Thank  you for your reply.
When I change the switch into router, it will have many ports. Can I get
MAC address of every port ?

2011/7/13 Junlong <[email protected]>

> I think you mean that how to get the MAC address for a port within the
> switch. According to the Spec_v1.1, it's defined in ofp_port structure which
> can be  sent to the controller in an OFPT_FEATURES_REPLY message(A.3.1
> Handshake)
>
> /* Switch features. */
> struct ofp_switch_features {
> struct ofp_header header;
> uint64_t datapath_id;
> /* Datapath unique ID. The lower 48-bits are for
> a MAC address, while the upper 16-bits are
> implementer-defined. */
> uint32_t n_buffers; /* Max packets buffered at once. */
> uint8_t n_tables; /* Number of tables supported by datapath. */
> uint8_t pad[3]; /* Align to 64-bits. */
> /* Features. */ /* Bitmap of support "ofp_capabilities". */
> uint32_t capabilities;
> uint32_t reserved;
> /* Port info.*/
> struct ofp_port ports[0];
> /* Port definitions. The number of ports
> is inferred from the length field in
> the header. */
> };
> OFP_ASSERT(sizeof(struct ofp_switch_features) == 32);
>
>
> BTW,  in the following paragraph, it says:
> The datapath_id field uniquely identifies a datapath. The lower 48 bits are
> intended for the switch MAC
> address, while the top 16 bits are up to the implementer.
>
> So it can also help you to "get the MAC address of switch"
>
>
>   On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:19 PM, hzy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   I am doing excercise “Create Router” on web
>> http://www.openflow.org/wk/index.php/OpenFlow_Tutorial#Create_Router
>> I am running into trouble, when I am dealing with ARP.
>> When the controller receives a arp request, it first check the arp table
>> to get destinate MAC address. If the check is succeed, the controller
>> contructs a arp reply back to the host sending the arp request. If not, the
>>  controller should flood the arp request.(If this process is not correct,
>> please tell me.)
>>
>> My question is that, when I flood the arp request, I need to change the
>> source MAC address to the switch's(the switch receiving the arp request).
>> How can I get the MAC address of switch?
>> (is there a parameter? something like "dpid" mark the switch id.)
>>
>> Thanks
>> -hzy
>>
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>
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>
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>
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