OpenFlow Support

OpenFlow Protocol Version

OpenFlow 1.0 version will be supported using Indigo2 code. Following OpenFlow extensions are included in this implementation.

  1. Nicira role request
  2. Set-tunnel-dst action
  3. Get-interfaces request
  4. 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