DB

ovs-vsctl list interface
ovs-vsctl -- --columns=ofport,name list Interface
ovs-vsctl get interface vhub656c3cb-23 name

ovs-vsctl set port vlan1729 tag=1729
ovs-vsctl get port vlan1729 tag
ovs-vsctl remove port vlan1729 tag 1729

# not sure this is best
ovs-vsctl set interface vlan1729 mac='5c\:b9\:01\:8d\:3e\:9d'

ovs-vsctl clear Bridge br0 stp_enable

ovs-vsctl --may-exist add-br br0 -- set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev
ovs-vsctl --if-exists del-br br0

Flows

ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow13 dump-flows br-int | cut -d',' -f3,6,7-

ovs-appctl dpif/show
ovs-ofctl show br-int | egrep "^ [0-9]"

ovs-ofctl add-flow brbm priority=1,in_port=11,dl_src=00:05:95:41:ec:8c/ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff,actions=drop
ovs-ofctl --strict del-flows brbm priority=0,in_port=11,dl_src=00:05:95:41:ec:8c

# kernel datapath
ovs-dpctl dump-flows
ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows
ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows system@ovs-system
ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows netdev@ovs-netdev

DPDK

ovs-appctl dpif/show
ovs-ofctl dump-ports br-int
ovs-appctl dpctl/dump-flows
ovs-appctl dpctl/show --statistics
ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show
ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-clear
ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-rxq-show

Debug log

ovs-appctl vlog/list | grep dpdk
ovs-appctl vlog/set dpdk:file:dbg

Misc

ovs-appctl fdb/show brbm

ovs-appctl ofproto/trace br-int in_port=6

# history
ovsdb-tool -mm show-log /etc/openvswitch/conf.db