.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:
.
.
.IP
Each of the wrappers can expose bugs in Open vSwitch that lead to
-incorrect operation, including crashes. The \fBvalgring\fR and
+incorrect operation, including crashes. The \fBvalgrind\fR and
\fBstrace\fR wrappers greatly slow daemon operations so they should
not be used in production. They also produce voluminous logs that can
quickly fill small disk partitions. The \fBglibc\fR wrapper is less
.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.
.
\fBovs\-ctl\fR uses the following files:
.
-.IP "\fBovs\-lib.sh"
+.IP "\fBovs\-lib"
Shell function library used internally by \fBovs\-ctl\fR. It must be
installed in the same directory as \fBovs\-ctl\fR.
.
.
.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).