Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Software Defined Networking (SDN) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 14)

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Overview of OpenFlow
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The Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR devices support enabling ports in either Layer 2
or Layer 3 mode. The Brocade NetIron CER and Brocade NetIron CES devices support Layer 2 mode
by default (OpenFlow Layer 3 mode configuration on a port is currently not supported on these
devices).
OpenFlow actions
Each OpenFlow flow table entry contains the list of actions to be performed when a packet
matches the flow entry. These actions are defined by the OpenFlow Controller.
Packets that do not match any flow entry are dropped by default. The Brocade implementation
supports an option to send such packets to the controller. Refer to
“Configuring the default action” .
TABLE 3 OpenFlow match rules
Match rule Brocade MLX Series
Brocade NetIron XMR Brocade NetIron CER
Brocade NetIron CES
Port enabled for Layer 2 mode Yes Yes
Source port Yes Yes
Source or destination MAC
address Yes
These devices support either source
or destination MAC address, or a
combination of both source and
destination MAC addresses as the
match rule. These devices support either source
MAC or destination MAC address as
the match rule, not both at the same
time. This is a global option to be
configured by the user.
Ether type Yes Yes
VLAN ID Yes Yes
VLAN priority Yes Yes
Untagged packets Yes Yes
Port enabled for Layer 3 mode Yes No
Ether type (Supports matching
to Ether type value 0x88CC
LLDP only; supports only ‘send
to controller’ as the action) Yes No
Ether type (Supports matching
to Ether type ARP value;
supports only ‘send to
controller’ as the action) Yes No
Source port Yes No
VLAN ID Yes No
VLAN priority Yes No
Source IP address Yes No
Destination IP address Yes No
Protocol type Yes No
IP TOS bits Yes No
TCP or UDP source port Yes No
TCP or UDP destination port Yes No