On 05.10.2012 19:17 Ben Pfaff said the following: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 09:48:08AM +0200, Michael Steiger wrote: >> I am currently using a hardware switch which is running openvswitch 1.2.2 >> >> If I set a new openflow controller using ovs-vsctl set-controller the >> connection is instantly available. >> >> What I am wondering though is the value of dpid. >> >> The MAC address of the management interface of the switch is >> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:7D:7B:68:7B:C7 >> >> But the dpid the controller (floodlight) receives is >> DPID[00:00:04:7d:7b:68:7b:c6] >> >> The dpid is always exactly minus one of the MAC address. >> >> The OpenFlow 1.0 specification says >> "The datapath_id field uniquely identi es a datapath. The lower 48 bits >> are intended for the switch MAC address, while the top 16 bits are up to >> the implementer." > > This isn't behavior that I would expect from Open vSwitch. I think > you'll have to ask your switch vendor.
Thanks! I will contact the vendor Michael _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
