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/usr/bin/ovs-l3ping

Open vSwitch test and diagnostic utilities (ovs-test, ovs-l3ping, ovs-vlan-test, ovs-pcap, ovs-tcpdump, ovs-tcpundump, ovs-dpctl-top, ovs-parse-backtrace)

From ovs-3.5-test 3.5.4-r11 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running ovs-l3ping --help (exit 0). permalink

Also provided by 2 other package versions
usage: ovs-l3ping [-h] [-v] [-b TARGETBANDWIDTH] [-i TESTINTERVAL] -t TUNNELMODE
                  (-s TUNNELIP,SERVER | -c TUNNELIP,CLIENT,SERVER)

Test L3 tunnel connectivity between two Open vSwitch instances.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -b TARGETBANDWIDTH, --bandwidth TARGETBANDWIDTH
                        Target bandwidth for UDP tests in bits/second. Use postfix M or K to alter
                        unit magnitude.
  -i TESTINTERVAL, --interval TESTINTERVAL
                        Interval for how long to run each test in seconds.
  -t TUNNELMODE, --tunnel-mode TUNNELMODE
                        Do L3 tests with this tunnel type.
  -s TUNNELIP,SERVER, --server TUNNELIP,SERVER
                        Run in server mode and wait for the client to connect.
  -c TUNNELIP,CLIENT,SERVER, --client TUNNELIP,CLIENT,SERVER
                        Run in client mode and connect to the server.
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpshow this help message and exithelp
-v, --versionshow program's version number and exithelp

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.