Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <gshe...@nicira.com> --- vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 86500c9..da43336 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -237,13 +237,12 @@ We believe these limits to be accurate as of this writing. These limits assume the use of the Linux kernel datapath. . .IP \(bu -Approximately 256 bridges given the allowance of 5,000 file -descriptors that \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) configures. (\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR -requires 17 file descriptors per datapath.) -. -.IP \(bu -65,280 ports per bridge. Performance will degrade beyond 1,024 ports -per bridge due to fixed hash table sizing. +\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR started through \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) provides a limit of 5000 +file descriptors. Creation of a single bridge consumes 3 file descriptors and +adding a port consumes 1 file descriptor. The limits on the number of bridges +and ports is decided by the availability of file descriptors. There is also a +theoritical limit of 65,280 ports per bridge. Performance will degrade beyond +1,024 ports per bridge due to fixed hash table sizing. . .IP \(bu 2,048 MAC learning entries per bridge, by default. (This is -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
