access to an OVS instance from inside OpenDaylight
=== OVSDB Northbound Developer Architecture
-The northbound bundle architecture is as follow:
+The northbound bundle architecture is as follows:
- mdsal-northbound-aggregator
=== Overview
The Open vSwitch database (OVSDB) Plugin component for OpenDaylight implements
the OVSDB https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047[RFC 7047] management protocol
-that allows the southbound configuration of switches that support OVSDB.The
+that allows the southbound configuration of switches that support OVSDB. The
component comprises a library and a plugin usages. The OVSDB protocol
-uses JSON-RPC calls to manipulate a physical or virtual switch that supports OVSDB.
+uses JSON-RPC calls to manipulate a physical or virtual switch that supports OVSDB.
Many vendors support OVSDB on various hardware platforms.
The OpenDaylight controller uses the library project to interact with an OVS
instance.
=== OVSDB Openstack Architecture
The OpenStack integration architecture uses the following technologies: +
-* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047[RFC 7047] and http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc7047/[The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol]
-* https://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/onf-specifications/openflow/openflow-spec-v1.3.1.pdf[OpenFlow v1.3]
+* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047[RFC 7047] - The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
+* http://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/onf-specifications/openflow/openflow-switch-v1.3.4.pdf[OpenFlow v1.3]
* https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/ML2[OpenStack Neutron ML2 Plugin]
image:openstack_integration.png[Openstack Integration]
logs relating to odl-ovsdb-openstack.
==== Troubleshooting
-There are no easy way to troubleshoot an installation of odl-ovsdb-openstack. Perhaps a combination of
-log:display | grep -i ovsdb in karaf, Open vSwitch commands (ovs-vsdctl) and openstack logs will be useful but will not
+There is no easy way to troubleshoot an installation of odl-ovsdb-openstack. Perhaps a combination of
+log:display | grep -i ovsdb in karaf, Open vSwitch commands (ovs-vsctl) and openstack logs will be useful but will not
explain everything.
=== Upgrading From a Previous Release