.br
\fBovs\-ctl stop
.br
+\fBovs\-ctl\fR \fB\-\-system\-id=random\fR|\fIuuid\fR
+[\fIoptions\fR] \fBrestart
+.br
\fBovs\-ctl status
.br
\fBovs\-ctl version
If the \fB\-\-delete\-bridges\fR option was used, deletes all of the
bridges from the database.
.
+.IP 6.
+If the \fB\-\-delete\-transient\-ports\fR option was used, deletes all ports
+that have \fBother_config:transient\fR set to true.
+.
.PP
The \fBstart\fR command skips the following step if
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR is already running:
-.IP 6.
+.IP 7.
Starts \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
.
.SS "Options"
vSwitch bridges after starting \fBovsdb\-server\fR but before starting
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR.
.
+.IP "\fB\-\-delete\-transient\-ports\fR"
+Deletes all ports that have the other_config:transient value set to true. This
+is important on certain environments where some ports are going to be recreated
+after reboot, but other ports need to be persisted in the database.
+.
.PP
The following options are less important:
.
.PP
The \fBrestart\fR command performs a \fBstop\fR followed by a \fBstart\fR
command. The command can take the same options as that of the \fBstart\fR
-command. In addition, it saves and restores Openflow flows for each
+command. In addition, it saves and restores OpenFlow flows for each
individual bridge.
.
.SH "The ``status'' command"
bridge ``local ports''.
.
.IP 2.
-Saves the Openflow flows of each bridge.
+Saves the OpenFlow flows of each bridge.
.
.IP 3.
Stops the Open vSwitch daemons, as if by a call to \fBovs\-ctl
.IP 6.
Starts OVS back up, as if by a call to \fBovs\-ctl start\fR. This
reloads the kernel module, restarts the OVS daemons and finally
-restores the saved Openflow flows.
+restores the saved OpenFlow flows.
.
.IP 7.
Restores the kernel configuration state that was saved in step 4.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.
-\fBREADME\fR, \fBINSTALL.Linux\fR, \fBovsdb\-server\fR(8),
+\fBREADME.md\fR, \fBINSTALL.Linux.md\fR, \fBovsdb\-server\fR(8),
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR(8).