On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 09:48:08AM +0200, Michael Steiger wrote: > I am currently using a hardware switch which is running openvswitch 1.2.2 > > If I set a new openflow controller using ovs-vsctl set-controller the > connection is instantly available. > > What I am wondering though is the value of dpid. > > The MAC address of the management interface of the switch is > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 04:7D:7B:68:7B:C7 > > But the dpid the controller (floodlight) receives is > DPID[00:00:04:7d:7b:68:7b:c6] > > The dpid is always exactly minus one of the MAC address. > > The OpenFlow 1.0 specification says > "The datapath_id field uniquely identi es a datapath. The lower 48 bits > are intended for the switch MAC address, while the top 16 bits are up to > the implementer."
This isn't behavior that I would expect from Open vSwitch. I think you'll have to ask your switch vendor. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
