On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 04:28:01PM +0100, Luke Hengstenberg wrote: > Hi there, > Hoping someone on the mailing list can share their expertise regarding the > use of OpenFlow experimenter. > For my SDN related masters thesis to work I need to make a substantial > number of extensions to OpenFlow. These extensions are necessary to define > new messages, actions etc sent between the floodlight controller and OVS > switches. > In the OpenFlow documentation an “Experimenter ID” is needed which is said > to be either a vendors IEEE OUI or assigned by the ONF. As an MSc student I > do not have a valid IEEE OUI to generate this ID from and am yet to receive > a response from the ONF regarding assignment of my own ID. > Would use of an “unofficial” Experimenter ID that I choose myself work as > long as I change the configuration files in the controller and switches or > will a bad Experimenter error always be thrown? > Should I try different ID’s until one works or is it better to cut my > losses and change the focus of my masters? > I need to find out if a work around is possible so I do not waste any more > time on this.
It's not a real problem. I would just pick a random number and use it. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
