--unixctl=socket
    Sets the name of the control socket on which listens for runtime management commands (see RUNTIME MANAGEMENT COMMANDS, below). If socket does not begin with /, it is interpreted as relative to @RUNDIR@. If --unixctl is not used at all, the default socket is @RUNDIR@/.pid.ctl, where pid is 's process ID.

    On Windows, uses a kernel chosen TCP port on the localhost to listen for runtime management commands. The kernel chosen TCP port value is written in a file whose absolute path is pointed by socket. If --unixctl is not used at all, the file is created as .ctl in the configured OVS_RUNDIR directory.

    Specifying none for socket disables the control socket feature.