FastIron Ethernet Switch Software Defined Networking (SDN)

• 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