Internet Engineering Task Force E.H. Haleplidis
Internet-Draft University of Patras
Intended status: Informational O.C. Cherkaoui
Expires: October 27, 2013 University of Quebec in Montreal
S.H. Hares
Huawei
W.M.W. Wang
Zhejiang Gongshang University
April 25, 2013
Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) OpenFlow Model
Library
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Abstract
This document describes the OpenFlow switch in Logical Function
Blocks (LFBs) used in the Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES). The LFB classes are defined according to the ForCES
Forwading Element (FE) model and ForCES protocol specifications. The
library includes the descriptions of the OpenFlow LFBs and the XML
definitions.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. ForCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. OpenFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. OpenFlow ForCES library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1. OpenFlow Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2. ForCES-based OpenFlow Specification . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. OpenFlow Base Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1. Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1.1. Atomic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1.2. Compound Struct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1.3. Compound Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2. Frame Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3. MetaData Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5. OpenFlow LFBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1. OpenFlowSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1.1. Data Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1.2. Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1.3. Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.1.4. Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.2. OFFlowTables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2.1. Data Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2.2. Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.2.3. Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.2.4. Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.3. OFGroupTable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.3.1. Data Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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