Configuring OpenFlow

You can enable OpenFlow on an interface with Layer23 option in order to support Layer 2 and Layer 3 flows on that interface. Layer23 option supports the OpenFlow hybrid port mode also. Configured with the Layer23 option, the controller can configure flows with Layer 2 and Layer 3 parameters together. A flow can contain the following fields, Ingress port, MAC DA, MAC SA, Ethertype, VLAN ID , P-bits, IP Src, IP Dst, IP protocol, and IP DSCP.

By default, OpenFlow is disabled on Brocade devices. You must first enable OpenFlow on the device before you can configure the parameters on the device.

In this section:

  1. Enabling OpenFlow on devices
  2. Connecting to an OpenFlow controller
  3. Setting up SSL encryption for controller connections
  4. Configuring multiple controller connections
  5. Configuring the system parameters for OpenFlow
  6. Configuring the default action
  7. Displaying the OpenFlow status on the device
  8. Displaying the OpenFlow status
  9. Displaying the configured connections to controllers
  10. Displaying the data path ID of the device
  11. Displaying the OpenFlow flows
  12. Purge-time for OpenFlow
    You can configure the maximum time before stale flows are purged from the OpenFlow flow table after a switch-over, fail-over, or operating system upgrade. The no form of this command sets the purge timer time to its default value.
Parent topic: OpenFlow