API Guide

max-backoff
Configures a time interval, in milliseconds (ms). This is the duration the switch waits between the connection attempts to the controller.
Syntax
max-backoff interval
Parameters interval—Enter the amount of time, in ms. This is the duration the switch waits between the connection
attempts to the controller, from 1000 to 180000 ms.
Default 8000 ms
Command Mode CONFIGURATION-NVE-OVSDB
Usage Information The no version of this command replaces the default maximum wait time configuration in the switch.
Example
OS10(config)# nve
OS10(config-nve)# controller ovsdb
OS10(config-nve-ovsdb)# max-backoff 40000
Supported
Releases
10.4.3.0 or later
nve-controller
Assigns the interfaces to be managed by the controller.
Syntax
nve-controller
Parameters None
Default None
Command mode INTERFACE
Usage information
The interface must be in Switchport Trunk mode when adding the interface to the controller. If the interface is
not in the Switchport Trunk mode, the system displays the following error message:
% Error: Interface ethernet1/1/1, must be in switchport trunk for controller
mode.
NOTE: If the interface has active port-scoped VLAN (Port,VLAN) pairs configured by the
controller, you cannot remove an interface from the controller.
The no version of this command removes the interface from the controller and removes any VXLAN binding
associated with the interface.
Example
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
OS10(config-if-eth1/1/1)# nve-controller
Supported
releases
10.4.3.0 or later
nve controller ssl-key-generate
Generates the SSL certificate for the OVSDB server to setup the SSL connection with the controller.
Syntax
nve controller ssl-key-generate
Parameters None
Default None
Command mode EXEC
Usage information
This command is available only for the sysadmin and secadmin roles. This command generates the SSL
certificate and restarts the OVSDB server to start using the newly generated certificate.
Controller-provisioned VXLAN 171