In order to configure the listener port on the HP you should do something like:

openflow <vlan> listener ptcp:<port>

Then you should be able to dpctl the switch. Though a word of warning,
now everyone else can too :P .

Aaron

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Murphy McCauley <jam...@nau.edu> wrote:
> This sounds like a switch configuration issue; you might try whatever support 
> channels HP provides.
>
> Is NOX configured to listen for connections on whatever port you set the 
> switches to connect to?
>
> -- Murphy
>
> On Feb 28, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Elias Marti Paz-Rudolph wrote:
>
>> I am using HP ProCurve 3500 yl switches. i have configured the switch to 
>> listen on port 6633.
>> I am using ipv4 addresses. I also configured the switch to point to my nox 
>> controller. I was using dpctl to see if the switches connect and they dont. 
>> I am using Ubuntu to run NOX
>>
>> --Elias
>> On Feb 28, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Murphy McCauley <jam...@nau.edu> wrote:
>>
>> "OpenFlow version 2.02" doesn't mean anything to me.  What kind of switches 
>> are you using?
>>
>> What IP address are you using with dpctl?  The switch?  In general, switches 
>> make active connections (they initiate a connection to the controller/NOX), 
>> so it's not listening on port 6633.  Sometimes switches can also be 
>> configured to listen too, but it depends on the switch and on the 
>> configuration.
>>
>> More to the point, you say that you're trying to get NOX to send messages to 
>> the switch, but dpctl doesn't have anything to do with that.  Have you 
>> configured the switches to connect to the IP that you're running NOX on?  If 
>> you run NOX and set it to listen for connections, do the switches connect?  
>> What commandline are you running NOX with?
>>
>> -- Murphy
>>
>> On Feb 28, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Elias Marti Paz-Rudolph wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am in the beginning stages of implementing an OpenFlow network. I believe 
>> i have configured my switch correctly. I am trying to get NOX to send 
>> messages to the switch.
>> When i send
>>
>> dpctl dump-tables tcp:xxx.xx.xx.xxx:6633
>>
>> i get a connection refused message back.
>>
>> I am using NOX version 0.9.0
>>
>> and OpenFlow version  2.02
>>
>> Can you help me this is?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Elias
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Elias Paz
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