Add IPv6 support for OpenFlow, OVSDB, NetFlow, and sFlow.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / vconn-passive.man

diff --git a/lib/vconn-passive.man b/lib/vconn-passive.man
index a9efdb3..0cf8fc1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/vconn-passive.man
+++ b/lib/vconn-passive.man
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 .IP "\fBpssl:\fR[\fIport\fR][\fB:\fIip\fR]"
 .IQ "\fBptcp:\fR[\fIport\fR][\fB:\fIip\fR]"
-Listens for OpenFlow connections on \fIport\fR.  By
-default, connections are not bound to a particular local IP address, but
-\fIip\fR may be specified to listen only for connections to the given
-\fIip\fR.  For \fBpssl\fR, the \fB\-\-private\-key\fR,
-\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR options are mandatory.
+Listens for OpenFlow connections on \fIport\fR.  The default
+\fIport\fR is 6633, but a future version of Open vSwitch will change
+the default to the IANA-defined port 6653.  By default, connections
+are allowed from any IPv4 address.  Specify \fIip\fR as an IPv4
+address or a bracketed IPv6 address (e.g. \fBptcp:6633:[::1]\fR).  DNS
+names may not be used.  For \fBpssl\fR, the
+\fB\-\-private\-key\fR,\fB\-\-certificate\fR, and \fB\-\-ca\-cert\fR
+options are mandatory.
 .IP
-If \fIport\fR is not specified, it currently defaults to 6633.  In the
-future, the default will change to 6653, which is the IANA-defined
-value.
 .
 .IP "\fBpunix:\fIfile\fR"
 Listens for OpenFlow connections on the Unix domain server socket