Considerations and limitations – Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Software Defined Networking (SDN) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual

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Overview of OpenFlow

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The following per port counters are available in the flow table:

The following table lists the per-flow counters available:

Considerations and limitations

Brocade devices support version 1.0.0 of the OpenFlow protocol. Consider the following points
when you configure OpenFlow on devices.

OpenFlow must be enabled globally on the device before you can enable interfaces for
OpenFlow.

You must explicitly enable or disable OpenFlow on each interface using the CLI commands.
You cannot use a range of ports to enable OpenFlow on them.

TABLE 5

OpenFlow counters supported on devices

Counter

Description

Brocade MLX
Series
Brocade
NetIron XMR

Brocade
NetIron CER
Brocade
NetIron CES

Received packets

Number of packets received on the port

Yes

Yes

Transmitted packets

Number of packets transmitted from the port

Yes

Yes

Received bytes

Number of bytes received on the port

Yes

No

Transmitted bytes

Number of bytes transmitted from the port

Yes

Yes

Receive drops

Number of received packets dropped on the port
because the packets did not match any rules

Yes

Yes

Transmit drops

Number of transmit packets dropped on the egress
port

Yes

Yes

Receive errors

Number of errors detected on the port on received
packets

Yes

Yes

Transmit errors

Number of errors detected on the port on transmitted
packets

Yes

Yes

Receive frame alignment
errors

Number of frame alignment errors detected on
packets received on the port

Yes

No

Receive overrun errors

Number of packets that caused overrun in the receive
buffer on the port

Yes

No

Receive CRC errors

Number of packets received on the port that had CRC
errors

Yes

No

Collisions

Number of collisions recorded on the port

Yes

No

TABLE 6

Per-flow OpenFlow counters supported

Counter

Description

Brocade MLX
Series
Brocade
NetIron XMR

Brocade
NetIron CER
Brocade
NetIron CES

Received packets

Number of packets received per flow

Yes

Yes

Received bytes

Number of bytes received per flow

Only on
8x10G or
100G cards

No

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