[ovs-discuss] openflow protocol

[selen jia]

hi

thanks for clearing..

selen

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:

> It isn't really a layer 2 protocol (it's carried over layer 4), but it
> allows you to program a switch to make decisions on the traffic it sees
> based on layer 2 headers (as well as other headers and metadata such as the
> ingress port).  For example, you could tell the switch if it sees a
> particular MAC address to always forward it out a particular port so that
> learning isn't required.
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 8:38 AM, selen jia <selen764 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > Please explain so that my doubt z clear. i still didint got why is it
> layer 2 protocol.
> >
> > selen
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> wrote:
> > You are correct that OpenFlow defines flow table entries that describe
> layers 2, 3, and 4.  You are also correct that the OpenFlow protocol is
> carried in TCP/SSL, but that is completely independent of the behavior that
> it is describing of the flow table.
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> >
> > On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:41 PM, selen jia <selen764 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Openflow is named as layer 2 protocol everywhere but as per my
> knowledge it works on l2 l3 and l4 fields and uses ssl or tls session which
> is on layer 4.
> > >
> > > Can someone clear my doubts plzzz.
> > >
> > > selen
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> >
> >
>
>
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