It's possible. If I were you, I try to check if what's happening on the wire.
i.e. OF messages and packtes on the wire between switches.

thanks,

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 06:13:41PM -0700, Marvin Dsouza wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unfortunately that didnt work. I also tried changing the in_port to OFPP_LOCAL
> but without success. 
> Is this even possible? Can we initiate sending a packet from the controller to
> the switch with an action?
> 
> Thanks,
> Marvin D.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Isaku Yamahata <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Probably you want to use OFPP_ALL instead of OFPP_FLOOD.
> 
>     thanks,
> 
>     On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:43:08AM -0700, Marvin Dsouza wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I need a functionality where I send a packet from the controller to the
>     switch
>     > (not in response to a packetIn Event) when the switch connects to the
>     > controller. And The switch should flood this packet to its neighbors.
>     >
>     > This is the flood neighbors method :
>     >
>     
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     > def flood_neighbours(self, dp):
>     >         dpid = dp.id
>     >         ofproto = dp.ofproto
>     >
>     >         out_port = ofproto.OFPP_FLOOD
>     >
>     >         actions = [dp.ofproto_parser.OFPActionOutput(out_port)]
>     >         msg_data = 'type1' + '|' + str(dpid)
>     >
>     >         out = dp.ofproto_parser.OFPPacketOut(
>     >             datapath=dp,buffer_id=0xffffffff,in_port=
>     > ofproto.OFPP_CONTROLLER,actions=actions,data=msg_data)
>     >         print 'Flooding neighbours, Switch:%s',dpid
>     >         dp.send_msg(out)
>     >
>     
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     >
>     > This runs without any errors but does not seem to send any packet or
>     atleast
>     > doesn't invoke the packetIn handler. I would like to invoke the packetIn
>     > handler so that I can learn the input ports for the connected switch.
>     >
>     > Any help is appreciated.
>     > --
>     > Thanks and Regards,
>     >
>     > Marvin D'souza
>     > 408-429-0257
> 
>     >
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> 
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