HP OpenFlow 1.3 Administrator Guide Wired Switches K/KA/KB/WB 15.15
Figure 9 IP control table mode
Table 3 Device modes and OpenFlow table model
Actions in
Hardware (Nov
2013)
Matching abilityNumber of tablesTable ModelSwitch ModeOpenflow
Protocol Version
Same as 15_10Same as 15_101Single table onlyCompatible Mode
–
“allow-v1-modules”
V1.0
(V1 and V2) acts
as V1
Same as 15_10Full 12 tuple match
in policy engine
1Single table onlyNon Compatible
Mode – “no
allow-v1-modules”
V1.0
Plus new actions –
rewrite VLAN ID,
(V2 only) act as
V2
rewrite MAC
address, forward
to multiple ports
Same as 15_10Same as 15_101 policy engine +
1 software
Standard MatchCompatible Mode
(V1 and V2) acts
as V1
V1.3
Same as 15_10Full 12 tuple match
in policy engine
1 policy engine +
1 software
Standard MatchNon-Compatible
Mode
V1.3
Plus new actions -
rewrite VLAN ID,(V2 only) act as
V2 rewrite MAC
address, forward
to multiple ports
Same as 15_10{src. VLAN, src. IP,
dst. IP} in IP control
table +
1 IP control table
+ 3 policy engine
tables (IP control
IP Control ModeNon-Compatible
Mode
(V2 only) act as
V2
V1.3
Plus new actions
in - rewrite VLAN
ID, rewrite MAC
Full 12 tuple match
in policy engine
table match, IP
control table
miss, Non-IP)+1
software
address, forward
to multiple ports
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