Deployment Guide

Flow Types

Dell Networking switches support three types of flows:

• ACL

• L2

• L3

The following sections describe the mandatory match fields, optional match fields, mandatory actions, and optional actions for each flow

type.

ACL Flows

Parameter Type Parameters

Mandatory match

fields

None; any of the match parameters can be wildcards.

Optional match

fields

All 12 match fields defined in OpenFlow (OF) 1.0 are supported.

Mandatory actions None.

Optional actions

• set_vlan_id

• set_vlan_pcp

• strip_vlan

• set_dl_src (set src-mac)

• set_dl_dst (set dst-mac)

• set_nw_tos

• output to one or more switch ports

NOTE: For output action limitations, refer to OpenFlow 1.0 Support.

L3 Flows

Parameter Type

Parameters

Mandatory match

fields

• You must specify dl_dst (dst-mac) as the switch’s port mac.

• You must specify dl_type (ether-type) as 0x800.

Optional match

fields

• nw_dst (dst-ip)

• All fields other than the ones listed in “Mandatory match fields” and “Optional match fields” must be wildcards.

Mandatory actions

• You must specify set_dl_src (set src-mac) as the port mac (local mac) for the swtich.

20 Flow Types