Complex sentence: Open vSwitch can operate both as a software-based switch running within the virtual machines (VMs) hypervisors, and as the control stack for switching silicon; it has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms and switching chipsets.
Split into simpler sentences: Open vSwitch can operate both as a soft switch running within the virtual machines (VMs) hypervisors, and as the control stack for switching silicon. It has been ported to multiple virtualization platforms and switching chipsets.