Open vSwitch

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network virtualization software open-source software software project virtual switch

Open vSwitch is an open-source, production-quality virtual switch designed to enable network automation and support standard management interfaces and protocols in virtualized environments.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Open vSwitch canonical	4
Open vSwitch community	1
neutron-openvswitch-agent	1
ovs-ofctl	1
ovsdb-server	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7938082 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open vSwitch
Context triple: [OpenStack Neutron, integratesWith, Open vSwitch]

A. OVS
OVS is the New York State agency that provides financial assistance, advocacy, and support services to victims of crime.
B. OpenStack Neutron
OpenStack Neutron is the networking service within the OpenStack cloud computing platform that provides scalable, programmable virtual networking for cloud resources.
C. IEEE 802.1Qfv
IEEE 802.1Qfv is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that defines enhancements for flexible queuing and forwarding behaviors in bridged and virtualized Ethernet networks.
D. oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
E. OFPP
OFPP is a U.S. federal office within the Office of Management and Budget that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies and practices.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open vSwitch
Target entity description: Open vSwitch is an open-source, production-quality virtual switch designed to enable network automation and support standard management interfaces and protocols in virtualized environments.

A. OVS
OVS is the New York State agency that provides financial assistance, advocacy, and support services to victims of crime.
B. Juniper Contrail
Juniper Contrail is a software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization platform from Juniper Networks that provides automated, programmable networking and security for cloud and data center environments.
C. OpenStack Neutron
OpenStack Neutron is the networking service within the OpenStack cloud computing platform that provides scalable, programmable virtual networking for cloud resources.
D. IEEE 802.1Qfv
IEEE 802.1Qfv is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that defines enhancements for flexible queuing and forwarding behaviors in bridged and virtualized Ethernet networks.
E. oVirt
oVirt is an open-source virtualization management platform that provides enterprise-grade management of virtual machines, hosts, storage, and networks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	network virtualization software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ software project ⓘ virtual switch ⓘ
designedFor	cloud computing environments ⓘ data center networks ⓘ virtualized environments ⓘ
hasComponent	kernel datapath module ⓘ ovs-ofctl ⓘ linked to: Open vSwitch ovs-vsctl ⓘ ovs-vswitchd ⓘ ovsdb-server ⓘ linked to: Open vSwitch
implementsStandard	IEEE 802.1Q ⓘ linked to: IEEE 802.1Q series LACP ⓘ OVSDB management protocol ⓘ OpenFlow specification ⓘ linked to: OpenFlow
initialReleaseDate	2009 ⓘ
laterMaintainedBy	Open vSwitch community ⓘ linked to: Open vSwitch VMware ⓘ
operatingSystem	ESXi (via integration) ⓘ FreeBSD ⓘ Linux ⓘ NetBSD ⓘ Windows ⓘ
originallyDevelopedBy	Nicira ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ Python ⓘ
repository	https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs ⓘ
softwareLicense	Apache License 2.0 ⓘ
supportsController	Floodlight ⓘ NOX ⓘ ONOS ⓘ OpenDaylight ⓘ Ryu ⓘ
supportsFeature	ACLs ⓘ Open vSwitch Database (OVSDB) management protocol ⓘ QoS ⓘ SDN ⓘ linked to: SDN controllers VLAN tagging ⓘ bonding ⓘ distributed switching ⓘ flow-based switching ⓘ high availability ⓘ network automation ⓘ port mirroring ⓘ tunneling ⓘ
supportsManagementInterface	OVSDB remote management ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ standard SDN controllers ⓘ
supportsProtocol	802.1Q VLAN ⓘ GRE tunneling ⓘ Geneve tunneling ⓘ IPFIX ⓘ LACP ⓘ linked to: Link Aggregation Control Protocol NetFlow ⓘ OpenFlow ⓘ VXLAN tunneling ⓘ linked to: VXLAN sFlow ⓘ
supportsUseCase	multi-tenant isolation ⓘ network function virtualization ⓘ overlay networking ⓘ programmable data plane experimentation ⓘ virtual network switching ⓘ
usedIn	Docker and container networking setups ⓘ KVM-based virtualization ⓘ OpenStack networking (Neutron) ⓘ linked to: OpenStack Neutron Xen-based virtualization ⓘ
website	https://www.openvswitch.org/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OpenStack Neutron → integratesWith → Open vSwitch ⓘ

Neutron → hasComponent → neutron-openvswitch-agent ⓘ

linked to: Open vSwitch

Neutron → supports → Open vSwitch ⓘ

Quantum → compatibleWith → Open vSwitch ⓘ

Neutron agents → supportsBackend → Open vSwitch ⓘ

Open vSwitch → hasComponent → ovsdb-server ⓘ

linked to: Open vSwitch

Open vSwitch → hasComponent → ovs-ofctl ⓘ

linked to: Open vSwitch

Open vSwitch → laterMaintainedBy → Open vSwitch community ⓘ

linked to: Open vSwitch

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Referenced by (8)

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