Configuration

Overview

You can use an NFM-P GUI or OSS client to configure an OpenFlow switch on a 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, or 7950 XRS that has an IOM3.

As part of the OpenFlow switch configuration, an NFM-P operator defines one or more controllers using the IPv4 address of the NFM-P OpenFlow communication interface. The operator also specifies the ports that the switch uses to forward traffic; each port connects to an MPLS-TP or RSVP-TE LSP. IPv4 or IPv6 ACL filters that the operator creates are embedded in the switch logic, and flow entries specify the action to perform on matching packets.

Note the following:

• An IPv6 OpenFlow switch is configurable only on an NE in chassis mode D that has mixed mode enabled.

• SR-TE LSP is not supported for OpenFlow.