Overview
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.
The below information can also be retrived by typing "man ivs" on the command line on a host whree ivs-ctl is insatlled.
Name
ivs - OpenFlow virtual switch
Synopsis
ivs -hvt port... port... -iinterface...
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).