[ovs-discuss] how to initialize openvswitch in listen mode

[Aishwarya]

Hi Ben,

That is correct. Right now, I am doing it from the same machine running
vswitchd. The ofctl doc says the argument should be show *switch*

and the methos of connection seemed to me like I need to give the switch
argument as unix:... or tcp:.... . Is my understanding wrong? (is it
different if I need to connect to the switch from a different machine?)

Thanks,
Aish

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:

> It sounds like you want to use ovs-ofctl from the same machine running
> ovs-vswitchd.  There's already a unix socket for that.  Just give the
> name of the bridge, e.g. "ovs-ofctl show br0".
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 03:37:19PM -0700, Aishwarya wrote:
> > Hi Ben,
> >
> > Passive tcp socket should be fine. I know the ptcp option lets you do
> this.
> > But I am not sure which command to use it with. For eg: I use the unix
> > socket option with ovsdb-server command so that vswitchd can connect to
> teh
> > database server. Now, ofctl needs to connect to the switch. So, which
> > command do I use the ptcp option with so that the switch is listening on
> a
> > tcp port that ofctl can connect to. Right now, when i do an ofctl show
> > tcp:127.0.0.1, i get a connection refused error.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aish
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 03:29:38PM -0700, Aishwarya wrote:
> > > > The ovs-ofctl uses either a unix socket or tcp port to connect to the
> > > open
> > > > flow switch. When I start the openvswitch process, which command do i
> use
> > > to
> > > > set the switch in the listen mode so that ofctl can connect to it?
> > >
> > > Do you want to connect to ovs-ofctl over a unix socket or a tcp
> > > socket?
> > >
>
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