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.
Name
ivs-ctl - utility for configuring Indigo Virtual Switch
Usage
ivs-ctl COMMAND [ARG..]
DESCRIPTION
-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
Examples
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