Configuring OpenFlow instances

Configuring OpenFlow Instances with Multiple VLANs

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that the OpenFlow instance VLAN membership be identical throughout the controlled network topology. If an OpenFlow instance contains a set of VLANs on one switch, then neighboring switches should also have an OpenFlow instance with the same set of VLANs. For network topologies that contain both ProVision and Comware OpenFlow instances, configure the ProVision aggregate mode and Comware Openflow instances to contain all VLANs.

You should untag inter-switch links in the OpenFlow instance VLANs. Alternatively, you can tag these links in the OpenFlow instance VLANs. Default the untagged traffic to one of the OpenFlow instance VLANs.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends the following mixed ProVision/Comware topology switch configuration:

  • ProVision – ProVision

    Instance: Aggregate OpenFlow instance on all switches or virtualized only instances on all switches

    Interface: Any valid configuration

  • ProVision – Comware

    Instance: ProVision Aggregate, Comware group = all

    Interface: Comware interswitch link port PVID in OpenFlow instance

  • Comware – Comware

    Instance: Consistent OpenFlow instance VLAN configuration throughout topology

    Interface: Interswitch link port PVID in OpenFlow VLAN