Hello,

Thank you for answers.

2011/4/1 Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>

> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:37:28PM +0200, Benoit ML wrote:
> > * With ovs-dpctl dump-flows :
> >            - Total
> >            - Dropped
> >            - Miss
>
> I'm not sure that dump-flows output is really useful for monitoring.
> It's too much detail.  I don't know how you would use the results.
>
>
In fine, i just count line (with | grep drop | wc -l).
Perhaps it's redundant with the ovs-dpctl show ...


> > * With ovs-dpctl show :
> >          - flows (max and current)
> >          - ports (max and current)
> >          - lookup (miss, frag, lost, hits)
>
> Of these, the lookup stats are the most interesting.  Quickly changing
> miss counts usually mean that there are lots of new flows; if there
> shouldn't be, then it can indicate that there is a bug.  If the "lost"
> number increases then it means that flows couldn't be set up by
> userspace fast enough to keep up with the network and so some packets
> have been dropped.
>

Thank for the explaination.

Regards,
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