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PROGRAM:

NAME

mn - create a Mininet network.

SYNOPSIS

mn [options]

DESCRIPTION

(type mn -h for details)

The mn utility creates Mininet network from the command line. It can create parametrized
topologies, invoke the Mininet CLI, and run tests.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
show this help message and exit

--switch=SWITCH
default|ivs|lxbr|ovs|ovsbr|ovsk|user[,param=value...] ovs=OVSSwitch
default=OVSSwitch ovsk=OVSSwitch lxbr=LinuxBridge user=UserSwitch ivs=IVSSwitch
ovsbr=OVSBridge

--host=HOST
cfs|proc|rt[,param=value...] rt=CPULimitedHost{'sched': 'rt'} proc=Host
cfs=CPULimitedHost{'sched': 'cfs'}

--controller=CONTROLLER
default|none|nox|ovsc|ref|remote|ryu[,param=value...] ovsc=OVSController
none=NullController remote=RemoteController default=DefaultController nox=NOX
ryu=Ryu ref=Controller

--link=LINK
default|ovs|tc[,param=value...] default=Link ovs=OVSLink tc=TCLink

--topo=TOPO
linear|minimal|reversed|single|torus|tree[,param=value ...] linear=LinearTopo
torus=TorusTopo tree=TreeTopo single=SingleSwitchTopo
reversed=SingleSwitchReversedTopo minimal=MinimalTopo

-c, --clean
clean and exit

--custom=CUSTOM
read custom classes or params from .py file(s)

--test=TEST
cli|build|pingall|pingpair|iperf|all|iperfudp|none

-x, --xterms
spawn xterms for each node

-i IPBASE, --ipbase=IPBASE
base IP address for hosts

--mac automatically set host MACs

--arp set all-pairs ARP entries

-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
info|warning|critical|error|debug|output

--innamespace
sw and ctrl in namespace?

--listenport=LISTENPORT
base port for passive switch listening

--nolistenport
don't use passive listening port

--pre=PRE
CLI script to run before tests

--post=POST
CLI script to run after tests

--pin pin hosts to CPU cores (requires --host cfs or --host rt)

--nat adds a NAT to the topology that connects Mininet hosts to the physical network.
Warning: This may route any traffic on the machine that uses Mininet's IP subnet
into the Mininet network. If you need to change Mininet's IP subnet, see the
--ipbase option.

--version
prints the version and exits

--cluster=server1,server2...
run on multiple servers (experimental!)

--placement=block|random
node placement for --cluster (experimental!)

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