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
NAME
ivs-ctl - utility for configuring Indigo Virtual Switch
SYNOPSIS
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
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.
The add-internal-port command creates a Linux interface connected to the given DATAPATH. 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.