[ovs-dev] Error

[Ben Pfaff]

The error says "Version: 1", so you are still using OpenFlow 1.0.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 02:06:49PM +0000, AMER wrote:
> Hello,
> after upgrading my openvswitch to the latest version still I am facing same error:
> [00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: header:[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error:   version: 1[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error:   type:    1 (OFPT_ERROR)[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error:   length:  76[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error:   xid:     915[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: type: OFPET_FLOW_MOD_FAILED (3)[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: code: OFPFMFC_BAD_EMERG_TIMEOUT (3)[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: datalen: 64[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: 0000: 01 0e 00 48 00 00 03 93  00 10 00 1f 00 00 00 00   |...H............|[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 4e 6f 6e 65 00 00   |..........None..|[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   |................|[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] Error: 0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00   |................|INFO:openflow.of_01:[00-00-00-00-00-01 184] closedINFO:openflow.of_01:[00-00-00-00-00-02 183] closed^CINFO:core:Going down...INFO:openflow.of_01:[00-00-00-00-00-02 187] disconnectedINFO:openflow.of_01:[00-00-00-00-00-03 186] disconnectedINFO:openflow.of_01:[00-00-00-00-00-04 185] disconnectedINFO:core:Down.
> I am using POX with nicira installed in mininet      pox.py openflow.nicira --convert-packet-in forwarding.l2_nx
> Thank you
> 
> 
> Eng Amer Alghadhban
> 
> COE
> 
> SANS-GCFW
> 
> CEH, SCNP, CCNA
> 
> 
> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 08:25:43 -0800
> > From: blp at nicira.com
> > To: amer7777 at hotmail.com
> > CC: dev at openvswitch.org
> > Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] Error
> > 
> > OpenFlow 1.3 is your best bet; it is well supported by OVS and widely
> > supported by other switches too.
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 04:38:40PM +0300, Amer wrote:
> > > Thank you Ben
> > > This means I need to upgrade to a new openflow version, 
> > > Which version you suggest.
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > Amer
> > > 
> > > > On ١٣‏/٠٢‏/٢٠١٥, at ٧:٣٣ م, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:27:48AM +0300, Amer wrote:
> > > >> I am trying to change the size of VLAN tag, I have changed the size
> > > >> parameters in pox and the size of VLAN-tci in
> > > >> openveswitch/datapath/vlan.h and vlan.c
> > > >> 
> > > >> However, I am still receiving the down error, my question is what
> > > >> parameters should I modify in openveswitch code files to extend the
> > > >> vlan tag to 64-bit.
> > > > 
> > > > The error you provided is for OpenFlow 1.0.  OpenFlow 1.0 has a
> > > > fixed-size flow match structure.  Any change you make to a flow match,
> > > > such as to extend the VLAN ID to 64-bit (!), will make the result
> > > > incompatible with every other OpenFlow 1.0 implementation.
> > > > 
>