[ovs-discuss] open Vswitch
Justin Pettit
jpettit at nicira.com
Fri Jun 26 07:12:56 UTC 2015
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 1:21 AM, Abhinav <abhinavnzl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Could you please tell me what is the difference betwwen ovs-dpctl and ovs-appctl.
ovs-dpctl talks to the (often kernel) datapath. ovs-appctl talks to the various userspace daemons. I'd recommend looking at the man pages, which should describe them.
> Also let me know what is the difference between ovs and linux bridge ?
OVS provides quite a few more features and remote controllability.
You might find this presentation from a couple of years ago applicable:
http://openvswitch.org/slides/OpenStack-131107.pdf
--Justin
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