IVS
NAME
ivs - OpenFlow virtual switch
SYNOPSIS
ivs -hvt port... port... -iinterface...
DESCRIPTION
ivs (Indigo Virtual Switch) is an OpenFlow virtual switch designed for high performance and
minimal administration. It uses the openvswitch kernel module available in newer kernels or
from the openvswitch-datapath-dkms package.
OPTIONS
-h Show summary of options.
-v Enable verbose logging.
-t Enable trace logging.
-min Set minimal veth configuration at startup (suitable for OFTest).
-c host:port
Add a controller connection.
-L host:port
Add a listening connection.
-i interface
Add an interface (next available index).
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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.