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Configuring OpenFlow
Overview
OpenFlow switch
OpenFlow port
OpenFlow instance
OpenFlow flow table
Group table
Meter table
OpenFlow channel
Protocols and standards
OpenFlow configuration task list
Configuring OpenFlow instances
Creating an OpenFlow instance
Configuring the OpenFlow instance scope
Configuring flow tables for an OpenFlow instance
Setting the controller mode
Setting the maximum number of flow entries for an extensibility flow table
Configuring inband management VLANs
Configuring OpenFlow to forbid MAC address learning
Preventing an OpenFlow instance from reporting the specified types of ports to controllers
Configuring the default action of table-miss flow entries
Setting the datapath ID
Activating or reactivating an OpenFlow instance
Configuring controllers for an OpenFlow switch
Configuring controllers and main connections
Setting the connection interruption mode
Setting OpenFlow timers
Configuring an OpenFlow instance to support dynamic MAC addresses
Enabling packet loss prevention for OpenFlow forwarding
Creating a highest-priority flow entry for dropping slow protocol packets
Enabling an OpenFlow instance to perform QinQ tagging for double-tagged packets passing an extensibility flow table
Setting a DSCP value for OpenFlow packets
Allowing link aggregation member ports to be in the deployed flow tables
Enabling OpenFlow connection backup
Shutting down an interface by OpenFlow
Enabling loop guard for an OpenFlow instance
Displaying and maintaining OpenFlow
OpenFlow configuration example
Network requirements
Configuration procedure
Verifying the configuration
Appendixes
Appendix A Application restrictions
Matching restrictions
Instruction restrictions
Restrictions for merging the action list into the action set
Packet-out messages restrictions
Packet-in messages restrictions
LLDP frame matching
Flow table modification messages restrictions
Appendix B MAC-IP flow table
Capabilities supported by the MAC-IP flow table
MAC-IP flow table restrictions
Table-miss flow entry of MAC-IP flow tables
Dynamic aware
MAC-IP flow table cooperating with extensibility flow table
Document conventions and icons
Conventions
Network topology icons
Support and other resources
Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support
Accessing updates
Websites
Customer self repair
Remote support
Documentation feedback