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OpenFlow Cookbook

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OpenFlow Cookbook

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OpenFlow Cookbook
Apr, 2015 | 292 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. OpenFlow Channel Connection Establishment (Part 1)
1. OpenFlow Channel Connection Establishment (Part 1)
Introduction
Connection setup on TCP and TLS
Connection setup with multiple controllers
Setting the role of the communication channel towards a controller
Establishing an auxiliary connection to the controller
Handling a handshake message from the controller
Handling a switch configuration message from the controller
Connection interruption procedures
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1. OpenFlow Channel Connection Establishment (Part 2)
1. OpenFlow Channel Connection Establishment (Part 2)
Introduction
Connection setup on TCP and TLS
Multiple controllers managing a switch with different roles
Setting the role of a controller's communication channel
Auxiliary connection establishment
Sending a handshake message to the switch
Sending a switch configuration message to the switch
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2. Symmetric Messages and Asynchronous Messages (Part 1)
2. Symmetric Messages and Asynchronous Messages (Part 1)
Sending and processing a hello message
Sending and processing an echo request and a reply message
Sending and processing an error message
Sending and processing an experimenter message
Handling a "Set Asynchronous Configuration message"
Handling a "Get Asynchronous Configuration message" from the controller
Sending a packet-in message to the controller
Sending a flow-removed message to the controller
Sending a port-status message to the controller
Sending a controller role-status message to the controller
Sending a table-status message to the controller
Sending a request-forward message to the controller
Handling a packet-out message from the controller
Handling a barrier message from the controller
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2. Symmetric Messages and Asynchronous Messages (Part 2)
2. Symmetric Messages and Asynchronous Messages (Part 2)
Sending and processing a hello message
Sending and processing an echo request and a reply message
Sending and processing error message
Sending and processing experimenter message
Configuring the switch to send a list of asynchronous events the controller channel is interested in
Fetching the list of possible asynchronous events that can come from the switch to the controller channel
Processing a packet-in asynchronous message from the switch
Processing a flow removed asynchronous message from the switch
Processing a port-status asynchronous message from the switch
Processing the controller role-status message from the switch
Processing a table status asynchronous message from the switch
Processing a request forward message from the switch
Sending a packet-out message to the switch
Sending a barrier message to the switch
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3. Flow Table and Flow Entry Modification Messages (Part 1)
3. Flow Table and Flow Entry Modification Messages (Part 1)
Introduction
Modifying a flow table with eviction enabled
Modifying a flow table with vacancy enabled
Adding a new flow entry to a flow table
Deleting a flow entry in a flow table
Modifying a flow entry in a flow table
Flow table synchronizations
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3. Flow Table and Flow Entry Modification Messages (Part 2)
3. Flow Table and Flow Entry Modification Messages (Part 2)
Introduction
Modifying a flow table with eviction enabled
Modifying a flow table with vacancy enabled
Adding a new flow entry to the flow table
Deleting an entry from a flow table
Modifying an entry in the flow table
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4. Group Table and Meter Table Modification Messages (Part 1)
4. Group Table and Meter Table Modification Messages (Part 1)
Introduction
Adding a new group entry in a group table
Deleting a group entry in a group table
Modifying a group entry in a group table
Adding a new meter in a meter table
Deleting a meter entry
Modifying a meter entry in a meter table
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4. Group Table and Meter Table Modification Messages (Part 2)
4. Group Table and Meter Table Modification Messages (Part 2)
Introduction
Adding a new group entry in a group table
Deleting a group entry in a group table
Modifying a group entry in a group table
Adding a new meter in a meter table
Deleting a meter entry
Modifying a meter entry in a meter table
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5. Handling Multipart Statistics Messages (Part 1)
5. Handling Multipart Statistics Messages (Part 1)
Introduction
Handling a multipart request message to get statistics of an individual flow table entry
Handling a multipart request message to get statistics of a group/aggregate of flow table entry
Handling a multipart request message to get statistics of flow table
Handling a multipart request message to get port statistics
Handling a multipart request message to get port queue statistics
Handling a multipart request message to get meter statistics
Handling a multipart request message to get group statistics
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5. Handling Multipart Statistics Messages (Part 2)
5. Handling Multipart Statistics Messages (Part 2)
Getting statistics of an individual flow table entry using multipart messages
Getting statistics of group/aggregate of flow table entries using multipart messages
Getting statistics of flow table using multipart messages
Getting port statistics using multipart messages
Getting port queue statistics using multipart messages
Getting meter statistics using multipart messages
Getting group statistics using multipart messages
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6. Handling Multipart State Information Messages (Part 1)
6. Handling Multipart State Information Messages (Part 1)
Introduction
Getting information about the switch using multipart messages
Getting group description using multipart messages
Getting group feature using multipart messages
Getting meter configuration using multipart messages
Getting the meter feature using multipart messages
Getting the table feature using multipart messages
Getting port description using multipart messages
Getting table description using multipart messages
Getting queue description using multipart messages
Configuring Flow monitor using multipart messages
Experimenter multipart messages
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6. Handling Multipart State Information Messages (Part 2)
6. Handling Multipart State Information Messages (Part 2)
Introduction
Getting information about the switch using multipart messages
Getting the group description using multipart messages
Getting the group feature using multipart messages
Getting the meter configuration using multipart messages
Getting the meter feature using multipart messages
Getting the table feature using multipart messages
Getting the port description using multipart messages
Getting the table description using multipart messages
Getting the queue description using multipart messages
Configuring the flow monitor using multipart messages
Experimenter multipart message
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7. Handling Bundle Messages (Part 1)
7. Handling Bundle Messages (Part 1)
Introduction
Creation of a bundle
Adding messages to a bundle
Closing a bundle
Committing or executing all the operations inside a bundle
Discarding a bundle
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7. Handling Bundle Messages (Part 2)
7. Handling Bundle Messages (Part 2)
Introduction
Creation of a bundle
Adding messages to a bundle
Closing a bundle
Committing or executing all the operations inside a bundle
Discarding a bundle
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A. Common OpenFlow Headers, Structures, and Error Code
A. Common OpenFlow Headers, Structures, and Error Code
Common OpenFlow headers
Common OpenFlow structures
Common OpenFlow error codes
Common OpenFlow multipart message types
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Index
Index

Sending and processing an echo request and a reply message

Echo request and reply messages are used by both the controller and the switch to maintain and verify the liveliness of the controller-switch connection. Echo messages are also used to calculate the latency and bandwidth of the controller-switch connection.

Tip

On reception of the echo request message, the controller should respond an with echo reply message.

Getting started

To send echo request and reply messages, the TCP/TLS connection establishment procedure defined in the Connection setup on TCP and TLS recipe of Chapter 1, OpenFlow Channel Connection Establishment (Part 1) should be used.

How to do it...

As echo messages are transmitted by both the switch and the controller, the controller should be able to send, receive, and process these messages. The following sections explain these procedures in detail.

Sending the OFPT_ECHO_REQUEST message

The OpenFlow specification doesn't mention how frequently this echo message is to be...

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