Flow Types; Acl Flows; L3 Flows - Dell Force10 Software Defined Networking Deployment Manual

Flow Types

Dell Force10 switches support four types of flows:
• Access Control List (ACL)
• L2
• L3
• Learning Bridge (LB)
The following sections describe the mandatory match fields, optional match fields, mandatory actions, and optional
actions for each flow type.

ACL Flows

Parameter Type Parameters
Mandatory match None; any of the match parameters can be wildcards.
fields
Optional match fields All 12 match fields defined in OpenFlow (OF) 1.0 are supported.
Mandatory actions None.
Optional actions
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NOTE: For output action limitations, refer to

L3 Flows

Parameter Type Parameters
Mandatory match
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fields
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set_vlan_id
set_vlan_pcp
set_dl_src (set src-mac)
set_dl_dst (set dst-mac)
set_nw_tos
output to one or more switch ports
You must specify dl_dst (dst-mac) as the switch's port mac.
You must specify dl_type (ether-type) as 0x800.
OF 1.0 Support.
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