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.Dd $Mdocdate: October 21 2018 $
.Dt SWITCHCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm switchctl
.Nd control the SDN flow controller
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl q
.Op Fl s Ar socket
.Ar command
.Op Ar arg ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program controls the
.Xr switchd 8
daemon.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl q
Don't ask for confirmation of any default options.
.It Fl s Ar socket
Use
.Ar socket
instead of the default
.Pa /var/run/switchd.sock
to communicate with
.Xr switchd 8 .
.El
.Pp
The following commands are available to control
.Xr switchd 8 :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm connect Ar address Op Cm forward-to Ar address
Connect to a new switch by
.Ar address ,
for example
.Ar 10.1.1.1 ,
or a
.Xr switch 4
control device, for example
.Pa /dev/switch0 .
.Nm switchd
will forward all OpenFlow requests of the switch to a remote controller
if the optional
.Cm forward-to
.Ar address
is specified.
.It Cm disconnect Ar address
Close the client connection to a remote switch or a
.Xr switch 4
control device.
.It Cm dump Ar address request
Request information from a remote switch or a
.Xr switch 4
control device.
.Nm
will send an OpenFlow request to the remote switch that is specified by
.Ar address .
The
.Ar request
can be one of the following:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width features -offset indent -compact
.It Cm desc
Request the switch description.
.It Cm features
Request the switch features.
.It Cm flows
Request the tables and flows.
.It Cm tables
Request the tables.
.El
.It Cm load Ar filename address
Reload the configuration from the specified file.
.It Cm log brief
Disable verbose logging.
.It Cm log verbose
Enable verbose logging.
.It Cm monitor
Monitor internal messages of the
.Xr switchd 8
subsystems.
.It Cm reload
Reload the configuration from the default configuration file.
.It Cm reset all
Reset the running state.
.It Cm show macs
Display all known mac addresses.
.It Cm show summary
Display a list of all switches and mac addresses.
.It Cm show switches
Display all known switches.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/switchd.sockXX" -compact
.It /etc/switchd.conf
Active configuration.
.It /var/run/switchd.sock
default
.Ux Ns -domain
socket used for communication with
.Xr switchd 8
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bridge 4 ,
.Xr switchd.conf 5 ,
.Xr switchd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 6.1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by
.An Reyk Floeter Aq Mt reyk@openbsd.org .