OVS Cheat Sheet

Useful Open vSwitch Commands in one place

ovs-vsctl

Ports/Interfaces

• Add a port and set its interface request number for a bridge named ovs-br:

sudo ovs-vsctl add-port ovs-br eth1 -- set interface eth1 ofport_request=1

• Enable LLDP

sudo ovs-vsctl set interface eth1 lldp:enable=true

Controllers

• Set a controller to out of band on a bridge named ovs-br:

sudo ovs-vsctl set controller ovs-br connection-mode=out-of-band

Bridges

• Set the DPID of a bridge named ovs-br:

sudo ovs-vsctl set bridge ovs-br other-config:datapath-id=0000000000000001

• Show bridge details for bridge named ovs-br:

sudo ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 show ovs-br

OR

ovs-vsctl list bridge ovs-br

• Set OpenFlow version of a bridge named ovs-br:

ovs-vsctl set bridge ovs-br protocols=OpenFlow13