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