(connection is disabled),
- BACKOFF
(attempting to reconnect at an increasing
- period), CONNECTING
(attempting to connect),
- ACTIVE
(connected, remote host responsive), and
- IDLE
(remote host idle, sending keep-alive). These
- values may change in the future. They are provided only for human
- consumption.
-
-
- sec_since_connect
- - The amount of time since this manager last successfully connected
- to the database (in seconds). Value is empty if manager has never
- successfully connected.
-
-
- sec_since_disconnect
- - The amount of time since this manager last disconnected from the
- database (in seconds). Value is empty if manager has never
- disconnected.
-
-
- locks_held
- locks_waiting
- locks_lost
- -
- Space-separated lists of the names of OVSDB locks that the
- connection holds, is currently waiting to acquire, or has had
- stolen by another OVSDB client, respectively. Key-value pairs for
- lists that would be empty are omitted.
-
-
+
+ A human-readable description of the last error on the connection
+ to the manager; i.e. strerror(errno)
. This key
+ will exist only if an error has occurred.
+
+
+
+
+ The state of the connection to the manager:
+
- n_connections
- -
-
- When specifies a connection method that
- listens for inbound connections (e.g. ptcp:
or
- pssl:
) and more than one connection is actually
- active, the value is the number of active connections.
- Otherwise, this key-value pair is omitted.
-
-
- When multiple connections are active, status columns and
- key-value pairs (other than this one) report the status of one
- arbitrarily chosen connection.
-
-
+ VOID
+ - Connection is disabled.
+
+ BACKOFF
+ - Attempting to reconnect at an increasing period.
+
+ CONNECTING
+ - Attempting to connect.
+
+ ACTIVE
+ - Connected, remote host responsive.
+
+ IDLE
+ - Connection is idle. Waiting for response to keep-alive.
+
+ These values may change in the future. They are provided only for
+ human consumption.
+
+
+
+
+ The amount of time since this manager last successfully connected
+ to the database (in seconds). Value is empty if manager has never
+ successfully connected.
+
+
+
+ The amount of time since this manager last disconnected from the
+ database (in seconds). Value is empty if manager has never
+ disconnected.
+
+
+
+ Space-separated list of the names of OVSDB locks that the connection
+ holds. Omitted if the connection does not hold any locks.
+
+
+
+ Space-separated list of the names of OVSDB locks that the connection is
+ currently waiting to acquire. Omitted if the connection is not waiting
+ for any locks.
+
+
+
+ Space-separated list of the names of OVSDB locks that the connection
+ has had stolen by another OVSDB client. Omitted if no locks have been
+ stolen from this connection.
+
+
+
+ When specifies a connection method that
+ listens for inbound connections (e.g. ptcp:
or
+ pssl:
) and more than one connection is actually active,
+ the value is the number of active connections. Otherwise, this
+ key-value pair is omitted.
+
+
+ When multiple connections are active, status columns and key-value
+ pairs (other than this one) report the status of one arbitrarily
+ chosen connection.
+
+
+
+
+ When is ptcp:
or
+ pssl:
, this is the TCP port on which the OVSDB server is
+ listening. (This is is particularly useful when specifies a port of 0, allowing the kernel to
+ choose any available port.)
+
+
+
+
+
+ Additional configuration for a connection between the manager
+ and the Open vSwitch Database.
+
+
+
+ The Differentiated Service Code Point (DSCP) is specified using 6 bits
+ in the Type of Service (TOS) field in the IP header. DSCP provides a
+ mechanism to classify the network traffic and provide Quality of
+ Service (QoS) on IP networks.
+
+ The DSCP value specified here is used when establishing the connection
+ between the manager and the Open vSwitch. If no value is specified, a
+ default value of 48 is chosen. Valid DSCP values must be in the range
+ 0 to 63.
+
+
+
+
+ The overall purpose of these columns is described under Common
+ Columns
at the beginning of this document.
+
+
+