Overview
This is the reference guide for the command ivs-ctl. This information can also be retrived by typing "man ivs-ctl" on the command line on a host whree ivs-ctl is insatlled.
IVS-CTL
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Name
ivs-ctl - utility for configuring Indigo Virtual SwitchSYNOPSIS
Usage
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ivs-ctl |
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DESCRIPTION
The ivs-ctl command can be used to view and modify ivs virtual switches.
The show command outputs information and statistics about each switch, including the attached
ports.
The add-port and del-port commands modify the attached ports of the given DATAPATH (which can
be found in the output of show). The INTERFACE argument must be a Linux interface name.
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COMMAND [ARG..]
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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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Examples
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ivs-ctl help
ivs-ctl show
ivs-ctl add-port DATAPATH INTERFACE
ivs-ctl add-internal-port DATAPATH INTERFACE
ivs-ctl del-port DATAPATH INTERFACE
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