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| author | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2010-07-15 13:47:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2010-07-15 15:09:08 -0700 |
| commit | ac7f2d4bb4a92a021553714d1a44c1c62c1817db (patch) | |
| tree | 4abdc2009a557b0c398908753f6c7f8387562575 | |
| parent | aebdcb93e0f81d6e6a910ffdfa56ba10f2918afe (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-ac7f2d4bb4a92a021553714d1a44c1c62c1817db.tar.gz | |
doc: Make explicit that ovs-vswitchd is the preferred switch.
Many people who are looking for an OpenFlow switch assume that
the only way to do it is using ovs-openflowd. Sometimes they also
run ovs-vswitchd at the same time. Try to clarify that neither
of these are necessary and ovs-vswitchd can handle OpenFlow by
itself and is the preferred method of doing so.
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.OpenFlow | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.OpenFlow b/INSTALL.OpenFlow index 7a4a7e6f1..684d01f3d 100644 --- a/INSTALL.OpenFlow +++ b/INSTALL.OpenFlow @@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ Open vSwitch uses OpenFlow as its preferred method of remote flow table configuration. This is the simplest method of using it with an -OpenFlow controller. The ovs-vsctl "set-controller" command will set -the controller for one or more bridges. We recommend using OpenFlow -in this manner. +OpenFlow controller. The ovs-vsctl "set-controller" command can also +be used in conjunction with ovs-vswitchd to set the controller for one +or more bridges. We recommend using OpenFlow in this manner and in this +case you should not run ovs-openflowd. Directions for setting up +ovs-vswitchd can be found in INSTALL.Linux. However, it is also possible to use Open vSwitch as a simple OpenFlow switch like that provided by the OpenFlow reference implementation |