[ovs-dev] [PATCH 4/6] Update sbctl man page for physical endpts and binding to logical ports
Darrell Ball
dlu998 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 16 20:25:49 UTC 2016
Signed-off-by: Darrell Ball <dball at vmware.com>
---
ovn/utilities/ovn-sbctl.8.in | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ovn/utilities/ovn-sbctl.8.in b/ovn/utilities/ovn-sbctl.8.in
index e4e4431..67c78ee 100644
--- a/ovn/utilities/ovn-sbctl.8.in
+++ b/ovn/utilities/ovn-sbctl.8.in
@@ -131,6 +131,30 @@ Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to delete a chassis that does
not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to
delete a chassis that does not exist has no effect.
.
+.SS "Physical Endpoint Commands"
+These commands manipulate \fBOVN_Southbound\fR physical endpoint.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-may\-exist\fR] \fBphys\-endpt\-add \fIphys\-endpt\fR \fIchassis\fR \fIchassis\-port\fR \fIencap\-type\fR \fIingress\-encap\fR \fIegress\-encap\fR"
+Creates a new physical endpoint named \fIphys\-endpt\fR. \fIchassis\fR is a
+chassis name on a physical network edge, such as localnet or gateway.
+\fIchassis\-port\fR is a chassis port on a physical edge.
+\fIencap\-type\fR is a type of encap such as vlan, double vlan, mpls or one
+of several IP tunnel encaps. \fIingress\-encap\fR is the
+ingress encap value. \fIegress\-encap\fR is the egress encap value.
+Both encap values may be the same in some cases.
+Chassis and chassis-port are optional arguments.
+.IP
+Without \fB\-\-may\-exist\fR, attempting to create a phys-endpt
+that exists is an error. With \fB\-\-may\-exist\fR, this command does
+nothing if phys-endpt already exists.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR] \fBphys\-endpt\-del \fIphys\-endpt\fR"
+Deletes \fIphys\-endpt\fR.
+.IP
+Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to delete a phys-endpt that does
+not exist is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to
+delete a phys-endpt that does not exist has no effect.
+.
.SS "Port binding Commands"
.
These commands manipulate \fBOVN_Southbound\fR port bindings.
@@ -150,6 +174,30 @@ Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to unbind a logical port
that is not bound is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting
to unbind logical port that is not bound has no effect.
.
+.SS "Port binding to physical endpoint Commands"
+.
+These commands manipulate \fBOVN_Southbound\fR port binding to physical endpoints.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-may\-exist\fR] \fBlport\-bind\-phys\-endpt \fIlogical\-port\fR \fIphys\-endpt\fR"
+Binds the logical port named \fIlogical\-port\fR to \fIphys\-endpts\fR, which
+is a common separated list of physical endpoints. Localnet logical ports
+can be bound to zero, one or more than one physical endpoint. If no
+physical endpoint is bound for localnet, the encap is empty. A single
+name for a localnet port implies a single encap; multiple names allow
+different encaps. Gateway logical ports should be bound to one physical
+endpoint for the gateway to function properly.
+.IP
+Without \fB\-\-may\-exist\fR, attempting to bind a logical port that
+has already been bound is an error. With \fB\-\-may\-exist\fR, this
+command does nothing if \fIlogical\-port\fR has already been bound.
+.
+.IP "[\fB\-\-if\-exists\fR] \fBlport\-unbind\-phys\-endpt\fR \fIlogical\-port\fR"
+Resets the binding of \fIlogical\-port\fR to \fINULL\fR.
+.IP
+Without \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting to unbind a logical port
+that is not bound is an error. With \fB\-\-if\-exists\fR, attempting
+to unbind logical port that is not bound has no effect.
+.
.SS "Logical Flow Commands"
.
.IP "\fBlflow\-list\fR [\fIlogical\-datapath\fR]"
--
1.9.1
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