[ovs-discuss] how to implement "add flow"
Kai Ma (kaima)
kaima at cisco.com
Tue May 3 01:19:48 UTC 2016
Many thanks
On 5/3/16, 1:56 AM, "Ben Pfaff" <blp at ovn.org> wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:21:24PM +0000, Kai Ma (kaima) wrote:
>> > 在 2016年4月28日,下午10:01,Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> 写道:
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 01:50:31PM +0000, Kai Ma (kaima) wrote:
>> >>> 在 2016年4月28日,下午9:36,Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org> 写道:
>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 08:32:32AM +0000, Kai Ma (kaima) wrote:
>> >>>> In OVS-ofctl.c line616, transact_multiple_noreply(), the function
>>will
>> >>>> send all flow requrest to where?
>> >>>
>> >>> To the OpenFlow switch specified on the command line.
>> >> Can you please show me the which command line?
>> >
>> > The ovs-ofctl command line. ovs-ofctl is a standalone, command-line
>> > utility.
>> Sure, I tried ova-ofctl cli, just want to know how to specify open
>>flow switch by cli.
>
>The manpage says:
>
> Most of these commands take an argument that specifies the method
> for
> connecting to an OpenFlow switch. The following connection
>methods are
> supported:
>
> ssl:ip[:port]
> tcp:ip[:port]
> The specified port on the host at the given ip,
>which
> must be expressed as an IP address (not a DNS
>name) in
> IPv4 or IPv6 address format. Wrap IPv6
>addresses in
> square brackets, e.g. tcp:[::1]:6653. For ssl,
> the
> --private-key, --certificate, and --ca-cert options
> are
> mandatory.
>
> If port is not specified, it defaults to 6653.
>
> unix:file
> On POSIX, a Unix domain server socket named file.
>
> On Windows, a localhost TCP port written in file.
>
> file This is short for unix:file, as long as file
>does not
> contain a colon.
>
> bridge This is short for
>unix:/var/run/openvswitch/bridge.mgmt,
> as long as bridge does not contain a colon.
>
> [type@]dp
> Attempts to look up the bridge associated with
>dp and
> open as above. If type is given, it specifies the
>data‐
> path provider of dp, otherwise the default provider
>sys‐
> tem is assumed.
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