4 * New "monitor2" and "update2" extensions to RFC 7047.
6 * OpenFlow 1.1+ OFPT_QUEUE_GET_CONFIG_REQUEST now supports OFPP_ANY.
7 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPMP_QUEUE_DESC is now supported.
8 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPT_TABLE_STATUS is now supported.
9 * New property-based packet-in message format NXT_PACKET_IN2 with support
10 for arbitrary user-provided data and for serializing flow table
11 traversal into a continuation for later resumption.
12 * New extension message NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG2 to allow OpenFlow 1.4-like
13 control over asynchronous messages in earlier versions of OpenFlow.
14 * OpenFlow 1.3 Extension 230, adding OpenFlow Bundles support, is
15 now implemented. Only flow mod and port mod messages are supported
17 * New OpenFlow extension NXM_NX_MPLS_TTL to provide access to MPLS TTL.
19 * queue-get-config command now allows a queue ID to be specified.
20 * '--bundle' option can now be used with OpenFlow 1.3.
21 * New option "--color" to produce colorized output for some commands.
23 * New option "n_rxq" for PMD interfaces.
24 Old 'other_config:n-dpdk-rxqs' is no longer supported.
25 * New appctl command 'dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show' to check the port/rxq
27 * Type of log messages from PMD threads changed from INFO to DBG.
28 * QoS functionality with sample egress-policer implementation.
29 * The mechanism for configuring DPDK has changed to use database
30 * Sensible defaults have been introduced for many of the required
32 * DB entries have been added for many of the DPDK EAL command line
34 - ovs-benchmark: This utility has been removed due to lack of use and
37 * New "vlog/close" command.
39 * Added the ability to selectively start the forwarding and database
40 functions (ovs-vswitchd and ovsdb-server, respectively).
42 * Remove max number of sessions limit, to enable connection scaling
45 * Added support for Python 3.4+ in addition to existing support
48 * Introduced SELinux policy package.
49 - Datapath Linux kernel compatibility.
50 * Dropped support for kernel older than 3.10.
51 * Removed VLAN splinters feature.
53 * Flow based tunnel match and action can be used for IPv6 address using
54 tun_ipv6_src, tun_ipv6_dst fields.
55 * Added support for IPv6 tunnels to native tunneling.
59 - Dropped support for Python older than version 2.7. As a consequence,
60 using Open vSwitch 2.5 or later on XenServer 6.5 or earlier (which
61 have Python 2.4) requires first installing Python 2.7.
63 * Group chaining (where one OpenFlow group triggers another) is
65 * OpenFlow 1.4+ "importance" is now considered for flow eviction.
66 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPTC_EVICTION is now implemented.
67 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPTC_VACANCY_EVENTS is now implemented.
68 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPMP_TABLE_DESC is now implemented.
69 * Allow modifying the ICMPv4/ICMPv6 type and code fields.
70 * OpenFlow 1.4+ OFPT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG and OFPT_GET_ASYNC_CONFIG are
73 * New "out_group" keyword for OpenFlow 1.1+ matching on output group.
75 * Geneve tunnels can now match and set options and the OAM bit.
76 * The nonstandard GRE64 tunnel extension has been dropped.
77 - Support Multicast Listener Discovery (MLDv1 and MLDv2).
78 - Add 'symmetric_l3l4' and 'symmetric_l3l4+udp' hash functions.
79 - sFlow agent now reports tunnel and MPLS structures.
80 - New 'check-system-userspace', 'check-kmod' and 'check-kernel' Makefile
81 targets to run a new system testsuite. These tests can be run inside
82 a Vagrant box. See INSTALL.md for details
83 - Mark --syslog-target argument as deprecated. It will be removed in
85 - Added --user option to all daemons
86 - Add support for connection tracking through the new "ct" action
87 and "ct_state"/"ct_zone"/"ct_mark"/"ct_label" match fields. Only
88 available on Linux kernels with the connection tracking module loaded.
89 - Add experimental version of OVN. OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a
90 system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the
91 existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network
92 abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups.
94 * DPDK ports may now be created via network scripts (see README.RHEL).
97 * Added multiqueue support to vhost-user
98 * Note: QEMU 2.5+ required for multiqueue support
101 ---------------------
102 - Flow table modifications are now atomic, meaning that each packet
103 now sees a coherent version of the OpenFlow pipeline. For
104 example, if a controller removes all flows with a single OpenFlow
105 "flow_mod", no packet sees an intermediate version of the OpenFlow
106 pipeline where only some of the flows have been deleted.
107 - Added support for SFQ, FQ_CoDel and CoDel qdiscs.
108 - Add bash command-line completion support for ovs-vsctl Please check
109 utilities/ovs-command-compgen.INSTALL.md for how to use.
110 - The MAC learning feature now includes per-port fairness to mitigate
111 MAC flooding attacks.
112 - New support for a "conjunctive match" OpenFlow extension, which
113 allows constructing OpenFlow matches of the form "field1 in
114 {a,b,c...} AND field2 in {d,e,f...}" and generalizations. For details,
115 see documentation for the "conjunction" action in ovs-ofctl(8).
116 - Add bash command-line completion support for ovs-appctl/ovs-dpctl/
117 ovs-ofctl/ovsdb-tool commands. Please check
118 utilities/ovs-command-compgen.INSTALL.md for how to use.
119 - The "learn" action supports a new flag "delete_learned" that causes
120 the learned flows to be deleted when the flow with the "learn" action
122 - Basic support for the Geneve tunneling protocol. It is not yet
123 possible to generate or match options. This is planned for a future
124 release. The protocol is documented at
125 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-00
126 - The OVS database now reports controller rate limiting statistics.
127 - sflow now exports information about LACP-based bonds, port names, and
128 OpenFlow port numbers, as well as datapath performance counters.
129 - ovs-dpctl functionality is now available for datapaths integrated
130 into ovs-vswitchd, via ovs-appctl. Some existing ovs-appctl
131 commands are now redundant and will be removed in a future
132 release. See ovs-vswitchd(8) for details.
134 * OpenFlow 1.4 bundles are now supported for flow mods and port
135 mods. For flow mods, both 'atomic' and 'ordered' bundle flags
136 are trivially supported, as all bundled messages are executed
137 in the order they were added and all flow table modifications
138 are now atomic to the datapath. Port mods may not appear in
139 atomic bundles, as port status modifications are not atomic.
140 * IPv6 flow label and neighbor discovery fields are now modifiable.
141 * OpenFlow 1.5 extended registers are now supported.
142 * The OpenFlow 1.5 actset_output field is now supported.
143 * OpenFlow 1.5 Copy-Field action is now supported.
144 * OpenFlow 1.5 masked Set-Field action is now supported.
145 * OpenFlow 1.3+ table features requests are now supported (read-only).
146 * Nicira extension "move" actions may now be included in action sets.
147 * "resubmit" actions may now be included in action sets. The resubmit
148 is executed last, and only if the action set has no "output" or "group"
150 * OpenFlow 1.4+ flow "importance" is now maintained in the flow table.
151 * A new Netronome extension to OpenFlow 1.5+ allows control over the
152 fields hashed for OpenFlow select groups. See "selection_method" and
153 related options in ovs-ofctl(8) for details.
154 - ovs-ofctl has a new '--bundle' option that makes the flow mod commands
155 ('add-flow', 'add-flows', 'mod-flows', 'del-flows', and 'replace-flows')
156 use an OpenFlow 1.4 bundle to operate the modifications as a single
157 atomic transaction. If any of the flow mods in a transaction fail, none
158 of them are executed. All flow mods in a bundle appear to datapath
159 lookups simultaneously.
160 - ovs-ofctl 'add-flow' and 'add-flows' commands now accept arbitrary flow
161 mods as an input by allowing the flow specification to start with an
162 explicit 'add', 'modify', 'modify_strict', 'delete', or 'delete_strict'
163 keyword. A missing keyword is treated as 'add', so this is fully
164 backwards compatible. With the new '--bundle' option all the flow mods
165 are executed as a single atomic transaction using an OpenFlow 1.4 bundle.
166 - ovs-pki: Changed message digest algorithm from MD5 to SHA-1 because
167 MD5 is no longer secure and some operating systems have started to disable
169 - ovsdb-server: New OVSDB protocol extension allows inequality tests on
170 "optional scalar" columns. See ovsdb-server(1) for details.
171 - ovs-vsctl now permits immutable columns in a new row to be modified in
172 the same transaction that creates the row.
173 - test-controller has been renamed ovs-testcontroller at request of users
174 who find it useful for testing basic OpenFlow setups. It is still not
175 a necessary or desirable part of most Open vSwitch deployments.
176 - Support for travis-ci.org based continuous integration builds has been
177 added. Build failures are reported to build@openvswitch.org. See INSTALL.md
178 file for additional details.
179 - Support for the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D-2004).
180 The implementation has been tested successfully against the Ixia Automated
181 Network Validation Library (ANVL).
182 - Stats are no longer updated on fake bond interface.
183 - Keep active bond slave selection across OVS restart.
184 - A simple wrapper script, 'ovs-docker', to integrate OVS with Docker
185 containers. If and when there is a native integration of Open vSwitch
186 with Docker, the wrapper script will be retired.
187 - Added support for DPDK Tunneling. VXLAN, GRE, and Geneve are supported
188 protocols. This is generic tunneling mechanism for userspace datapath.
189 - Support for multicast snooping (IGMPv1, IGMPv2 and IGMPv3)
190 - Support for Linux kernels up to 4.0.x
191 - The documentation now use the term 'destination' to mean one of syslog,
192 console or file for vlog logging instead of the previously used term
194 - Support for VXLAN Group Policy extension
195 - Initial support for the IETF Auto-Attach SPBM draft standard. This
196 contains rudimentary support for the LLDP protocol as needed for
198 - The default OpenFlow and OVSDB ports are now the IANA-assigned
199 numbers. OpenFlow is 6653 and OVSDB is 6640.
200 - Support for DPDK vHost.
201 - Support for outer UDP checksums in Geneve and VXLAN.
202 - The kernel vports with dependencies are no longer part of the overall
203 openvswitch.ko but built and loaded automatically as individual kernel
204 modules (vport-*.ko).
205 - Support for STT tunneling.
206 - ovs-sim: New developer tool for simulating multiple OVS instances.
207 See ovs-sim(1) for more information.
208 - Support to configure method (--syslog-method argument) that determines
209 how daemons will talk with syslog.
210 - Support for "ovs-appctl vlog/list-pattern" command that lets to query
211 logging message format for each destination.
215 ---------------------
216 - OpenFlow 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 are now enabled by default in
218 - Linux kernel datapath now has an exact match cache optimizing the
219 flow matching process.
220 - Datapath flows now have partially wildcarded tranport port field
221 matches. This reduces userspace upcalls, but increases the
222 number of different masks in the datapath. The kernel datapath
223 exact match cache removes the overhead of matching the incoming
224 packets with the larger number of masks, but when paired with an
225 older kernel module, some workloads may perform worse with the
227 - Compatibility with autoconf 2.63 (previously >=2.64)
229 v2.2.0 - Internal Release
230 ---------------------
231 - Internal ports are no longer brought up by default, because it
232 should be an administrator task to bring up devices as they are
234 - ovs-vsctl now reports when ovs-vswitchd fails to create a new port or
236 - Port creation and configuration errors are now stored in a new error
237 column of the Interface table and included in 'ovs-vsctl show'.
238 - The "ovsdbmonitor" graphical tool has been removed, because it was
239 poorly maintained and not widely used.
240 - New "check-ryu" Makefile target for running Ryu tests for OpenFlow
241 controllers against Open vSwitch. See INSTALL.md for details.
242 - Added IPFIX support for SCTP flows and templates for ICMPv4/v6 flows.
243 - Upon the receipt of a SIGHUP signal, ovs-vswitchd no longer reopens its
244 log file (it will terminate instead). Please use 'ovs-appctl vlog/reopen'
246 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.14. From Kernel 3.12 onwards OVS uses
247 tunnel API for GRE and VXLAN.
248 - Added DPDK support.
249 - Added support for custom vlog patterns in Python
253 ---------------------
254 - Address prefix tracking support for flow tables. New columns
255 "prefixes" in OVS-DB table "Flow_Table" controls which packet
256 header fields are used for address prefix tracking. Prefix
257 tracking allows the classifier to skip rules with longer than
258 necessary prefixes, resulting in better wildcarding for datapath
259 flows. Default configuration is to not use any fields for prefix
260 tracking. However, if any flow tables contain both exact matches
261 and masked matches for IP address fields, OVS performance may be
262 increased by using this feature.
263 * As of now, the fields for which prefix lookup can be enabled
264 are: 'tun_id', 'tun_src', 'tun_dst', 'nw_src', 'nw_dst' (or
265 aliases 'ip_src' and 'ip_dst'), 'ipv6_src', and 'ipv6_dst'.
266 (Using this feature for 'tun_id' would only make sense if the
267 tunnel IDs have prefix structure similar to IP addresses.)
268 * There is a maximum number of fields that can be enabled for any
269 one flow table. Currently this limit is 3.
271 $ ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 flow_tables:0=@N1 -- \
272 --id=@N1 create Flow_Table name=table0
273 $ ovs-vsctl set Bridge br0 flow_tables:1=@N1 -- \
274 --id=@N1 create Flow_Table name=table1
275 $ ovs-vsctl set Flow_Table table0 prefixes=ip_dst,ip_src
276 $ ovs-vsctl set Flow_Table table1 prefixes=[]
277 - TCP flags matching: OVS now supports matching of TCP flags. This
278 has an adverse performance impact when using OVS userspace 1.10
279 or older (no megaflows support) together with the new OVS kernel
280 module. It is recommended that the kernel and userspace modules
281 both are upgraded at the same time.
282 - The default OpenFlow and OVSDB ports will change to
283 IANA-assigned numbers in a future release. Consider updating
284 your installations to specify port numbers instead of using the
287 * The OpenFlow 1.1+ "Write-Actions" instruction is now supported.
288 * OVS limits the OpenFlow port numbers it assigns to port 32767 and
289 below, leaving port numbers above that range free for assignment
291 * ovs-vswitchd now honors changes to the "ofport_request" column
292 in the Interface table by changing the port's OpenFlow port
294 * The Open vSwitch software switch now supports OpenFlow groups.
295 - ovs-vswitchd.conf.db.5 man page will contain graphviz/dot
296 diagram only if graphviz package was installed at the build time.
297 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.11
299 The "show" command also displays mega flow mask stats.
301 * New command "ofp-parse-pcap" to dump OpenFlow from PCAP files.
302 - ovs-controller has been renamed test-controller. It is no longer
303 packaged or installed by default, because too many users assumed
304 incorrectly that ovs-controller was a necessary or desirable part
305 of an Open vSwitch deployment.
306 - Added vlog option to export to a UDP syslog sink.
308 * The "monitor" command can now monitor all tables in a database,
309 instead of being limited to a single table.
310 - The flow-eviction-threshold has been replaced by the flow-limit which is a
311 hard limit on the number of flows in the datapath. It defaults to 200,000
312 flows. OVS automatically adjusts this number depending on network
314 - Added IPv6 support for active and passive socket communications.
318 ---------------------
319 - The ovs-vswitchd process is no longer single-threaded. Multiple
320 threads are now used to handle flow set up and asynchronous
323 * Experimental support for OpenFlow 1.1 (in addition to 1.2 and
324 1.3, which had experimental support in 1.10).
325 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups. This
326 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
328 * Experimental protocol support for OpenFlow 1.2+ meters. This
329 does not yet include an implementation in the Open vSwitch
331 * New support for matching outer source and destination IP address
332 of tunneled packets, for tunnel ports configured with the newly
333 added "remote_ip=flow" and "local_ip=flow" options.
334 * Support for matching on metadata 'pkt_mark' for interacting with
335 other system components. On Linux this corresponds to the skb
337 * Support matching, rewriting SCTP ports
338 - The Interface table in the database has a new "ifindex" column to
339 report the interface's OS-assigned ifindex.
340 - New "check-oftest" Makefile target for running OFTest against Open
341 vSwitch. See README-OFTest for details.
342 - The flow eviction threshold has been moved to the Open_vSwitch table.
343 - Database names are now mandatory when specifying ovsdb-server options
344 through database paths (e.g. Private key option with the database name
345 should look like "--private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key").
346 - Added ovs-dev.py, a utility script helpful for Open vSwitch developers.
347 - Support for Linux kernels up to 3.10
349 * New "ofp-parse" for printing OpenFlow messages read from a file.
350 * New commands for OpenFlow 1.1+ groups.
351 - Added configurable flow caching support to IPFIX exporter.
352 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.32.
353 - Log file timestamps and ovsdb commit timestamps are now reported
354 with millisecond resolution. (Previous versions only reported
358 v1.11.0 - 28 Aug 2013
359 ---------------------
360 - Support for megaflows, which allows wildcarding in the kernel (and
361 any dpif implementation that supports wildcards). Depending on
362 the flow table and switch configuration, flow set up rates are
363 close to the Linux bridge.
364 - The "tutorial" directory contains a new tutorial for some advanced
365 Open vSwitch features.
366 - Stable bond mode has been removed.
367 - The autopath action has been removed.
368 - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel
369 protocol (RFC 6830). An external control plane or manual flow
370 setup is required for EID-to-RLOC mapping.
372 * The "dec_mpls_ttl" and "set_mpls_ttl" actions from OpenFlow
373 1.1 and later are now implemented.
374 * New "stack" extension for use in actions, to push and pop from
376 * The "load" and "set_field" actions can now modify the "in_port". (This
377 allows one to enable output to a flow's input port by setting the
378 in_port to some unused value, such as OFPP_NONE.)
380 * New debugging commands "add-flow", "mod-flow", "del-flow".
381 * "dump-flows" now has a -m option to increase output verbosity.
382 - In dpif-based bridges, cache action translations, which can improve
383 flow set up performance by 80% with a complicated flow table.
384 - New syslog format, prefixed with "ovs|", to be easier to filter.
385 - RHEL: Removes the default firewall rule that allowed GRE traffic to
386 pass through. Any users that relied on this automatic firewall hole
387 will have to manually configure it. The ovs-ctl(8) manpage documents
388 the "enable-protocol" command that can be used as an alternative.
389 - New CFM demand mode which uses data traffic to indicate interface
392 v1.10.0 - 01 May 2013
393 ---------------------
394 - Bridge compatibility support has been removed. Any uses that
395 rely on ovs-brcompatd will have to stick with Open vSwitch 1.9.x
396 or adapt to native Open vSwitch support (e.g. use ovs-vsctl instead
398 - The maximum size of the MAC learning table is now configurable.
399 - With the Linux datapath, packets for new flows are now queued
400 separately on a per-port basis, so it should no longer be
401 possible for a large number of new flows arriving on one port to
402 prevent new flows from being processed on other ports.
404 * Previously ovs-vsctl would retry connecting to the database forever,
405 causing it to hang if ovsdb-server was not running. Now, ovs-vsctl
406 only tries once by default (use --retry to try forever). This change
407 means that you may want to remove uses of --timeout to avoid hangs
409 * Many "ovs-vsctl" database commands now accept an --if-exists option.
410 Please refer to the ovs-vsctl manpage for details.
412 - Experimental support for newer versions of OpenFlow. See
413 the "What versions of OpenFlow does Open vSwitch support?"
414 question in the FAQ for more details.
415 - The OpenFlow "dp_desc" may now be configured by setting the
416 value of other-config:dp-desc in the Bridge table.
417 - It is possible to request the OpenFlow port number with the
418 "ofport_request" column in the Interface table.
419 - The NXM flow_removed message now reports the OpenFlow table ID
420 from which the flow was removed.
422 - New support for the VXLAN tunnel protocol (see the IETF draft here:
423 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-03).
424 - Tunneling requires the version of the kernel module paired with
425 Open vSwitch 1.9.0 or later.
426 - Inheritance of the Don't Fragment bit in IP tunnels (df_inherit)
427 is no longer supported.
428 - Path MTU discovery is no longer supported.
429 - CAPWAP tunneling support removed.
430 - Tunnels with multicast destination ports are no longer supported.
432 - The "dump-flows" and "del-flows" no longer require an argument
433 if only one datapath exists.
435 - New "vlog/disable-rate-limit" and "vlog/enable-rate-limit"
436 commands available allow control over logging rate limits.
437 - New "dpif/dump-dps", "dpif/show", and "dpif/dump-flows" command
438 that mimic the equivalent ovs-dpctl commands.
439 - The ofproto library is now responsible for assigning OpenFlow port
440 numbers. An ofproto implementation should assign them when
441 port_construct() is called.
442 - All dpif-based bridges of a particular type share a common
443 datapath called "ovs-<type>", e.g. "ovs-system". The ovs-dpctl
444 commands will now return information on that shared datapath. To
445 get the equivalent bridge-specific information, use the new
446 "ovs-appctl dpif/*" commands.
447 - Backward-incompatible changes:
448 - Earlier Open vSwitch versions treated ANY as a wildcard in flow
449 syntax. OpenFlow 1.1 adds a port named ANY, which introduces a
450 conflict. ANY was rarely used in flow syntax, so we chose to
451 retire that meaning of ANY in favor of the OpenFlow 1.1 meaning.
452 - Patch ports no longer require kernel support, so they now work
453 with FreeBSD and the kernel module built into Linux 3.3 and later.
454 - New "sample" action.
458 ------------------------
460 - Support for ipv6 set action.
461 - SKB mark matching and setting.
462 - support for Linux kernels up to 3.8
463 - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
464 Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
465 - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.
466 - New %t and %T log escapes to identify the subprogram within a
467 cooperating group of processes or threads that emitted a log message.
468 The default log patterns now include this information.
470 - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL
471 fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label.
472 - Adds support for writing to the metadata field for a flow.
474 - The tunneling code no longer assumes input and output keys are
475 symmetric. If they are not, PMTUD needs to be disabled for
476 tunneling to work. Note this only applies to flow-based keys.
477 - New support for a nonstandard form of GRE that supports a 64-bit key.
478 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery default value was set to 'disabled'.
479 This feature is deprecated and will be removed soon.
480 - Tunnel header caching removed.
482 - Commands and actions that accept port numbers now also accept keywords
483 that represent those ports (such as LOCAL, NONE, and ALL). This is
484 also the recommended way to specify these ports, for compatibility
485 with OpenFlow 1.1 and later (which use the OpenFlow 1.0 numbers
486 for these ports for different purposes).
488 - Support requesting the port number with the "port_no" option in
489 the "add-if" command.
490 - ovs-pki: The "online PKI" features have been removed, along with
491 the ovs-pki-cgi program that facilitated it, because of some
492 alarmist insecurity claims. We do not believe that these claims
493 are true, but because we do not know of any users for this
494 feature it seems better on balance to remove it. (The ovs-pki-cgi
495 program was not included in distribution packaging.)
496 - ovsdb-server now enforces the immutability of immutable columns. This
497 was not enforced in earlier versions due to an oversight.
498 - The following features are now deprecated. They will be removed no
499 earlier than February 2013. Please email dev@openvswitch.org with
501 - Bridge compatibility.
503 - The autopath action.
504 - Interface type "null".
505 - Numeric values for reserved ports (see "ovs-ofctl" note above).
506 - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery.
507 - CAPWAP tunnel support.
508 - The data in the RARP packets can now be matched in the same way as the
513 ------------------------
514 *** Internal only release ***
515 - New FAQ. Please send updates and additions!
516 - Authors of controllers, please read the new section titled "Action
517 Reproduction" in DESIGN, which describes an Open vSwitch change in
518 behavior in corner cases that may affect some controllers.
520 - A new test utility that can create L3 tunnel between two Open
521 vSwitches and detect connectivity issues.
523 - New --sort and --rsort options for "dump-flows" command.
524 - "mod-port" command can now control all OpenFlow config flags.
526 - Allow general bitwise masking for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in
527 IPv4, IPv6, and ARP packets. (Previously, only CIDR masks
529 - Allow support for arbitrary Ethernet masks. (Previously, only
530 the multicast bit in the destination address could be individually
532 - New field OXM_OF_METADATA, to align with OpenFlow 1.1.
533 - The OFPST_QUEUE request now reports an error if a specified port or
534 queue does not exist, or for requests for a specific queue on all
535 ports, if the specified queue does not exist on any port. (Previous
536 versions generally reported an empty set of results.)
537 - New "flow monitor" feature to allow controllers to be notified of
538 flow table changes as they happen.
539 - Additional protocols are not mirrored and dropped when forward-bpdu is
540 false. For a full list, see the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db man page.
541 - Open vSwitch now sends RARP packets in situations where it previously
542 sent a custom protocol, making it consistent with behavior of QEMU and
544 - All Open vSwitch programs and log files now show timestamps in UTC,
545 instead the local timezone, by default.
549 ------------------------
550 - kernel modules are renamed. openvswitch_mod.ko is now
551 openvswitch.ko and brcompat_mod.ko is now brcompat.ko.
552 - Increased the number of NXM registers to 8.
553 - Added ability to configure DSCP setting for manager and controller
554 connections. By default, these connections have a DSCP value of
555 Internetwork Control (0xc0).
556 - Added the granular link health statistics, 'cfm_health', to an
559 - Added support to mask nd_target for ICMPv6 neighbor discovery flows.
560 - Added support for OpenFlow 1.3 port description (OFPMP_PORT_DESC)
563 - Added the "dump-ports-desc" command to retrieve port
564 information using the new port description multipart messages.
566 - Added support for spawning ovs-test server from the client.
567 - Now ovs-test is able to automatically create test bridges and ports.
568 - "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" now prints observed TCP flags in TCP flows.
569 - Tripled flow setup performance.
570 - The "coverage/log" command previously available through ovs-appctl
571 has been replaced by "coverage/show". The new command replies with
572 coverage counter values, instead of logging them.
576 ------------------------
577 - Allow OFPP_CONTROLLER as the in_port for packet-out messages.
581 ------------------------
582 *** Internal only release ***
584 - LACP bonds no longer fall back to balance-slb when negotiations fail.
585 Instead they drop traffic.
586 - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect
587 unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are
588 documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS).
589 - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval
592 - Added support for bitwise matching on TCP and UDP ports.
593 See ovs-ofctl(8) for more information.
594 - NXM flow dumps now include times elapsed toward idle and hard
596 - Added an OpenFlow extension NXT_SET_ASYNC_CONFIG that allows
597 controllers more precise control over which OpenFlow messages they
598 receive asynchronously.
599 - New "fin_timeout" action.
600 - Added "fin_timeout" support to "learn" action.
601 - New Nicira action NXAST_CONTROLLER that offers additional features
602 over output to OFPP_CONTROLLER.
603 - When QoS settings for an interface do not configure a default queue
604 (queue 0), Open vSwitch now uses a default configuration for that
605 queue, instead of dropping all packets as in previous versions.
607 - Logging to console and file will have UTC timestamp as a default for
608 all the daemons. An example of the default format is
609 2012-01-27T16:35:17Z. ovs-appctl can be used to change the default
611 - The syntax of commands and options to set log levels was simplified,
612 to make it easier to remember.
613 - New support for limiting the number of flows in an OpenFlow flow
614 table, with configurable policy for evicting flows upon
615 overflow. See the Flow_Table table in ovs-vswitch.conf.db(5)
616 for more information.
617 - New "enable-async-messages" column in the Controller table. If set to
618 false, OpenFlow connections to the controller will initially have all
619 asynchronous messages disabled, overriding normal OpenFlow behavior.
620 - ofproto-provider interface:
621 - "struct rule" has a new member "used" that ofproto implementations
622 should maintain by updating with ofproto_rule_update_used().
624 - The new option --timestamp causes the "monitor" command to print
625 a timestamp with every update.
626 - CFM module CCM broadcasts can now be tagged with an 802.1p priority.
630 ------------------------
632 - Added support for querying, modifying, and deleting flows
633 based on flow cookie when using NXM.
634 - Added new NXM_PACKET_IN format.
635 - Added new NXAST_DEC_TTL action.
637 - Added daemonization support to the monitor and snoop commands.
639 - The "find" command supports new set relational operators
640 {=}, {!=}, {<}, {>}, {<=}, and {>=}.
641 - ovsdb-tool now uses the typical database and schema installation
642 directories as defaults.
643 - The default MAC learning timeout has been increased from 60 seconds
644 to 300 seconds. The MAC learning timeout is now configurable.
648 ------------------------
649 - Compatible with Open vSwitch kernel module included in Linux 3.3.
650 - New "VLAN splinters" feature to work around buggy device drivers
651 in old Linux versions. (This feature is deprecated. When
652 broken device drivers are no longer in widespread use, we will
653 delete this feature.) See ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) for more
656 - Added ability to match on IPv6 flow label through NXM.
657 - Added ability to match on ECN bits in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
658 - Added ability to match on TTL in IPv4 and IPv6 through NXM.
659 - Added ability to modify ECN bits in IPv4.
660 - Added ability to modify TTL in IPv4.
662 - Don't require the "normal" action to use mirrors. Traffic will
663 now be properly mirrored for any flows, regardless of their
665 - Track packet and byte statistics sent on mirrors.
666 - The sFlow implementation can now usually infer the correct agent
667 device instead of having to be told explicitly.
669 - New "fdb/flush" command to flush bridge's MAC learning table.
671 - A new distributed testing tool that allows one to diagnose performance
672 and connectivity issues. This tool currently is not included in RH or
674 - RHEL packaging now supports integration with Red Hat network scripts.
676 - Post 1.4.*, OVS will be changing the default bond mode from balance-slb
677 to active-backup. SLB bonds carry significant risks with them
678 (documented vswitchd/INTERNALS) which we want to prevent unsuspecting
679 users from running into. Users are advised to update any scripts or
680 configuration which may be negatively impacted by explicitly setting
681 the bond mode which they want to use.
685 ------------------------
687 - Added an OpenFlow extension which allows the "output" action to accept
689 - Added an OpenFlow extension for flexible learning.
690 - Bumped number of NXM registers from four to five.
692 - New "version" command to determine version of running daemon.
693 - If no argument is provided for "cfm/show", displays detailed
694 information about all interfaces with CFM enabled.
695 - If no argument is provided for "lacp/show", displays detailed
696 information about all ports with LACP enabled.
698 - New "set-if" command to modify a datapath port's configuration.
700 - The software switch now supports 255 OpenFlow tables, instead
701 of just one. By default, only table 0 is consulted, but the
702 new NXAST_RESUBMIT_TABLE action can look up in additional
703 tables. Tables 128 and above are reserved for use by the
704 switch itself; please use only tables 0 through 127.
705 - Add support for 802.1D spanning tree (STP).
706 - Fragment handling extensions:
707 - New OFPC_FRAG_NX_MATCH fragment handling mode, in which L4
708 fields are made available for matching in fragments with
710 - New NXM_NX_IP_FRAG match field for matching IP fragments (usable
711 via "ip_frag" in ovs-ofctl).
712 - New ovs-ofctl "get-frags" and "set-frags" commands to get and set
713 fragment handling policy.
714 - CAPWAP tunneling now supports an extension to transport a 64-bit key.
715 By default it remains compatible with the old version and other
716 standards-based implementations.
717 - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across ports
718 to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and conducting
719 a denial of service attack.
720 - Added support for native VLAN tagging. A new "vlan_mode"
721 parameter can be set for "port". Possible values: "access",
722 "trunk", "native-tagged" and "native-untagged".
723 - test-openflowd has been removed. Please use ovs-vswitchd instead.
726 ------------------------
727 - New "ofproto" abstraction layer to ease porting to hardware
729 - Packaging for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 and 6.0.
730 - Datapath support for Linux kernels up to 3.0.
732 - New "bundle" and "bundle_load" action extensions.
734 - Implement table unique constraints.
735 - Support cooperative locking between callers.
737 - New "-s" option for "show" command prints packet and byte
738 counters for each port.
740 - New "--readd" option for "replace-flows".
742 - New "show" command to print an overview of configuration.
743 - New "comment" command to add remark that explains intentions.
744 - ovs-brcompatd has been rewritten to fix long-standing bugs.
745 - ovs-openflowd has been renamed test-openflowd and moved into the
746 tests directory. Its presence confused too many users. Please
747 use ovs-vswitchd instead.
748 - New ovs-benchmark utility to test flow setup performance.
749 - A new log level "off" has been added. Configuring a log facility
750 "off" prevents any messages from being logged to it. Previously,
751 "emer" was effectively "off" because no messages were ever logged at
752 level "emer". Now, errors that cause a process to exit are logged
754 - "configure" option --with-l26 has been renamed --with-linux, and
755 --with-l26-source has been renamed --with-linux-source. The old
756 names will be removed after the next release, so please update
758 - The "-2.6" suffix has been dropped from the datapath/linux-2.6 and
759 datapath/linux-2.6/compat-2.6 directories.
761 - Dropped support for "tun_id_from_cookie" OpenFlow extension.
762 Please use the extensible match extensions instead.
763 - Removed the Maintenance_Point and Monitor tables in an effort
764 to simplify 802.1ag configuration.
765 - Performance and scalability improvements
769 ------------------------
770 - Ability to define policies over IPv6
773 - Support for extensible match extensions to OpenFlow
775 - Support for HFSC qdisc.
776 - Queue used by in-band control can now be configured.
778 - Kernel<->userspace interface has been reworked and should be
779 close to a stable ABI now.
780 - "Port group" concept has been dropped.
781 - GRE over IPSEC tunnels
783 - New active backup bonding mode.
784 - New L4 hashing support when LACP is enabled.
785 - Source MAC hash now includes VLAN field also.
787 - Greatly improved handling of large flow tables
789 - "show" command now prints full vport configuration.
790 - "dump-groups" command removed since kernel support for
791 port groups was dropped.
793 - New commands for working with the new Managers table.
794 - "list" command enhanced with new formatting options and --columns
796 - "get" command now accepts new --id option.
797 - New "find" command.
799 - New "queue-stats" command for printing queue stats.
800 - New commands "replace-flows" and "diff-flows".
801 - Commands to add and remove flows can now read from files.
802 - New --flow-format option to enable or disable NXM.
803 - New --more option to increase OpenFlow message verbosity.
804 - Removed "tun-cookie" command, which is no longer useful.
805 - ovs-controller enhancements for testing various features.
806 - New ovs-vlan-test command for testing for Linux kernel driver VLAN
807 bugs. New ovs-vlan-bug-workaround command for enabling and
808 disabling a workaround for these driver bugs.
810 - "Resubmit" actions now update flow statistics.
811 - New "register" extension for use in matching and actions, via NXM.
812 - New "multipath" experimental action extension.
813 - New support for matching multicast Ethernet frames, via NXM.
814 - New extension for OpenFlow vendor error codes.
815 - New extension to set the QoS output queue without actually
816 sending to an output port.
817 - Open vSwitch now reports a single flow table, instead of
818 separate hash and wildcard tables. This better models the
819 current implementation.
820 - New experimental "note" action.
821 - New "ofproto/trace" ovs-appctl command and associated utilities
822 to ease debugging complex flow tables.
824 - Schema documentation now includes an entity-relationship diagram.
825 - The database is now garbage collected. In most tables,
826 unreferenced rows will be deleted automatically.
827 - Many tables now include statistics updated periodically by
828 ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server.
829 - Every table now has an "external-ids" column for use by OVS
831 - There is no default controller anymore. Each bridge must have its
832 controller individually specified.
833 - The "fail-mode" is now a property of a Bridge instead of a Controller.
834 - New versioning and checksum features.
835 - New Managers table and manager_options column in Open_vSwitch table
836 for specifying managers. The old "managers" column in the
837 Open_vSwitch table has been removed.
838 - Many "name" columns are now immutable.
840 - Dropped support for XenServer pre-5.6.100.
841 - Dropped support for Linux pre-2.6.18.
842 - Dropped controller discovery support.
843 - Dropped "ovs-ofctl status" and the OpenFlow extension that it used.
844 Statistics reporting in the database is a rough equivalent.
845 - Dropped the "corekeeper" package (now separate, at
846 http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=corekeeper).
847 - Performance and scalability improvements
850 v1.1.0pre2 - 13 Sep 2010
851 ------------------------
854 v1.1.0pre1 - 31 Aug 2010
855 ------------------------
856 - OpenFlow 1.0 slicing (QoS) functionality
857 - Python bindings for configuration database (no write support)
858 - Performance and scalability improvements
863 - New "patch" interface type
868 - Configuration database with remote management
871 - Support for XenServer 5.5 and 5.6
872 - Performance and scalability improvements
875 v0.99.2 - 18 Feb 2010
876 ---------------------
879 v0.99.1 - 25 Jan 2010
880 ---------------------
881 - Add support for sFlow(R)
882 - Make headers compatible with C++
885 v0.99.0 - 14 Jan 2010
886 ---------------------
887 - User-space forwarding engine
890 v0.90.7 - 29 Nov 2009
891 ---------------------
892 - Add support for NetFlow active timeouts
899 v0.90.5 - 21 Sep 2009
900 ---------------------
901 - Generalize in-band control to more diverse network setups
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