On Apr 14, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Bertrand Bonnefoy-Claudet wrote:

> I've been through the tutorial up to the multiple switches part
> (http://www.openflow.org/wk/index.php/OpenFlow_Tutorial#Support_Multiple_Switches)
> and I don't understand what is meant by the following sentence:
> 
>    Now, modify your switch so that it stores a MAC-to-port table for each 
> DPID.
> 
> First I think I haven't come across any mention of what a DPID is
> (though I figured that out) and my controller seems to do the job very
> well already (POX creates one instance of the Tutorial class per
> switch, each having its own MAC table).
> 
> Maybe it is because it is needed for other controllers and not the one
> I used (POX). In that case, maybe that would be worth mentioning?

I think your guess is probably correct -- it's probably true that I did it this 
way when I wrote the POX version, and the NOX version probably didn't.

I also think you're right and it'd be nice to make a note about this.  I'd do 
it, but am backlogged for the next few days.  It's a wiki; I think you can do 
it yourself. :)

-- Murphy
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