Openflow, Chapter 1, Chapter – Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Software Defined Networking (SDN) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual
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Chapter
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OpenFlow
Table 2
lists the individual Brocade NetIron devices and the OpenFlow features they support.
Multi-Service IronWare SDN Configuration Guide
TABLE 2
Supported Brocade OpenFlow features
Features
supported
Brocade
NetIron XMR
Series
Brocade
MLX Series
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package
Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package
Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Base
package
Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package
OpenFlow
v1.0.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OpenFlow
enabled on
per-port basis
(Hybrid switch
mode)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OpenFlow Layer
3 Hybrid Port
Mode
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Maximum
number of flows
supported
per-port
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
4096
OpenFlow
scaling
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Maximum
number of flows
supported
per-system
128K
64K
4K
4K
4K
32K
32K
Support for
hybrid port
mode with
protected
VLANS and
unprotacted
VLANs on VPLS
endpoint ports
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Layer 2
OpenFlow
match rules
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Layer 3
OpenFlow
match rules
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No