Open vSwitch: Introduction – Part 2

This part covers:

• Main Components (ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, ovs kernel module)
• Utilities (ovs-vsctl, ovs-ofctl, ovs-appctl, etc)
• Modes (normal & flow)

Part 1 is here.

Open vSwitch Components

The following diagram shows Open vSwitch main components and in which space (kernel, user or remote server) each component is located