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FastIron Ethernet Switch Software Defined Networking (SDN) 53-1003629-04

  • 1 Copyright Statement
  • 2 Preface
    • 2.1 Document conventions
      • 2.1.1 Text formatting conventions
      • 2.1.2 Command syntax conventions
      • 2.1.3 Notes, cautions, and warnings
    • 2.2 Brocade resources
    • 2.3 Contacting Brocade Technical Support
    • 2.4 Document feedback
  • 3 About This Document
    • 3.1 Supported hardware
    • 3.2 What’s new in this document
    • 3.3 How command information is presented in this guide
  • 4 OpenFlow
    • 4.1 Overview of OpenFlow
      • 4.1.1 Flow table entries
      • 4.1.2 OpenFlow actions
      • 4.1.3 OpenFlow Controller
    • 4.2 Considerations and limitations for configuring OpenFlow
    • 4.3 OpenFlow hybrid switch mode and OpenFlow hybrid port mode
      • 4.3.1 Hybrid switch mode
      • 4.3.2 OpenFlow hybrid port mode
        • 4.3.2.1 OpenFlow hybrid port mode operation
        • 4.3.2.2 Configuring OpenFlow hybrid port mode for devices
        • 4.3.2.3 Capabilities and prerequisites
        • 4.3.2.4 Enabling OpenFlow hybrid port mode
        • 4.3.2.5 Adding or deleting protected VLANs
        • 4.3.2.6 Displaying OpenFlow configuration
    • 4.4 Configuring OpenFlow
      • 4.4.1 Enabling OpenFlow on devices
        • 4.4.1.1 Enabling OpenFlow on a specified interface
        • 4.4.1.2 Flow validation
        • 4.4.1.3 Flow action
      • 4.4.2 Connecting to an OpenFlow controller
      • 4.4.3 Setting up SSL encryption for controller connections
        • 4.4.3.1 Disabling an SSL client
      • 4.4.4 Configuring multiple controller connections
      • 4.4.5 Configuring the system parameters for OpenFlow
        • 4.4.5.1 Setting the system maximum
      • 4.4.6 Configuring the default action
      • 4.4.7 Displaying the OpenFlow status on the device
        • 4.4.7.1 Displaying Openflow show
      • 4.4.8 Displaying the OpenFlow status
      • 4.4.9 Displaying the configured connections to controllers
      • 4.4.10 Displaying the data path ID of the device
      • 4.4.11 Displaying the OpenFlow flows
      • 4.4.12 Purge-time for OpenFlow
    • 4.5 Administrating OpenFlow
      • 4.5.1 Clearing the OpenFlow statistics
      • 4.5.2 Deleting the OpenFlow flows
    • 4.6 Show tech
    • 4.7 OpenFlow configuration considerations
      • 4.7.1 Behavior of ports and devices
      • 4.7.2 Removing an OpenFlow configuration from a device
  • 5 OpenFlow 1.3
    • 5.1 Overview of OpenFlow 1.3
      • 5.1.1 Flow table entries
      • 5.1.2 OpenFlow instructions
      • 5.1.3 OpenFlow actions
      • 5.1.4 Scaling considerations
      • 5.1.5 Multiple controller connections
      • 5.1.6 Asynchronous configuration
      • 5.1.7 Supported OpenFlow messages
      • 5.1.8 Output port Normal action
    • 5.2 Group table
      • 5.2.1 Scaling group numbers
      • 5.2.2 Considerations and limitations for group tables
      • 5.2.3 Group events
    • 5.3 Enqueue
      • 5.3.1 Configuring OpenFlow Enqueue
      • 5.3.2 Limitations
    • 5.4 Metering
      • 5.4.1 Meter statistics
      • 5.4.2 Limitations
      • 5.4.3 Displaying OpenFlow meters

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