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.ds PN controller
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.TH controller 8 "May 2008" "OpenFlow" "OpenFlow Manual"
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.SH NAME
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@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ controller \- simple OpenFlow controller reference implementation
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A sample OpenFlow controller which functions as an L2 MAC-learning
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switch or hub. \fBcontroller\fR can manage a remote datapath through
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a secure channel (see \fBsecchan(8)\fR). It can also connect directly
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a secure channel (see \fBofprotocol(8)\fR). It can also connect directly
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to a local datapath via Netlink.
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\fBcontroller\fR controls one or more OpenFlow switches, specified as
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@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ already have the controller CA certificate for it to have any
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confidence in the controller's identity. However, this option allows
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a newly installed switch to obtain the controller CA certificate on
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first boot using, e.g., the \fB--bootstrap-ca-cert\fR option to
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\fBsecchan\fR(8).
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\fBofprotocol\fR(8).
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.TP
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.BR \-n ", " \-\^\-noflow
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@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ recommended, flows will never expire. The default is 60 seconds.
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This option affects only flows set up by the OpenFlow controller. In
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some configurations, the OpenFlow secure channel can set up some flows
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on its own. To set the idle time for those flows, pass
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\fB--max-idle\fR to \fBsecchan\fR(8).
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\fB--max-idle\fR to \fBofprotocol\fR(8).
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This option has no effect when \fB-n\fR (or \fB--noflow\fR) is in use
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(because the controller does not set up flows in that case).
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@@ -124,37 +126,9 @@ through the controller and every packet is flooded.
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This option is most useful for debugging. It reduces switching
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performance, so it should not be used in production.
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.TP
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\fB-P\fR[\fIpidfile\fR], \fB--pidfile\fR[\fB=\fIpidfile\fR]
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Causes a file (by default, \fBcontroller.pid\fR) to be created indicating
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the PID of the running process. If \fIpidfile\fR is not specified, or
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if it does not begin with \fB/\fR, then it is created in
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\fB@RUNDIR@\fR.
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.TP
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\fB-f\fR, \fB--force\fR
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By default, when \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is specified and the
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specified pidfile already exists and is locked by a running process,
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\fBcontroller\fR refuses to start. Specify \fB-f\fR or \fB--force\fR
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to cause it to instead overwrite the pidfile.
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When \fB-P\fR or \fB--pidfile\fR is not specified, this option has no
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effect.
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.TP
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\fB-D\fR, \fB--detach\fR
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Causes \fBcontroller\fR to detach itself from the foreground session and
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run as a background process.
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.TP
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.BR \-h ", " \-\^\-help
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Prints a brief help message to the console.
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@VLOG_OPTIONS@
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.TP
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.BR \-V ", " \-\^\-version
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Prints version information to the console.
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.so lib/daemon.man
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.so lib/vlog.man
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.so lib/common.man
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.SH EXAMPLES
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@@ -171,6 +145,6 @@ To bind locally to port 6633 (the default) and wait for incoming connections fro
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR dpctl (8),
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.BR secchan (8),
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.BR udatapath (8),
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.BR ofprotocol (8),
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.BR ofdatapath (8),
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.BR vlogconf (8)
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