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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...] user=UserSwitch ovs=OVSSwitch ovsbr=OVSBridge ovsk=OVSSwitch ivs=IVSSwitch lxbr=LinuxBridge default=OVSSwitch
- --host=HOST
- cfs|proc|rt[,param=value...] proc=Host rt=CPULimitedHost{'sched': 'rt'} cfs=CPULimitedHost{'sched': 'cfs'}
- --controller=CONTROLLER
- default|none|nox|ovsc|ref|remote|ryu[,param=value...] ref=Controller ovsc=OVSController nox=NOX remote=RemoteController ryu=Ryu default=DefaultController none=NullController
- --link=LINK
- default|ovs|tc|tcu[,param=value...] default=Link tc=TCLink tcu=TCULink ovs=OVSLink
- --topo=TOPO
- linear|minimal|reversed|single|torus|tree[,param=value ...] minimal=MinimalTopo linear=LinearTopo reversed=SingleSwitchReversedTopo single=SingleSwitchTopo tree=TreeTopo torus=TorusTopo
- -c, --clean
- clean and exit
- --custom=CUSTOM
- read custom classes or params from .py file(s)
- --test=TEST
- pingall|pingpair|iperf|iperfudp|all|none|build
- -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
- debug|info|output|warning|warn|error|critical
- --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
- [option=val...] 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
- -w, --wait
- wait for switches to connect
- -t WAIT, --twait=WAIT
- timed wait (s) for switches to connect
- --cluster=server1,server2...
- run on multiple servers (experimental!)
- --placement=block|random
- node placement for --cluster (experimental!)
January 2023 | mn 2.3.0 |