WB 15.15

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Diagnostic Tools Overview and Usage

Debug OpenFlow

You can display OpenFlow protocol packets or event description.

NOTE: The debug openflow packets option only displays OpenFlow protocol packets

exchanged between the switch and the controller.

Syntax

HP Switch# debug openflow <errors|events|instance|packets>

errors

Display OpenFlow error messages.

events

Enable debug messages for all OpenFlow events like

addition/deletion/modification, enable/disable etc.

instance

Specify an OpenFlow instance for instance-specific debug messages.

packets

Enable debug messages for all OpenFlow packets.

Example 14 Debug logs

Flow deletion

mOFCtrlTask: 00020| DBG|Flow deletion:

idle_timeout=60,dl_type=0x0800,in_port=27,dl_vlan=65535,

dl_vlan_pcp=0,dl_src=00:50:56:9f:5f:0a,dl_dst=00:50:56:9f:19:92,

nw_src=1.2.3.6,nw_dst=1.2.3.4,icmp_type=0,icmp_code=0,

actions=output:26

Flow addition

mOFCtrlTask: 00019| DBG|Flow addition:

idle_timeout=60,dl_type=0x0800,in_port=27,

dl_vlan=65535,dl_vlan_pcp=0,dl_src=00:50:56:9f:5f:0a,

dl_dst=00:50:56:9f:19:92,nw_src=1.2.3.6,nw_dst=1.2.3.4,

icmp_type=0,icmp_code=0,actions=output:26

Flow expiry

mOFCtrlTask: 00018| DBG|Flow expiry:

idle_timeout=1200,dl_type=0x0800,nw_src=1.2.3.7,

nw_dst=1.2.3.8,actions=mod_nw_src:9.8.7.6

Error messages

Interoperability error messages

Enabling OpenFlow

Enabling OpenFlow when Meshing is enabled will result in an error message similar to the following.

OpenFlow cannot be enabled when Meshing is configured.

Enabling meshing

Enabling meshing when OpenFlow is enabled will result in an error message similar to the following.

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