OpenFlow Support
OpenFlow Protocol Version
OpenFlow 1.0 version will be supported using Indigo2 code. Following OpenFlow extensions are included in this implementation.
- Nicira role request
- Set-tunnel-dst action
- Get-interfaces request
- Packet-in suppression.
OpenFlow Transport
TCP connection between Switch and Controller is supported in Xenon A release. The TLS connection is not supported.
OpenFlow Controller connection and redundancy
Xenon supports parallel HA using the Nicira role request extension. Multiple controllers may be configured and the switch will connect to all of them.
Statistics
Switch to support OF 1.0 specified port and flow stats.
OVSDB and OF Config
Not supported.
OpenFlow Switch Data
This section details various fields that the switch needs to provide to a controller.
Field | Default Value | User configurable |
sw_desc | Indigo 2 | no |
serial_number | empty | no |
mfr_desc | Big Switch Networks | no |
hw_desc | ivs 0.3 | no |
dpid | autogenerated | yes |
dp_desc | host.domain pid pid | no |