[ovs-discuss] how to communicate witch OVS remotely witch openflow

[faicker mo]

On 2012-5-23, at 下午11:58, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:12:34PM +0800, faicker mo wrote:
>> I want to control the OVS with openflow remotely.
>> 
>> I found this way is OK:
>> -------
>> ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 ptcp:
>> ovs-ofctl show tcp:192.168.8.125
>> ------
>> But I find it didn't  use the openflow.
> 
> Yes, it did.  What do you mean?
> 
>> how can I control OVS with open flow remotely?
> 
> You just did, with ovs-ofctl.
> 
>> I find ovsdb-client uses the openflow. Is this the right way?
> 
> ovsdb-client does not use OpenFlow.
> 
> What are you actually trying to accomplish?

I'm sorry for my misunderstanding. We can use JSON-RPC to control the OVS.  Can I control the OVS's flows in a better way? Ovs-ofctl send messages not human-readable. 
Frankly speaking, I need API to control the OVS include flows. Of course, command is  an alternative.
Thanks very much.