\fBdump\-tables \fIswitch\fR
Prints to the console statistics for each of the flow tables used by
\fIswitch\fR.
+.TP
+\fBdump\-table\-features \fIswitch\fR
+Prints to the console features for each of the flow tables used by
+\fIswitch\fR.
+.
+.IP "\fBmod\-table \fIswitch\fR \fItable_id\fR \fIflow_miss_handling\fR"
+An OpenFlow 1.0 switch looks up each packet that arrives at the switch
+in table 0, then in table 1 if there is no match in table 0, then in
+table 2, and so on until the packet finds a match in some table.
+Finally, if no match was found, the switch sends the packet to the
+controller
+.IP
+OpenFlow 1.1 and later offer more flexibility. This command
+configures the flow table miss handling configuration for table
+\fItable_id\fR in \fIswitch\fR. \fItable_id\fR may be an OpenFlow
+table number between 0 and 254, inclusive, or the keyword \fBALL\fR to
+modify all tables. \fIflow_miss_handling\fR may be any one of the
+following:
+.RS
+.IP \fBdrop\fR
+Drop the packet.
+.IP \fBcontinue\fR
+Continue to the next table in the pipeline. (This is how an OpenFlow
+1.0 switch always handles packets that do not match any flow, in
+tables other than the last one.)
+.IP \fBcontroller\fR
+Send to controller. (This is how an OpenFlow 1.0 switch always
+handles packets that do not match any flow in the last table.)
+.RE
.
.TP
\fBdump\-ports \fIswitch\fR [\fInetdev\fR]
associated with that device will be printed. \fInetdev\fR can be an
OpenFlow assigned port number or device name, e.g. \fBeth0\fR.
.
-.TP
-\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR
+.IP "\fBdump\-ports\-desc \fIswitch\fR [\fIport\fR]"
Prints to the console detailed information about network devices
-associated with \fIswitch\fR (version 1.7 or later). This is a subset
-of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command.
+associated with \fIswitch\fR. To dump only a specific port, specify
+its number as \fIport\fR. Otherwise, if \fIport\fR is omitted, or if
+it is specified as \fBANY\fR, then all ports are printed. This is a
+subset of the information provided by the \fBshow\fR command.
+.IP
+If the connection to \fIswitch\fR negotiates OpenFlow 1.0, 1.2, or
+1.2, this command uses an OpenFlow extension only implemented in Open
+vSwitch (version 1.7 and later).
+.IP
+Only OpenFlow 1.5 and later support dumping a specific port. Earlier
+versions of OpenFlow always dump all ports.
.
.IP "\fBmod\-port \fIswitch\fR \fIport\fR \fIaction\fR"
Modify characteristics of port \fBport\fR in \fIswitch\fR. \fIport\fR
table). For more information, see ``Q: What versions of OpenFlow does
Open vSwitch support?'' in the Open vSwitch FAQ.
.
-.IP "\fBdump\-groups \fIswitch"
-Prints to the console all group entries in \fIswitch\fR's tables. Each line
-of output is a group entry as described in \fBGroup Syntax\fR below.
+.IP "\fBdump\-groups \fIswitch\fR [\fIgroup\fR]"
+Prints group entries in \fIswitch\fR's tables to console. To dump
+only a specific group, specify its number as \fIgroup\fR. Otherwise,
+if \fIgroup\fR is omitted, or if it is specified as \fBALL\fR, then
+all groups are printed. Each line of output is a group entry as
+described in \fBGroup Syntax\fR below.
+.IP
+Only OpenFlow 1.5 and later support dumping a specific group. Earlier
+versions of OpenFlow always dump all groups.
.
.IP "\fBdump\-group\-features \fIswitch"
Prints to the console the group features of the \fIswitch\fR.
groups are printed. See \fBGroup Syntax\fR, below, for the syntax of
\fIgroups\fR.
.
-.IP "\fBmod\-table \fIswitch\fR \fItable_id\fR \fIflow_miss_handling\fR"
-An OpenFlow 1.0 switch looks up each packet that arrives at the switch
-in table 0, then in table 1 if there is no match in table 0, then in
-table 2, and so on until the packet finds a match in some table.
-Finally, if no match was found, the switch sends the packet to the
-controller
-.IP
-OpenFlow 1.1 and later offer more flexibility. This command
-configures the flow table miss handling configuration for table
-\fItable_id\fR in \fIswitch\fR. \fItable_id\fR may be an OpenFlow
-table number between 0 and 254, inclusive, or the keyword \fBALL\fR to
-modify all tables. \fIflow_miss_handling\fR may be any one of the
-following:
-.RS
-.IP \fBdrop\fR
-Drop the packet.
-.IP \fBcontinue\fR
-Continue to the next table in the pipeline. (This is how an OpenFlow
-1.0 switch always handles packets that do not match any flow, in
-tables other than the last one.)
-.IP \fBcontroller\fR
-Send to controller. (This is how an OpenFlow 1.0 switch always
-handles packets that do not match any flow in the last table.)
-.RE
-.
.SS "OpenFlow 1.3+ Switch Meter Table Commands"
.
These commands manage the meter table in an OpenFlow switch. In each
.
.IP "\fBpacket\-out \fIswitch in_port actions packet\fR..."
Connects to \fIswitch\fR and instructs it to execute the OpenFlow
-\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR. For the purpose of executing the
+\fIactions\fR on each \fIpacket\fR. Each \fBpacket\fR is specified as a
+series of hex digits. For the purpose of executing the
actions, the packets are considered to have arrived on \fIin_port\fR,
which may be an OpenFlow port number or name (e.g. \fBeth0\fR), the
keyword \fBLOCAL\fR (the preferred way to refer to the OpenFlow
connection, and prints them to the console. This can be useful for
printing OpenFlow messages captured from a TCP stream.
.
+.IP "\fBofp\-parse\-pcap\fR \fIfile\fR [\fIport\fR...]"
+Reads \fIfile\fR, which must be in the PCAP format used by network
+capture tools such as \fBtcpdump\fR or \fBwireshark\fR, extracts all
+the TCP streams for OpenFlow connections, and prints the OpenFlow
+messages in those connections in human-readable format on
+\fBstdout\fR.
+.IP
+OpenFlow connections are distinguished by TCP port number.
+Non-OpenFlow packets are ignored. By default, data on TCP ports 6633
+and 6653 are considered to be OpenFlow. Specify one or more
+\fIport\fR arguments to override the default.
+.IP
+This command cannot usefully print SSL encrypted traffic. It does not
+understand IPv6.
+.
.SS "Flow Syntax"
.PP
Some \fBovs\-ofctl\fR commands accept an argument that describes a flow or
example, if the L2 protocol type \fBdl_type\fR is wildcarded, then L3
fields \fBnw_src\fR, \fBnw_dst\fR, and \fBnw_proto\fR must also be
wildcarded. Similarly, if \fBdl_type\fR or \fBnw_proto\fR (the L3
-protocol type) is wildcarded, so must be \fBtp_dst\fR and
-\fBtp_src\fR, which are L4 fields. \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will warn about
+protocol type) is wildcarded, so must be the L4 fields \fBtcp_dst\fR and
+\fBtcp_src\fR. \fBovs\-ofctl\fR will warn about
flows not in normal form.
.PP
The following field assignments describe how a flow matches a packet.
above).
.IP
.
-.IP \fBtp_src=\fIport\fR
-.IQ \fBtp_dst=\fIport\fR
-When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR specify TCP or UDP or SCTP, \fBtp_src\fR
-and \fBtp_dst\fR match the UDP or TCP or SCTP source or destination port
-\fIport\fR, respectively, which is specified as a decimal number
-between 0 and 65535, inclusive (e.g. 80 to match packets originating
-from a HTTP server).
-.IP
-When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR take other values, the values of
-these settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
-.
-.IP \fBtp_src=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
-.IQ \fBtp_dst=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
-Bitwise match on TCP (or UDP or SCTP) source or destination port,
-respectively. The \fIport\fR and \fImask\fR are 16-bit numbers
+.IP \fBtcp_src=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBtcp_dst=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBudp_src=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBudp_dst=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBsctp_src=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBsctp_dst=\fIport\fR
+Matches a TCP, UDP, or SCTP source or destination port \fIport\fR,
+which is specified as a decimal number between 0 and 65535, inclusive.
+.IP
+When \fBdl_type\fR and \fBnw_proto\fR are wildcarded or set to values
+that do not indicate an appropriate protocol, the values of these
+settings are ignored (see \fBFlow Syntax\fR above).
+.
+.IP \fBtcp_src=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBtcp_dst=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBudp_src=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBudp_dst=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBsctp_src=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBsctp_dst=\fIport\fB/\fImask\fR
+Bitwise match on TCP (or UDP or SCTP) source or destination port.
+The \fIport\fR and \fImask\fR are 16-bit numbers
written in decimal or in hexadecimal prefixed by \fB0x\fR. Each 1-bit
in \fImask\fR requires that the corresponding bit in \fIport\fR must
match. Each 0-bit in \fImask\fR causes the corresponding bit to be
which become the following when written in the syntax required by
\fBovs\-ofctl\fR:
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x03e8/0xfff8"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x03e8/0xfff8"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x03f0/0xfff0"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x03f0/0xfff0"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x0400/0xfe00"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x0400/0xfe00"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x0600/0xff00"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x0600/0xff00"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x0700/0xff80"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x0700/0xff80"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x0780/0xffc0"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x0780/0xffc0"
.br
-.B "tcp,tp_src=0x07c0/0xfff0"
+.B "tcp,tcp_src=0x07c0/0xfff0"
.IP
Only Open vSwitch 1.6 and later supports bitwise matching on transport
ports.
.IP
-Like the exact-match forms of \fBtp_src\fR and \fBtp_dst\fR described
+Like the exact-match forms described
above, the bitwise match forms apply only when \fBdl_type\fR and
\fBnw_proto\fR specify TCP or UDP or SCTP.
.
+.IP \fBtp_src=\fIport\fR
+.IQ \fBtp_dst=\fIport\fR
+These are deprecated generic forms of L4 port matches. In new code,
+please use the TCP-, UDP-, or SCTP-specific forms described above.
+.
.IP \fBtcp_flags=\fIflags\fB/\fImask\fR
+.IQ \fBtcp_flags=\fR[\fB+\fIflag\fR...][\fB-\fIflag\fR...]
Bitwise match on TCP flags. The \fIflags\fR and \fImask\fR are 16-bit
numbers written in decimal or in hexadecimal prefixed by \fB0x\fR.
Each 1-bit in \fImask\fR requires that the corresponding bit in
\fIflags\fR must match. Each 0-bit in \fImask\fR causes the corresponding
bit to be ignored.
.IP
+Alternatively, the flags can be specified by their symbolic names
+(listed below), each preceded by either \fB+\fR for a flag that must
+be set, or \fB\-\fR for a flag that must be unset, without any other
+delimiters between the flags. Flags not mentioned are wildcarded.
+For example, \fBtcp,tcp_flags=+syn\-ack\fR matches TCP SYNs that are
+not ACKs.
+.IP
TCP protocol currently defines 9 flag bits, and additional 3 bits are
reserved (must be transmitted as zero), see RFCs 793, 3168, and 3540.
The flag bits are, numbering from the least significant bit:
.RS
-.IP "\fB0: FIN\fR"
+.IP "\fB0: fin\fR"
No more data from sender.
-.IP "\fB1: SYN\fR"
+.IP "\fB1: syn\fR"
Synchronize sequence numbers.
-.IP "\fB2: RST\fR"
+.IP "\fB2: rst\fR"
Reset the connection.
-.IP "\fB3: PSH\fR"
+.IP "\fB3: psh\fR"
Push function.
-.IP "\fB4: ACK\fR"
+.IP "\fB4: ack\fR"
Acknowledgement field significant.
-.IP "\fB5: URG\fR"
+.IP "\fB5: urg\fR"
Urgent pointer field significant.
-.IP "\fB6: ECE\fR"
+.IP "\fB6: ece\fR"
ECN Echo.
-.IP "\fB7: CWR\fR"
+.IP "\fB7: cwr\fR"
Congestion Windows Reduced.
-.IP "\fB8: NS\fR"
+.IP "\fB8: ns\fR"
Nonce Sum.
.IP "\fB9-11:\fR"
Reserved.
\fBnx\-match\fR mode. See the description of the \fBset\-frags\fR
command, above, for more details.
.
+.IP \fBarp_spa=\fIip\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR]
+.IQ \fBarp_tpa=\fIip\fR[\fB/\fInetmask\fR]
+When \fBdl_type\fR specifies either ARP or RARP, \fBarp_spa\fR and
+\fBarp_tpa\fR match the source and target IPv4 address, respectively.
+An address may be specified as an IP address or host name
+(e.g. \fB192.168.1.1\fR or \fBwww.example.com\fR). The optional
+\fInetmask\fR allows restricting a match to an IPv4 address prefix.
+The netmask may be specified as a dotted quad
+(e.g. \fB192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0\fR) or as a CIDR block
+(e.g. \fB192.168.1.0/24\fR).
+.
.IP \fBarp_sha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
.IQ \fBarp_tha=\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fB:\fIxx\fR
When \fBdl_type\fR specifies either ARP or RARP, \fBarp_sha\fR and
address option. An address is specified as 6 pairs of hexadecimal
digits delimited by colons.
.
+.IP \fBmpls_bos=\fIbos\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x8847 or 0x8848 (possibly via shorthand e.g.,
+\fBmpls\fR or \fBmplsm\fR), matches the bottom-of-stack bit of the
+outer-most MPLS label stack entry. Valid values are 0 and 1.
+.IP
+If 1 then for a packet with a well-formed MPLS label stack the
+bottom-of-stack bit indicates that the outer label stack entry is also
+the inner-most label stack entry and thus that is that there is only one
+label stack entry present. Conversely, if 0 then for a packet with a
+well-formed MPLS label stack the bottom-of-stack bit indicates that the
+outer label stack entry is not the inner-most label stack entry and
+thus there is more than one label stack entry present.
+.
+.IP \fBmpls_label=\fIlabel\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x8847 or 0x8848 (possibly via shorthand e.g.,
+\fBmpls\fR or \fBmplsm\fR), matches the label of the outer
+MPLS label stack entry. The label is a 20-bit value that is decimal by default;
+use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify them in hexadecimal.
+.
+.IP \fBmpls_tc=\fItc\fR
+When \fBdl_type\fR is 0x8847 or 0x8848 (possibly via shorthand e.g.,
+\fBmpls\fR or \fBmplsm\fR), matches the traffic-class of the outer
+MPLS label stack entry. Valid values are between 0 (lowest) and 7 (highest).
+.
.IP \fBtun_id=\fItunnel-id\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
.IQ \fBtunnel_id=\fItunnel-id\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
Matches tunnel identifier \fItunnel-id\fR. Only packets that arrive
exactly, and a 0-bit wildcards that bit.
.IP
When a packet enters an OpenFlow switch, all of the registers are set
-to 0. Only explicit Nicira extension actions change register values.
+to 0. Only explicit actions change register values.
+.
+.IP "\fBxreg\fIidx\fB=\fIvalue\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]"
+Matches \fIvalue\fR either exactly or with optional \fImask\fR in
+64-bit ``extended register'' number \fIidx\fR. Each of the 64-bit
+extended registers overlays two of the 32-bit registers: \fBxreg0\fR
+overlays \fBreg0\fR and \fBreg1\fR, with \fBreg0\fR supplying the
+most-significant bits of \fBxreg0\fR and \fBreg1\fR the
+least-significant. \fBxreg1\fR similarly overlays \fBreg2\fR and
+\fBreg3\fR, and so on.
+.IP
+These fields were added in Open vSwitch 2.3 to conform with the
+OpenFlow 1.5 (draft) specification. OpenFlow 1.5 calls these fields
+just the ``packet registers,'' but Open vSwitch already had 32-bit
+registers by that name, which is why Open vSwitch refers to the
+standard registers as ``extended registers''.
.
.IP \fBpkt_mark=\fIvalue\fR[\fB/\fImask\fR]
Matches packet metadata mark \fIvalue\fR either exactly or with optional
of \fBoutput\fR uses an OpenFlow extension that is not supported by
standard OpenFlow switches.
.
+.IP \fBgroup:\fIgroup_id\fR
+Outputs the packet to the OpenFlow group \fIgroup_id\fR. Group tables
+are only supported in OpenFlow 1.1+. See Group Syntax for more details.
+.
.IP \fBnormal\fR
Subjects the packet to the device's normal L2/L3 processing. (This
action is not implemented by all OpenFlow switches.)
A priority of zero and the tag of zero are used for the new tag.
.
.IP \fBpush_mpls\fR:\fIethertype\fR
-If the packet does not already contain any MPLS labels, changes the
-packet's Ethertype to \fIethertype\fR, which must be either the MPLS
-unicast Ethertype \fB0x8847\fR or the MPLS multicast Ethertype
-\fB0x8848\fR, and then pushes an initial label stack entry. The label
-stack entry's default label is 2 if the packet contains IPv6 and 0
-otherwise, its default traffic control value is the low 3 bits of the
-packet's DSCP value (0 if the packet is not IP), and its TTL is copied
-from the IP TTL (64 if the packet is not IP).
+Changes the packet's Ethertype to \fIethertype\fR, which must be either
+\fB0x8847\fR or \fB0x8848\fR, and pushes an MPLS LSE.
+.IP
+If the packet does not already contain any MPLS labels then an initial
+label stack entry is pushed. The label stack entry's label is 2 if the
+packet contains IPv6 and 0 otherwise, its default traffic control value is
+the low 3 bits of the packet's DSCP value (0 if the packet is not IP), and
+its TTL is copied from the IP TTL (64 if the packet is not IP).
.IP
If the packet does already contain an MPLS label, pushes a new
outermost label as a copy of the existing outermost label.
``packet_in'' message will be sent only to the controllers having
controller id zero which have registered for the invalid ttl packets.
.
+.IP \fBset_mpls_label\fR:\fIlabel\fR
+Set the label of the outer MPLS label stack entry of a packet.
+\fIlabel\fR should be a 20-bit value that is decimal by default;
+use a \fB0x\fR prefix to specify them in hexadecimal.
+.
+.IP \fBset_mpls_tc\fR:\fItc\fR
+Set the traffic-class of the outer MPLS label stack entry of a packet.
+\fItc\fR should be a in the range 0 to 7 inclusive.
+.
.IP \fBset_mpls_ttl\fR:\fIttl\fR
Set the TTL of the outer MPLS label stack entry of a packet.
\fIttl\fR should be in the range 0 to 255 inclusive.
through 31, inclusive;
\fBmove:NXM_NX_REG0[0..15]\->NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[]\fR copies the least
significant 16 bits of register 0 into the VLAN TCI field.
-.
-.IP "\fBload:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
-Writes \fIvalue\fR to bits \fIstart\fR through \fIend\fR, inclusive,
-in field \fIdst\fR.
.IP
-Example: \fBload:55\->NXM_NX_REG2[0..5]\fR loads value 55 (bit pattern
-\fB110111\fR) into bits 0 through 5, inclusive, in register 2.
+In OpenFlow 1.0 through 1.4, \fBmove\fR uses an Open vSwitch extension
+to OpenFlow. In OpenFlow 1.5, \fBmove\fR uses the OpenFlow 1.5
+(draft) standard \fBcopy_field\fR action.
+.
+.IP "\fBset_field:\fIvalue\fR[/\fImask\fR]\fB\->\fIdst"
+.IQ "\fBload:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
+Loads a literal value into a field or part of a field. With
+\fBset_field\fR, \fBvalue\fR and the optional \fBmask\fR are given in
+the customary syntax for field \fIdst\fR, which is expressed as a
+field name. For example, \fBset_field:00:11:22:33:44:55->eth_src\fR
+sets the Ethernet source address to 00:11:22:33:44:55. With
+\fBload\fR, \fIvalue\fR must be an integer value (in decimal or
+prefixed by \fB0x\fR for hexadecimal) and \fIdst\fR is the NXM or OXM
+name for the field. For example,
+\fBload:0x001122334455->OXM_OF_ETH_DST[]\fR has the same effect as the
+prior \fBset_field\fR example.
+.IP
+The two forms exist for historical reasons. Open vSwitch 1.1
+introduced \fBNXAST_REG_LOAD\fR as a Nicira extension to OpenFlow 1.0
+and used \fBload\fR to express it. Later, OpenFlow 1.2 introduced a
+standard \fBOFPAT_SET_FIELD\fR action that was restricted to loading
+entire fields, so Open vSwitch added the form \fBset_field\fR with
+this restriction. OpenFlow 1.5 extended \fBOFPAT_SET_FIELD\fR to the
+point that it became a superset of \fBNXAST_REG_LOAD\fR. Open vSwitch
+translates either syntax as necessary for the OpenFlow version in use:
+in OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.1, \fBNXAST_REG_LOAD\fR; in OpenFlow 1.2, 1.3,
+and 1.4, \fBNXAST_REG_LOAD\fR for \fBload\fR or for loading a
+subfield, \fBOFPAT_SET_FIELD\fR otherwise; and OpenFlow 1.5 and later,
+\fBOFPAT_SET_FIELD\fR.
.
.IP "\fBpush:\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]"
Pushes \fIstart\fR to \fIend\fR bits inclusive, in fields
Set register 2 bits 0 through 5, inclusive, based on bits 0 through 5 from the
value just popped.
.
-.IP "\fBset_field:\fIvalue\fB\->\fIdst"
-Writes the literal \fIvalue\fR into the field \fIdst\fR, which should
-be specified as a name used for matching. (This is similar to
-\fBload\fR but more closely matches the set-field action defined in
-OpenFlow 1.2 and above.)
-.
-.IP
-Example: \fBset_field:00:11:22:33:44:55->eth_src\fR.
.
.IP "\fBmultipath(\fIfields\fB, \fIbasis\fB, \fIalgorithm\fB, \fIn_links\fB, \fIarg\fB, \fIdst\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB])\fR"
Hashes \fIfields\fR using \fIbasis\fR as a universal hash parameter,
.IP \fBidle_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
.IQ \fBhard_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
.IQ \fBpriority=\fIvalue\fR
-These key-value pairs have the same meaning as in the usual
-\fBovs\-ofctl\fR flow syntax.
+.IQ \fBcookie=\fIvalue\fR
+.IQ \fBsend_flow_rem\fR
+These arguments have the same meaning as in the usual \fBovs\-ofctl\fR
+flow syntax.
.
.IP \fBfin_idle_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
.IQ \fBfin_hard_timeout=\fIseconds\fR
number between 0 and 254. The default, if \fBtable\fR is unspecified,
is table 1.
.
+.IP \fBdelete_learned\fR
+This flag enables deletion of the learned flows when the flow with the
+\fBlearn\fR action is removed. Specifically, when the last
+\fBlearn\fR action with this flag and particular \fBtable\fR and
+\fBcookie\fR values is removed, the switch deletes all of the flows in
+the specified table with the specified cookie.
+.
+.IP
+This flag was added in Open vSwitch 2.4.
+.
.IP \fIfield\fB=\fIvalue\fR
.IQ \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]=\fIsrc\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
.IQ \fIfield\fB[\fIstart\fB..\fIend\fB]\fR
.RE
.
.RS
-.IP \fBapply_actions(\fR[\fIaction\fR][\fB,\fIaction\fR...]\fB)
-Applies the specific action(s) immediately. The syntax of actions are same
-to \fBactions=\fR field.
.
.IP \fBclear_actions\fR
Clears all the actions in the action set immediately.
.IP 5.
\fBload\fR
.IQ
+\fBmove\fR
+.IQ
\fBmod_dl_dst\fR
.IQ
\fBmod_dl_src\fR
\fBset_tunnel64\fR
.IQ
The action set can contain any number of these actions, with
-cumulative effect. That is, when multiple actions modify the same
-part of a field, the later modification takes effect, and when they
-modify different parts of a field (or different fields), then both
+cumulative effect. They will be applied in the order as added.
+That is, when multiple actions modify the same part of a field,
+the later modification takes effect, and when they modify
+different parts of a field (or different fields), then both
modifications are applied.
.
.IP 6.
.IQ
\fBoutput\fR
.IQ
-If both actions are present, then \fBgroup\fR is executed and
-\fBoutput\fR is ignored, regardless of the order in which they were
-added to the action set. (If neither action is present, the action
-set has no real effect, because the modified packet is not sent
-anywhere and thus the modifications are not visible.)
+\fBresubmit\fR
+.IQ
+If more than one of these actions is present, then the one listed
+earliest above is executed and the others are ignored, regardless of
+the order in which they were added to the action set. (If none of these
+actions is present, the action set has no real effect, because the
+modified packet is not sent anywhere and thus the modifications are
+not visible.)
.RE
.IP
Only the actions listed above may be written to the action set.
.PP
.IP \fBgroup_id=\fIid\fR
The integer group id of group.
-When this field is specified in \fBdel-groups\fR or \fBdump-groups\fR,
+When this field is specified in \fBdel\-groups\fR or \fBdump\-groups\fR,
the keyword "all" may be used to designate all groups.
.
This field is required.
\fIbucket_parameters\fR consists of a list of \fIfield\fB=\fIvalue\fR
assignments, separated by commas or white space followed by a
comma-separated list of actions.
-The syntax of actions are same
-to \fBactions=\fR field described in \fBFlow Syntax\fR above.
The fields for \fIbucket_parameters\fR are:
.
.RS
+.IP \fBactions=\fR[\fIaction\fR][\fB,\fIaction\fR...]\fR
+The syntax of actions are identical to the \fBactions=\fR field described in
+\fBFlow Syntax\fR above. Specyfing \fBactions=\fR is optional, any unknown
+bucket parameter will be interpreted as an action.
.IP \fBweight=\fIvalue\fR
The relative weight of the bucket as an integer. This may be used by the switch
during bucket select for groups whose \fBtype\fR is \fBselect\fR.
.
.IP "\fBOXM-OpenFlow12\fR"
.IQ "\fBOXM-OpenFlow13\fR"
+.IQ "\fBOXM-OpenFlow14\fR"
These are the standard OXM (OpenFlow Extensible Match) flow format in
-OpenFlow 1.2 and 1.3, respectively.
+OpenFlow 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, respectively.
.RE
.
.IP
.IP "\fBNXM\fR"
\fBNXM\-table_id\fR or \fBNXM+table_id\fR.
.IP "\fBOXM\fR"
-\fBOXM-OpenFlow12\fR or \fBOXM-OpenFlow13\fR.
+\fBOXM-OpenFlow12\fR, \fBOXM-OpenFlow13\fR, or \fBOXM-OpenFlow14\fR.
.RE
.
.IP
.
.IP "\fB\-\-timestamp\fR"
Print a timestamp before each received packet. This option only
-affects the \fBmonitor\fR and \fBsnoop\fR commands.
+affects the \fBmonitor\fR, \fBsnoop\fR, and \fBofp\-parse\-pcap\fR
+commands.
.
.IP "\fB\-m\fR"
.IQ "\fB\-\-more\fR"
\fBovs\-ofctl\fR detaches only when executing the \fBmonitor\fR or \
\fBsnoop\fR commands.
.so lib/daemon.man
+.so lib/unixctl.man
.SS "Public Key Infrastructure Options"
.so lib/ssl.man
.so lib/vlog.man
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