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Overview

The ivs-ctl command can be used to view and modify ivs virtual switches.

This information can also be retrived by typing "man ivs-ctl" on the command line on a host whree ivs-ctl is installed.

Command Name

ivs-ctl - utility for configuring Indigo Virtual Switch

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Code Block
ivs-ctl COMMAND [ARG..]

DESCRIPTION

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-h, --help                   Display this help message and exit

add-port INTERFACE           Add a port to the datapath

del-port INTERFACE           Remove a port from the datapath

                             Note: INTERFACE argument must be a Linux interface name

add-internal-port            creates a Linux interface connected to the given datapath

                             Note: This interface can have an IP address assigned to it and can generally
                             be used like a  normal net?dev, but traffic to and from it will flow
                             through the datapath.

show                         print information about each datapath

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