docs/en-US/plugin-niciranvp-tables.xml

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<section id="Database-tables">
    <title>Database tables</title>
    <para>The following tables are added to the cloud database for the Nicira NVP Plugin</para>
    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>nicira_nvp_nic_map, contains a mapping from nic to logical switch port</para></listitem>
        <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para>id</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>logicalswitch, uuid of the logical switch this port is connected to</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>logicalswitchport, uuid of the logical switch port for this nic</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>nic, the CloudStack uuid for this nic, reference to the nics table</para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>    
    </itemizedlist>
    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem><para>external_nicira_nvp_devices, contains all configured devices</para></listitem>
        <listitem>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para>id</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>uuid</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>physical_network_id, the physical network this device is configured on</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>provider_name, set to "NiciraNvp"</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>device_name, display name for this device</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para>host_id, reference to the host table with the device configuration</para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>    
    </itemizedlist>
    
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