Restrictions for merging the action list into the action set

The switch follows the following restrictions to merge the action list into the action set:

• When the action set and the action list do not contain the Output or Group action:

  • If the actions in the action set do not overlap with the actions in the action list, the switch merges the action list into the action list.

  • If the actions in the action set overlap with the actions in the action list, actions in the action list are replaced with the actions in the action set.

• When the action set and the action list contain the Output action or the Group action:

  • If both the action list and the action set contain an Output action, the Output action in the action list takes precedence over the Output action in the action set. The Output action in the action list does not modify the packet. The Output action in the action set is executed at the last step of the pipeline processing to modify the packet.

  • If either the action list or the action set contains an Output action, the port specified by the Output action is treated as the output port of the packet. The actions are executed in the order defined by the action set rules.

  • If the action list contains an Output action the action set contains a Group action, the Output action does not modify the packet and the Group action is executed.