2010/3/5 kk yap <[email protected]>

> Hi,
>
> Messenger does exactly that (caveat: I wrote it).  The component is
> available on NOX 0.6 openflow-1.0 branch.
>
> Good. We will try it.


> Would you care to explain your concept of the controller?  My idea of
> controller is very simple, i.e., it controls the network.
>

We share the same idea. Our main doubt is how NOX application access
important information for management decisions, such as CPU feedback from
servers in the Plug-n-Serve load-balancer (implemented by Stanford). Does it
create individual connections with each server? Do connections need to use
the secure channel?

Best regards,

Alex



> Regards
> KK
>
> On 5 March 2010 18:25, Alexandre Passito <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are trying to build a NOX application that uses the API to access the
> > switch datapath. This application should also establish a TCP connection
> > with a host located in the network attached to the switch. Does this type
> of
> > communication between a NOX application and an "outside" host break the
> > concept of the controller? Did someone already try this approach? I think
> it
> > looks like NOX accessing SNMP information from wireless devices attached
> to
> > the switches.
> >
> > Looking for insights,
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alexandre Passito de Queiroz -
> > Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informática -
> > LabCIA - Laboratório de Computação Inteligente e Autonômica -
> > Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Brazil)
> > E-mail institucional: passito at ufam.edu.br
> >
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Alexandre Passito de Queiroz -
Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informática -
LabCIA - Laboratório de Computação Inteligente e Autonômica -
Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Brazil)
E-mail institucional: passito at ufam.edu.br
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