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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] open Vswitch
From:       jpettit () nicira ! com (Justin Pettit)
Date:       2015-06-26 7:12:56
Message-ID: F8C134A7-B8EB-4EE7-A02F-C91AB8A269DF () nicira ! com
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> On Jun 26, 2015, at 1:21 AM, Abhinav <abhinavnzl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Could you please tell me what is the difference betwwen ovs-dpctl and ovs-appctl.

ovs-dpctl talks to the (often kernel) datapath.  ovs-appctl talks to the various \
userspace daemons.  I'd recommend looking at the man pages, which should describe \
them.

> Also let me know what is the difference between ovs and linux bridge ?

OVS provides quite a few more features and remote controllability.

You might find this presentation from a couple of years ago applicable:

	http://openvswitch.org/slides/OpenStack-131107.pdf

--Justin


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