[ovs-discuss] Why does'nt OVS flood ARP packets when connected to POX?

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 04:17:43PM +0200, Azouni Abdelhadi wrote:
> I have ovs connecting two hosts and connected to POX controller. When I
> send an ARP request from host1 to an unknown host, OVS send a packet-in to
> POX. POx responds with a packet-out with action: flood on all physical
> ports except those blocked by STP. By sniffing the physical ports not
> blocked by STP I do'nt see any ARP packets.
> (same problem when connected to floodlight)
> 
> PS. OVS floods ARP packets when connected to Opendaylight

I guess that OpenDaylight and the other controllers must be doing
different things.  Perhaps you should figure out what.