Displaying the openflow status – Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Software Defined Networking (SDN) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual
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Configuring OpenFlow
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Syntax: show openflow
Displaying the OpenFlow status
If OpenFlow is enabled on a device, you can get detailed report of the OpenFlow status on that
device.
Brocade NetIron CER and Brocade NetIron CES devices:
On these devices, only Layer 2 matching mode is supported on the interfaces.
Brocade(config)# show openflow interface
Port
Link Port-State Speed
Tag MAC
OF-portid Name
Mode
1/1
Up
Forward
1G
No
0000.00b4.89c1
1
Layer2
1/2
Up
Forward
1G
No
0000.00b4.89c2
2
Layer2
1/3
Up
Forward
1G
No
0000.00b4.89c3
3
Layer2
Brocade MLX Series and Brocade NetIron XMR devices:
Brocade(config)# show openflow interface
Port Link Port-State Speed Tag MAC OF-portid Name
Mode
1/5 Up Forward 1G No 0000.0088.0904 5 OpenFlow-A Layer2
1/7 Up Forward 1G No 0000.0088.0906 7 OpenFlow-B Layer3
1/8 Up Forward 1G No 0000.0088.0907 8 OpenFlow-C Layer3
2/1
Up Forward 1G Yes 0000.0088.0916 49
OpenFlow-E Layer2
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Output fields of the show openflow interface command
In addition, you can use the show interface command at the interface level. If OpenFlow is enabled
on the interface, the OpenFlow status is indicated in the output.
Brocade(config-if-e1000-1/1)# show interfaces
GigabitEthernet1/1 is down, line protocol is down
STP Root Guard is disabled, STP BPDU Guard is disabled
Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 0000.0034.5060 (bia 0000.0034.5060)
Configured speed auto, actual unknown, configured duplex fdx, actual unknown
Field
Description
Port
Indicates the port number on the device.
Link
Indicates the link status.
Port-State
Indicates the action to be performed on packets that reach the interface. Supported
actions include forward the packet, modify the VLAN tag, drop the packet, and send to
the controllers.
Speed
Indicates the port speed.
Tag
Indicates whether the interface can accept tagged packets or not.
MAC
Indicates the MAC address of the port.
OF-PortID
Indicates the OpenFlow port ID that is assigned to the port on the device. Port
numbers on the device are mapped to OpenFlow port IDs. For more information, see
“Behavior of ports and devices”
Name
Indicates the name assigned to the port.
Mode
Indicates the OpenFlow mode enabled on the port. Ports on Brocade NetIron CER and
Brocade NetIron CES devices support only Layer 2 mode. Ports on Brocade MLX Series
and Brocade NetIron XMR devices support either Layer 2 or Layer 3 mode.