Thanks Guys, That makes sense.
Aaron On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Dan Talayco <dtala...@stanford.edu> wrote: > There has been a lot of discussion on this over time. It depends a bit on > the nature of the non-OF switch. For example, if it uses LLDP packets or > participates in STP, you could at least recognize something about the link. > You could also have heuristics like "I see lots of MACs on this link" though > in the age of VMs this is less informative. > > Things get even more interesting when the non-OF network can connect to the > OF switches in multiple locations. > > -Dan > > > On Friday, July 1, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Aaron Rosen wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have the following topology and I was wondering if there is any dynamic > way to determine if a host originated from a non-OF switch. In this setup > its's going to appear that hostC is attached to the middle OF switch. (I can > discover the links between the OF switches but I'm not sure how to determine > there is a link between OF and nonOF dynamically). > > > > Is this possible? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Aaron > > > > > > > > HostA--- Openflow-------Openflow--------Openflow ----HostB > > | > > | > > | > > NonOF > > | > > | > > HostC > > > > > > > > -- > > Aaron O. Rosen > > Masters Student - Network Communication > > 306B Fluor Daniel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openflow-discuss mailing list > > openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu (mailto: > openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu) > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss > > -- Aaron O. Rosen Masters Student - Network Communication 306B Fluor Daniel
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