Most of these commands take an argument that specifies the method for connecting to an OpenFlow switch. The following connection methods are supported:

ovs-ofctl add-flow <bridge> <flow>
ovs-ofctl add-flows <bridge> <file>
ovs-ofctl add-group <bridge> group_id=<id>,type=<type>,bucket=<actions>
ovs-ofctl add-meter <bridge> meter=<id>,<meter-parameter>
ovs-ofctl bundle <bridge> <bundle>
ovs-ofctl del-flows <bridge> <flow>
ovs-ofctl del-group <bridge> [group_id=<id>]
ovs-ofctl del-meter <bridge> meter=<id>
ovs-ofctl del-meters <bridge>
ovs-ofctl dump-desc <bridge>
ovs-ofctl dump-flows <bridge> <flow>
ovs-ofctl dump-ports <bridge> <port>
ovs-ofctl dump-ports-desc <bridge>
ovs-ofctl dump-tables <bridge>
ovs-ofctl dump-tables-desc <bridge>
ovs-ofctl mod-flows <bridge> <flow>
ovs-ofctl mod-group <bridge> group_id=<id>,type=<type>,bucket=<actions>
ovs-ofctl mod-meter <bridge> meter=<id>,<meter-parameter>
ovs-ofctl mod-table <bridge> <table> <mod>
ovs-ofctl mod−port <bridge> <iface> <action>
ovs-ofctl monitor <bridge> [MISSLEN] [invalid_ttl] [watch:[...]]
ovs-ofctl show <bridge>
ovs-ofctl snoop <bridge>
ovs-ofctl replace-flows <bridge> <file>
ovs-ofctl diff-flows <source1> <source2>
ovs-ofctl add-groups <bridge> <file>
ovs-ofctl queue-get-config <bridge> <port>
ovs-ofctl meter-stats <bridge> [meter]
ovs-ofctl meter-features <bridge>

ovs-ofctl Common Commands