Other methods are called only between start() and stop()
"""
+ def get_version(self):
+ """Return version of vSwitch and DPDK (if used by vSwitch)
+ This method should be implemented in case, that version
+ of vswitch or DPDK can be read only during vSwitch runtime.
+ Otherwise it can be implemented inside tools/systeminfo.py.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError()
+
def start(self):
"""Start the vSwitch
"""
raise NotImplementedError()
+ def restart(self):
+ """Retart the vSwitch
+
+ Restart of vSwitch is required for failover testcases.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError()
+
def stop(self):
"""Stop the vSwitch