Deployment Guide

Parameter Type Parameters
• set_dl_dst (set dst-mac)
• Single OFPAT_OUTPUT action to a switch port.
Optional actions OFPAT_SET_VLAN is optional for OpenFlow (OF) ports and mandatory for OF virtual local area networks
(VLANs).
L2 Flows
Parameter Type Parameters
Mandatory match
fields
• dl_vlan (input vlan id)
• dl_dst (dst-mac)
Optional match
fields
All fields other than dl_vlan and dl_dst must be wildcards.
Mandatory actions Single OFPAT_OUTPUT action to a switch port.
Optional actions None.
Max Limits
This section defines the maximum number of permitted flow types. The number of available flow types varies depending on the type of
flow.
• You can provision up to 8 OF instances on each switch.
• The number of flows supported on each switch depends on the flow type.
• OF flow types can be combined — for example, the following flow combination is supported: 256 ACL flows, 48,000 L2 flows, and
6,000 L3 flows.
Table 5. — Maximum Number of Permitted Flows
Flow Type Max Limit
ACL 256 or 512 (depending on ACL content addressable memory [CAM]
carving)
NOTE: This value is platform specific. It differs from one
platform to another.
L2/MAC 48,000
L3/Route 6,000
Group Flows
Parameter
Types
Parameters
Mandatory Match
Fields
None.
Flow Types 21