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diff --git a/network/openvswitch/README b/network/openvswitch/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f8f2d09e41 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/openvswitch/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed +under the open source Apache 2.0 license. It is designed to enable +massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still +supporting standard management interfaces (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, RSPAN, +ERSPAN, CLI). In addition, it is designed to support distribution +across multiple physical servers similar to VMware.s vNetwork distributed +vswitch or Cisco.s Nexus 1000V. + +Open vSwitch can operate both as a soft switch running within the +hypervisor, and as the control stack for switching silicon. It has been +ported to multiple virtualization platforms and switching chipsets. It +is the default switch in the Xen Cloud Platform and also supports Xen, +XenServer, KVM, and VirtualBox. The bulk of the code is written in +platform-independent C and is easily ported to other environments. + +This package will build kernel modules that will be uses as replacements +for the bridge modules included with the stock Linux kernel. Open +vSwitch includes a kernel module if you wish to use the standard Linux +bridge utils to manage it. |