Deployment Guide

of-instance (Configuration)

Create an OF instance or modify an existing OF instance.

Syntax

openflow of-instance of-id

Parameters

of-id Enter the number of the OF instance. The range is from 1 to 8.

If you are creating a new OF instance, enter the number you want to assign to the OF instance.

If you are modifying an existing OF instance, enter the number of the instance you want to change.

NOTE: Disable the OF instance before making any configuration changes.

Defaults none

Command Modes CONFIGURATION

Command History

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Version Description

9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S4048T-ON and S6010-ON.

9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.

9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.

9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.

9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S5000, S6000-ON, and Z9500.

9.3(0.0) Introduced on the S6000.

9.2(0.0) Introduced on the S4820T and MXL.

9.1(0.0) Introduced on the S4810.

Usage Information

• Stacking and virtual link trunking (VLT) are not supported on OF instances. High availability (HA) is supported

only with AFC.

• When you configure the OF instance, the interface type is assigned automatically, based on the configured

interface type:

• Port: No configuration (default) or configured for physical ports and port channels only

• VLAN: Configured for VLANs only

• Any: Configured for physical ports, LAG, and VLANs

• You can create up to 8 OF instances.

• To modify the OF instance, disable the OF instance first using the shutdown command.

• To establish a connection with the controller, enable the OF instance using the no shutdown command.

• You can configure one controller IP and one TCP port for each OF instance.

• The number of supported flows depends on the flow type. The following table provides the number of

supported flows for each flow type:

NOTE: This is an example. The actual number of flows is dependent on the platform NPU - T2

(Trident2), TH (Tomahawk) or T2+ (Trident2+)

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