.SS "OFPROTO COMMANDS"
These commands manage the core OpenFlow switch implementation (called
\fBofproto\fR).
.
.IP "\fBofproto/list\fR"
Lists the names of the running ofproto instances.  These are the names
that may be used on \fBofproto/trace\fR.
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.IP "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch priority tun_id in_port packet\fR"
.IQ "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch flow \fB\-generate\fR"
Traces the path of an imaginary packet through \fIswitch\fR.  Both
forms require \fIswitch\fR, the switch on which the packet arrived
(one of those listed by \fBofproto/list\fR).  The first form specifies
a packet's contents explicitly:
.RS
.IP "\fIpriority\fR"
Packet QoS priority. Use \fB0\fR if QoS is not setup.
.IP "\fItun_id\fR"
The tunnel ID on which the packet arrived.  Use
\fB0\fR if the packet did not arrive through a tunnel.
.IP "\fIin_port\fR"
The OpenFlow port on which the packet arrived.  Use \fB65534\fR if the
packet arrived on \fBOFPP_LOCAL\fR, the local port.
.IP "\fIpacket\fR"
A sequence of hex digits specifying the packet's contents.  An
Ethernet frame is at least 14 bytes long, so there must be at least 28
hex digits.  Obviously, it is inconvenient to type in the hex digits
by hand, so the \fBovs\-pcap\fR(1) and \fBovs\-tcpundump\fR(1)
utilities provide easier ways.
.RE
.IP
The second form specifies the packet's contents implicitly:
.RS
.IP "\fIflow\fR"
A flow in one of two forms: either the form printed by
\fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8)'s \fBdump\-flows\fR command, or in a format
similar to that accepted by \fBovs\-ofctl\fR(8)'s \fBadd\-flow\fR
command.  This is not an OpenFlow flow: besides other differences, it
never contains wildcards.  \fB\*(PN\fR generates an arbitrary packet
that has the specified \fIflow\fR.
.RE
.IP
\fB\*(PN\fR will respond with extensive information on how the packet
would be handled if it were to be received.  The packet will not
actually be sent, but side effects such as MAC learning will occur.
.
.IP "\fBofproto/trace \fIswitch flow\fR"
Traces the path of a packet in an imaginary flow through
\fIswitch\fR.  The arguments are:
.RS
.IP "\fIswitch\fR"
The switch on which the packet arrived (one of those listed by
\fBofproto/list\fR).
.IP "\fIflow\fR"
A flow in one of two forms: either the form printed by
\fBovs\-dpctl\fR(8)'s \fBdump\-flows\fR command, or in a format
similar to that accepted by \fBovs\-ofctl\fR(8)'s \fBadd\-flow\fR
command.  This is not an OpenFlow flow: besides other differences, it
never contains wildcards.
.RE
.IP
\fB\*(PN\fR will respond with extensive information on how a packet
in \fIflow\fR would be handled if it were received by
\fIswitch\fR.  No packet will actually be sent.  Some side effects may
occur, but MAC learning in particular will not.
.IP
This form of \fBofproto/trace\fR cannot determine the complete set of
datapath actions in some corner cases.  If the results say that this
is the case, rerun \fBofproto/trace\fR supplying a packet in the flow
to get complete results.
.IP "\fBofproto/self\-check\fR [\fIswitch\fR]"
Runs an internal consistency check on \fIswitch\fR, if specified,
otherwise on all ofproto instances, and responds with a brief summary
of the results.  If the summary reports any errors, then the Open
vSwitch logs should contain more detailed information.  Please pass
along errors reported by this command to the Open vSwitch developers
as bugs.