HP OpenFlow 1.3 Administrator Guide Wired Switches K/KA/KB/WB 15.15

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................6
Conceptual overview.................................................................................................................6
OpenFlow architecture..............................................................................................................7
Virtualization mode..............................................................................................................7
Aggregation mode...............................................................................................................8
OpenFlow features and benefits.................................................................................................9
Administrative methods............................................................................................................10
Supported RFCs and standards................................................................................................11
Interoperability.......................................................................................................................11
Scalability.............................................................................................................................13
2 Configuring OpenFlow..............................................................................15
Configuration overview............................................................................................................15
Entering OpenFlow.................................................................................................................15
Entering OpenFlow context.................................................................................................15
Entering OpenFlow instance context.....................................................................................15
Preparing for configuration......................................................................................................15
Enabling or disabling OpenFlow.........................................................................................15
Setting OpenFlow protocol version.......................................................................................16
Configuring OpenFlow instances..............................................................................................16
OpenFlow instance mode...................................................................................................17
Configure OpenFlow instance members................................................................................17
Flow location.........................................................................................................................18
Communicating port status to the controller................................................................................18
Configuring listener ports.........................................................................................................19
Configuring a controller...........................................................................................................19
Associate OpenFlow instance with OpenFlow controller...............................................................20
Securing the connection between an OpenFlow instance and the controller....................................21
Configuring auxiliary connections.............................................................................................21
Associating the auxiliary connection index with an OpenFlow instance..........................................23
Configuring number of software flow tables per instance..............................................................23
OpenFlow instance connection interruption mode.......................................................................23
Setting maximum backoff interval for an instance........................................................................24
Configuring IP Control Table Mode...........................................................................................24
Configure OpenFlow controller ports.........................................................................................24
Controller roles.......................................................................................................................25
Controller role change........................................................................................................26
Port modification....................................................................................................................26
Port modification and OpenFlow versions..............................................................................28
Configuring egress only ports...................................................................................................28
Software and hardware rate limiting.........................................................................................29
Limiting the usage of hardware resources...................................................................................30
Hardware statistics refresh rate.................................................................................................31
Backing up your configuration (optional)....................................................................................31
Configuring VLANs.................................................................................................................31
Configuring and verifying routing.............................................................................................31
Configuring physical and logical ports......................................................................................31
3 Group table.............................................................................................32
4 OpenFlow per-flow rate limiting..................................................................33
QoS extensions......................................................................................................................33
Maintain limiter in rule............................................................................................................33
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