ovs-appctl(8) can send commands to a running ovs-ofctl
process.
The supported commands are listed below.
exit
Causes ovs-ofctl
to gracefully terminate. This command
applies only when executing the monitor
or snoop
commands.
ofctl/set-output-file
file
Causes all subsequent output to go to file instead of
stderr. This command applies only when executing the
monitor
or snoop
commands.
ofctl/send
ofmsg...
Sends each ofmsg, specified as a sequence of hex digits
that express an OpenFlow message, on the OpenFlow
connection. This command is useful only when executing
the monitor
command.
ofctl/packet-out
packet-out
Sends an OpenFlow PACKET_OUT message specified in
Packet-Out Syntax
, on the OpenFlow connection. See
Packet-Out Syntax
section for more information. This
command is useful only when executing the monitor
command.
ofctl/barrier
Sends an OpenFlow barrier request on the OpenFlow
connection and waits for a reply. This command is useful
only for the monitor
command.