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14 Brocade MLX Series and NetIron Family Documentation Updates
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Hybrid port mode OpenFlow
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Hybrid port mode OpenFlow
TABLE 5 Supported devices for hybrid port mode OpenFlow
OpenFlow hybrid-enabled ports support both OpenFlow traffic forwarding and normal routing traffic
forwarding. OpenFlow hybrid-enabled ports support "protected VLANs" and "unprotected VLANs”.
Protected VLANs are not subject to defined OpenFlow flows on the OpenFlow hybrid port mode
ports. OpenFlow flows on a hybrid port mode port will not match any traffic on protected VLANs.
Unprotected VLANs are subject to defined OpenFlow flows on the OpenFlow hybrid-port-mode port.
OpenFlow flows on a hybrid-port-mode port are allowed to match on the traffic of unprotected
VLANs.
Figure 2 shows a topology in which port 1/1 on Device-1 and port 1/4 on Device-2 are
hybrid-port-mode OpenFlow ports with VLAN 10 as a configured protected VLAN. By configuring a
virtual ethernet on a protected VLAN 10 and assigning an address to route the traffic of the nodes,
you are able to send protected VLAN traffic between the nodes and route the traffic as per the
routing table. Traffic flowing on other VEs created on top of other VLANs (the unprotected VLANs )
treated as unprotected VLAN traffic and is subject to OpenFlow rules lookup. OpenFlow traffic can
be forwarded through this port.
FIGURE 2 Hybrid port mode OpenFlow topology
Features
supported
Brocade
NetIron
XMR Series
Brocade
MLX Series
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package
Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
BASE
package
Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package
Hybrid port
mode
OpenFlow
Yes Yes No No No No No