ofdatapath should be running as well. Probably it failed to start due to a configuration error. Restart openflow and look at the messages (/etc/init.d/openflow restart).
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1...@gmail.com>wrote: > thanks man this is wat i wanted > > > On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Dan Talayco <dan.tala...@bigswitch.com>wrote: > >> Traditionally, ofdatapath was the component that did the data path >> forwarding. It was plumbed with data plane interfaces and received and >> forwarded packets. >> >> ofprotocol was the component that managed the connection to the openflow >> controller. >> >> As directives that updated the forwarding data path tables were received >> by ofprotocol, they were forwarded to ofdatapath; in the case where >> ofdatapath is/was a kernel module, this was done with a netlink socket >> pretty much just forwarding the appropriate OpenFlow messages across the >> link. >> >> Shameless plug: The Indigo-2 architecture uses a simliar functional >> decomposition, but between the connection management functionality >> (OFConnectionManager) and the forwarding component, it defines the >> OFStateManager. An API is defined between OFStateManager and Forwarding >> which is closer to an object model (it's in C). The OFStateManager >> provides database-like query functionality for the flow table which has >> different optimization criteria than the requirements that come from the >> forwarding component (either fast packet lookups for a virtual switch, or >> ASIC specific hardware table management mechanisms for a physical switch). >> >> -Dan >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I want to know wat these two daemons do, >>> >>> ofdatapath >>> ofprotocol >>> >>> I asume ofdatapath is the forwarding plane of openflow protocol and >>> listens on tcp:6634 >>> >>> ofprotcol is teh control plane of the control which could be local or >>> remote port, >>> >>> now on openwrt i must have ofdatapath be running all the time and it >>> should conect to ofprotocol on port 6633 either local or global. >>> >>> my openwrt is not running ofdatapath. >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openflow-discuss mailing list >>> openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > openflow-discuss mailing list > openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss > >
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