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Open vSwitch is a multilayer software switch licensed under the open
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source Apache 2 license. The goal is to implement a production quality
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switch platform that supports standard management interfaces and opens the
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forwarding functions to programmatic extension and control.
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Open vSwitch is well suited to function as a virtual switch in VM
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environments. In addition to exposing standard control and visibility
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interfaces to the virtual networking layer, it was designed to support
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distribution across multiple physical servers. Open vSwitch supports
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multiple Linux-based virtualization technologies including Xen/XenServer,
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KVM, and VirtualBox.
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Note: This package builds only the Open vSwitch userspace utilities, and
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it is incompatible with 'openvswitch' package found on SlackBuilds.org
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website. The stock Slackware kernel has been shipping Open vSwitch support
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for a while now, and these utilities take this advantage into account
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while providing a different approach to Open vSwitch management.
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See README.SLACKWARE (which is also installed with the package docs) for
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setup, configuration, and usage hints.
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