[ovs-discuss] get ovs-dpctl stat remotely

Aaron Rosen arosen at clemson.edu
Fri Apr 6 18:42:43 UTC 2012


Also, if you use OpenFlow then instead of using ovs-ofctl you can query OVS
for the flow stats via OFPT_STATS_REQUEST.

Aaron

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:

> No, you can't get the stats remotely from ovs-dpctl.  You can use
> ovs-ofctl, but it will only give you stats for the flows that you've
> defined.  ovs-ofctl can work remotely, as described in the man page.
>
> If you just want visibility into the traffic flowing through your switch,
> you may want to look at the built in NetFlow or sFlow support.
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:22 PM, Masoud Moshref Javadi wrote:
>
> > I want the statistics of the flows matched by an openvswitch switch.
> "ovs-dpctl dump-flows br0" gives these results for recent flows.
> > - Can I get run it remotely from a controller machine?
> > - Is there any better solution to get per-flow statistics not just 5-sec
> recent ones?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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> > Masoud Moshref Javadi
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> > Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering
> > University of Southern California
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Aaron O. Rosen
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