VDE 2.3.2 Copyright 2003,...,2011 Renzo Davoli some code from uml_switch Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Jeff Dike and others VDE comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute copies of VDE under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

Usage: vde_switch [OPTIONS] Runs a VDE switch. (global opts) -h, --help Display this help and exit -v, --version Display informations on version and exit -n --numports Number of ports (default 32) -x, --hub Make the switch act as a hub -F, --fstp Activate the fast spanning tree protocol --macaddr MAC Set the Switch MAC address --priority N Set the priority for FST (MAC extension) --hashsize N Hash table size (opts from datasock module) -s, --sock SOCK control directory pathname -s, --vdesock SOCK Same as --sock SOCK -s, --unix SOCK Same as --sock SOCK -m, --mode MODE Permissions for the control socket (octal) --dirmode MODE Permissions for the sockets directory (octal) -g, --group GROUP Group owner for comm sockets (opts from consmgmt module) -d, --daemon Daemonize vde_switch once run -p, --pidfile PIDFILE Write pid of daemon to PIDFILE -f, --rcfile Configuration file (overrides /etc/vde2/vde_switch.rc and ~/.vderc) -M, --mgmt SOCK path of the management UNIX socket --mgmtmode MODE management UNIX socket access mode (octal) --mgmtgroup GROUP management UNIX socket group name -D, --debugclients # number of debug clients allowed (opts from tuntap module) -t, --tap TAP Enable routing through TAP tap interface Report bugs to info@v2.cs.unibo.it