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4.4.12.3 Reserved Ports
DNOS-OF supports the reserved ports listed in Table 76.
Table 76. DNOS-OF Reserved Ports
Name
Required
Description
Use
Supported?
ALL
Yes
Required but not supported in
DNOS-OF.
Output
No
IN_PORT
Yes
Used to send packets to the ingress
port to override OpenFlow default
behavior. DNOS-OF uses group
ALLOW-IN_PORT property instead.
Not to be confused with the
IN_PORT match field.
Output
No
CONTROLLER
Yes
The OpenFlow controller. Output
destination for sending packets to
the Agent which, in turn, sends to
the OpenFlow Controller in a
Packet_In message. Also can
optionally be used to indicate the
source of packets received by the
Agent in a Packet_Out message.
Input or
output
Yes
TABLE
Yes
Used in Packet_Out messages to
indicate that the packet must be
recirculated through the pipeline.
Must always be the first table in the
pipeline if specified.
Output
Yes
ANY
Yes
Special value used in some requests.
Neither
Yes
LOCAL
No
Used to send and receive packets
with the local Network Protection
App. Analogous to Controller but
the destination is a local OAM
engine rather than the Agent. The
exact mechanism is
implementation-dependent.
Input or
output
Yes, for OAM
NORMAL
No
Not supported in OF-DPA
Output
No
FLOOD
No
Not supported in OF-DPA
Output
No