ovs-controller is an OpenFlow controller. It is suitable only for testing because it has less functionality than is actually built into Open vSwitch. It interacts with ovs-vswitchd over OpenFlow, if you set up ovs-vswitchd to use it.
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:23:51AM -0700, Mehul Vora wrote: > Ben, > > ?Thanks for your reply. But can you tell what is the use of ovs-controller ? > And how does it interact with vswitchd/ovs-db ? > ? > Thanks, > Mehul. > > > > On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:34 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 07:35:12AM -0700, Mehul Vora wrote: > > > ? I am trying to understand different modules of openvswitch. I saw that in > > linux 3 different processes namely, i)open-vswitch, 2)ovsdb-server and > > 3)ovs-controller are running in the? > > back ground. I understood first two processes, but what is the significance > > of "ovs-controller" process ? And how does it interact with other two > > processes.? > > ovs-controller is not necessary and you should probably not run it. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
