[ovs-dev] [GIT PULL v2] Open vSwitch

Jamal Hadi Salim jhs at mojatatu.com
Mon Nov 28 15:32:36 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-11-28 at 07:27 -0800, Martin Casado wrote:

> This is a common misunderstanding about OpenFlow.  It does not require 
> the first packet of each flow to go to the controller.  

I am reading this to mean that the switch CPU will resolve things?
Typically those tend to be tiny cpus.

> In fact, no 
> production system I'm aware of does this.  Generally OpenFlow-based 
> solutions targeted at large environments (e.g. data center, or WAN)  
> send only traditional control traffic to the controller (e.g. BGP or 
> OSPF), or none at all.

Even OSPF or BGP  would be problematic imo if the architecture doesnt
allow prioritization of some form towards the controller.

cheers,
jamal





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