[ovs-discuss] Difference between Open Virtual Switch interface and port

[Jesse Gross]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Sivakami S <sivakami at tataelxsi.co.in> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What is the difference between adding an interface and adding a port to the
> Open VSwitch?
> The commands I used are as follows,
>
> For adding a port,
> ovs-vsctl add-port br0 eth0
>
> For adding an interface,
> ovs-dpctl add-if br0 eth0

ovs-dpctl is an internal/debugging interface so you shouldn't use it
during normal operation.