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Supported RFCs and standards

HP switches support OpenFlow Switch Specification, version 1.3.1 (September 2012) from the

Open Networking Foundation, https://www.opennetworking.org/ with some differences.

Unsupported features:

• OFPP TABLE action.

• Set-Queue action.

• Handling of IP Fragments: OFPC_IP_REASM/OFPC_FRAG_REASM.

◦ Push-MPLS, Set MPLS TTL, Decrement MPLS TTL actions

◦ Push-PBB action

◦ Copy TTL outwards, Copy TTL inwards actions

• Strip VLAN action is supported on both Policy Engine Table and Software Table.

• Some commands for port modification from a controller:

OFPPC_PORT_DOWN◦

◦ OFPPC_NO_STP

◦ OFPPC_NO_RECV

◦ OFPPC_NO_RECV_STP

◦ OFPPC_NO_FWD

NOTE: When the above commands are sent from the controller, an error message is returned

to the controller:

OFPET_PORT_MOD_FAILED.

Hardware differences between v1 & v2 Modules affect feature functionality, see “Flow classification

on v1 and v2 modules” (page 68) for details.

Interoperability

Table 1 HP Switch features and interoperability with OpenFlow — by effect on feature or application

FeatureEffect

802.1XFeature can override OpenFlow

MAC Auth

MAC Lockout

MAC Lockdown

Port Security

Web Auth

ACLs – Port, VLAN, Router, IDM variantsFeature can override OpenFlow

IDM

Rate Limiting

Feature can override OpenFlow

Management VLAN

NOTE: Management VLAN feature can be configured

but it cannot be part of an OpenFlow instance.

Feature can be configured if OpenFlow is used

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