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... used for legacy functionality on the same switch.
• Dell Force10 does not recommend using global spanning tree protocol (STP) instances on ports with both legacy VLANs and OF VLANs.
• Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections are not supported. • Because controllers typically run their own version of link layer discovery protocol (LLDP), legacy LLDP should...
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... according to the MAC address table aging time configured on the switch if there is no activity or traffic. The idle timeout values specified in individual flows are ignored. If the idle timeout value is zero, the flow is not aged.
• Flow priority is ignored for LB flows. • Dell Force10 does not...
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Dell Force10 switches support four types of flows:
• Access Control List...defined in OpenFlow (OF) 1.0 are supported.
Mandatory actions None.
Optional actions
• set_vlan_id • set_vlan_pcp • set_dl_src (set src-mac) • set_dl_dst (set dst-mac) • set_nw_tos • output to one or more switch ports
NOTE: For output action limitations, refer to OF 1.0 Support...
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... wildcards.
Mandatory actions
• You must specify set_dl_src (set src-mac) as the port mac (local mac) for the swtich.
• set_dl_dst (set dst-mac) • Single OFPAT_OUTPUT action to a switch port.
Optional actions
OFPAT_SET_VLAN is optional for OpenFlow (OF) ports and mandatory for OF virtual local area networks (VLANs).
L2 Flows
Parameter Type
Mandatory match fields
Parameters...
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..., LB, and L3 flows. LB and L2 flows are supported on OF VLANs only.
Figure 1. SDN Sample Topology
Use the show running-config openflow of-instance 1 command to display the following information: FTOS# show running-config openflow of-instance 1 ! openflow of-instance 1
controller 1 10.11.205.184 tcp flow-map l3 enable multiple...
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Number of Flows : 0
Packets (acl) : -
Bytes (acl)
: -
Controller 1 : TCP, 10.11.205.184/6633, connected (equal)
Controller 2 : -
Port List
:
Vlan List
:
Vl 200
Vlan Mbr list :
Te 0/0 (1), Te 0/1 (2)
ACL Flows
By default, all flows are treated as ACL flows. No additional configuration is required to set up ACL flows. You can view per-flow...
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... of-instance 1 ! openflow of-instance 1
controller 1 10.11.205.184 tcp flow-map l3 enable multiple-fwd-table enable no shutdown
The entry for dst-mac in the match field and set-src-mac in the action set must use the switch's port MAC address. All ports on a Dell Force10 switch are associated with the same MAC address, which you can view using...
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...Port : *
Actions:
Set VLAN id: 200
Set SMAC: 00:01:e8:8b:1a:32
Set DMAC: 00:00:00:00:00:22
Output: Te 0/1
For complete L3 flow formats, refer to FlowTypes .
L2 Flows
L2 flows are only supported...-config openflow of-instance 2 ! openflow of-instance 2
controller 1 10.11.205.184 tcp flow-map l2 enable...2
Instance: 2, Table: mac, Flow: 4, Cookie: 0xffffffffac2dbbf2 Priority: 32768, Internal Priority: 0 Up...
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Configuring ACL CAM Carving on S4810
Dell Force10 switches can operate in Hybrid mode, which enables OpenFlow and legacy functionality on the same switch. By default, ACL CAM space is not ... do not take effect. If BMP 3.0 is enabled, use the command reload conditional nvram-cfg-change to perform a reload on the chassis to upgrade any configuration changes that have changed the NVRAM content.
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... ACL CAM Carving on Z9000
Dell Force10 switches can operate in Hybrid mode...1 l2pt 0 ipmacacl 0 vman-qos 0 ecfmacl 0 openflow 8 NOTE: For Z9000, the cam-acl-vlan value is set to 1 (enabled) by default; no additional configuration is required. NOTE: You must reboot the switch after changing the ...a reload on the chassis to upgrade any configuration changes that have changed the NVRAM content.
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SDN Commands
The following commands are for Software Defined Networking (SDN) OpenFlow commands.
• connect retry-interval • controller • debug openflow packets • flow-... attempting to establish a connection with OF controller. Range is 10- 60.
Defaults Command Modes Command History
15 (seconds) OPENFLOW INSTANCE
Version 9.1(0.0)
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
Usage...
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... to interpret Layer 3 flows.
Defaults Command Modes Command History
None (not enabled) OPENFLOW INSTANCE
Version 9.1(0.0)
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
Usage Information
Related Commands
L2 flow-mapping is not supported on OpenFlow instances with an interface-type of "port." openflow of-instance Create or modify an OpenFlow instance.
interface-type
Specify the type...
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... on of-ports to avoid conflicts with the controller's version of LLDP.
Dell Force10 does not recommend configuring global STP instances on ports using both ...Version 9.1(0.0)
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
This command is used for OpenFlow instances with an interface-type of either vlan or any to allow the switch to interpret flows and update L2 tables to reduce the number of flows installed...
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... Version 9.1(0.0)
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
Example
Usage Information
In the following example, the ports...supported on physical interfaces associated with an OpenFlow instance:
• Dot1x • Ethernet • GVRP • IPv4 • IPv6 • MAC • MTU • Port-channel protocols • Spanning-tree protocols • Switchport
The following features are not supported...
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...; IPv6 • MAC • MTU &#...none CONFIGURATION
Version 9.1(0.0)
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
Usage Information
• Stacking for S4810, controller High Availability, and VLT are not supported on OF ...controller IP and one TCP port can be configured for each OF instance. • The number of supported flows depends on the flow type. The following table provides
the number of supported...
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... such as version, capabilities, and supported actions.
openflow of-instance Create or modify an OpenFlow instance.
show openflow flows
Display detailed information about OpenFlow instances.
Z-Series, S4810
Syntax Parameter
show openflow flows[of-instance{of-id}][table{acl|lb|mac|route| vlan}flow-id{flow-id}]
of-instance of-id
table acl | lb | mac | route...