H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center - Manual (Page 55)

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The flow entry management module of SDNM is used to view, query, add, modify, and delete flow
entries, which helps when making OpenFlow forwarding rules.
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Viewing the flow entry list
1. Click the Service tab.
2. From the navigation tree, select VAN SDN Manager > Flow Management > OF Entry.
Flow entry list contents
{
Table ID—ID of the flow table to which the flow entry belongs.
{
Match Field—Match fields of the flow entry. For more information about match fields, see
"
Match fields ."
{
Priority—Matching precedence of the flow entry. A flow entry with a higher priority matches
first.
{
Hard Timeout—Lifetime of the flow entry after it is added to a flow table. When the hard timeout
expires, the flow entry is automatically deleted.
{
Idle Timeout—Maximum idle time of the flow entry. If the flow entry matches no packet within
the idle timeout, it is automatically deleted.
{
DPID—DPID of the OpenFlow instance to which the flow entry belongs. A DPID uniquely
identifies an OpenFlow instance. Click the DPID to view detailed information about the
OpenFlow instance. For more information about OpenFlow instance details, see " Managing an
OpenFlow instance on the OpenFlow instance details page ."
{
Creation Time—Time when the flow entry is created.
{
View Topology—Click the Topology icon to view the topology of the OpenFlow instance on
the OpenFlow topology management page. For more information about OpenFlow topology,
see " Managing the logical topology ."
{
Details—Click the Details icon to view detailed information about the flow entry. For more
information about flow entry details, see " Viewing flow entry details ."
{
Modify—Click the Modify icon to modify the flow entry. For more information about the
configuration procedure, see " Modifying a flow entry ."
{
Delete—Click the Delete icon to delete the flow entry.
Querying flow entries by using a basic query
1. Access the flow entry list page.
2. In the query box on the top right of the flow entry list area, enter a partial or complete DPID.
3. Click the Query icon .
The flow entry list displays all flow entries that match the query criterion.