This is just a question, not a critic. Doesn't the OpenFlow standard stipulates that it is the Switch that must connect to a Controller, and not the other way around?
Carlos Ferreira On 4 October 2017 at 00:42, Iwase Yusuke <iwase.yusu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > As far as I know, Ryu does not provide such feature (only do wait incoming > connection like server). > Would you share us if you have any use-case or situation where Ryu must act > as a client? > If there are useful use-cases, better to implement it, I guess! > > Thanks, > Iwase > > > > On 2017年10月04日 07:16, Matthew Moskowitz wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> By default when a Ryu application is started, it is listening for a >> connection request that comes from the switch. (For instance, using ovs, you >> would run ovs-vsctl set-controller to tell it where to talk to the Ryu >> application). However, OpenvSwitch can also behave like a server and wait >> for a request from an openflow controller. >> >> Is there an existing setting that allows a Ryu application act as a client >> such that the Ryu app will make the initial request to connect with the >> openflow switch? >> >> Thanks, >> Matt >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ryu-devel mailing list >> Ryu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ryu-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Ryu-devel mailing list > Ryu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ryu-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Ryu-devel mailing list Ryu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ryu-devel
