X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=xenserver%2FREADME;h=8b2b92656cadc55009d755191639932b2bebee47;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Flts-1.0a;hp=ff692fd3f1ea355a370e5fffb2169d2a35a1a5a6;hpb=3f355f47f8e7343e909ccfa854454d667baf3c38;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/xenserver/README b/xenserver/README index ff692fd3f..8b2b92656 100644 --- a/xenserver/README +++ b/xenserver/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -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. @@ -11,61 +11,64 @@ Most of the files in this directory is installed on a XenServer system 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. - root_vswitch_scripts_dump-vif-details + usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_ovs-external-ids - Script to retrieve extended information about VIFs that are - needed by the controller. This is called by the "vif" script, - which is run when virtual interfaces are added and removed. + Daemon to monitor the external_ids columns of the Bridge and + Interface OVSDB tables. - usr_share_vswitch_scripts_refresh-xs-network-uuids + usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_refresh-xs-network-uuids - Script to refresh 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. + Script to refresh Bridge table external-ids:xs-network-uuids + values, which can get out-of-sync following a pool join. - root_vswitch_scripts_sysconfig.template + usr_share_openvswitch_scripts_sysconfig.template - Template for vswitch's /etc/sysconfig/vswitch configuration - file. + 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 @@ -74,25 +77,27 @@ files are: 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.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright (C) 2009 Nicira Networks, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Nicira Networks, Inc. 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