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● Production quality
● Multi-Layer virtual switch (L2 - L4)
● Enable massive network automation through
programmatic extension
● Support
○ OpenFlow protocol
○ Standard management interfaces & protocols
(e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag)
● Written in platform-independent C
● Ref: http://docs.openvswitch.org/en/latest/intro/what-is-ovs/
What is Open vSwitch
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