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!)