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diff --git a/utilities/ovs-openflowd.8.in b/utilities/ovs-openflowd.8.in index 4d2f211a0..7a78bf292 100644 --- a/utilities/ovs-openflowd.8.in +++ b/utilities/ovs-openflowd.8.in @@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ ovs\-openflowd \- OpenFlow switch implementation . .SH SYNOPSIS .B ovs\-openflowd -[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatapath\fR [\fIcontroller\fR] +[\fIoptions\fR] \fIdatapath\fR [\fIcontroller\fR\&...] . .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBovs\-openflowd\fR program implements an OpenFlow switch using a -flow-based datapath. \fBovs\-openflowd\fR connects to an OpenFlow controller -over TCP or SSL. +flow-based datapath. \fBovs\-openflowd\fR connects to one or more +OpenFlow controllers over TCP or SSL. .PP The mandatory \fIdatapath\fR argument argument specifies the local datapath to relay. It takes one of the following forms: @@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ to relay. It takes one of the following forms: .so lib/dpif.man . .PP -The optional \fIcontroller\fR argument specifies how to connect to +The optional \fIcontroller\fR arguments specify how to connect to the OpenFlow controller. It takes one of the following forms: . .so lib/vconn-active.man . .PP -If \fIcontroller\fR is omitted, \fBovs\-openflowd\fR attempts to discover the -location of the controller automatically (see below). +If no \fIcontroller\fR is specified, \fBovs\-openflowd\fR attempts to +discover the location of a controller automatically (see below). . -.SS "Contacting the Controller" -The OpenFlow switch must be able to contact the OpenFlow controller +.SS "Contacting Controllers" +The OpenFlow switch must be able to contact the OpenFlow controllers over the network. It can do so in one of two ways: . .IP out-of-band @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ manually or discovered automatically: .RS .IP "controller discovery" To make \fBovs\-openflowd\fR discover the location of the controller -automatically, do not specify the location of the controller on the -\fBovs\-openflowd\fR command line. +automatically, do not specify a controller on the \fBovs\-openflowd\fR +command line. .IP In this mode, \fBovs\-openflowd\fR will broadcast a DHCP request with vendor class identifier \fBOpenFlow\fR across the network devices added to @@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ the local port network device, and start the DHCP client afterward. .TP \fB--datapath-id=\fIdpid\fR Sets \fIdpid\fR, which must consist of exactly 16 hexadecimal digits, -as the datapath ID that the switch will use to identify itself to the -OpenFlow controller. +as the datapath ID that the switch will use to identify itself to +OpenFlow controllers. .IP If this option is omitted, the default datapath ID is taken from the Ethernet address of the datapath's local port (which is typically |