Hi Justin,

Thanks for your quick response. When I do not specify switch. It is working
good.

But, I tried to connect to a remote switch also, Then, I get the same
error. By the way can you please let me know how the ovs-ofctl connects to
the switch. I just want to know the complete path involved.

Is it talking to the ovs-vswitchd or ovsdb-server?

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Justin Pettit <[email protected]> wrote:

> You should only need to specify the switch if it's not local.  Those
> commands should know how to connect to the switch locally.  What happens if
> you just run the commands like this?
>
>        ovs-vsctl set-controller br0
>
>        ovs-ofctl show
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:27 AM, Girish Kumar Yerra wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am working on openVSwitch with Open flow controllers. I got struck in
> understanding the flow of how the ovs-ofctl utility works. I am not quiet
> clear about how it  uses the connection details(tcp:<ip>:port). What
> details we need to mention here. The man page says, it connects to OpenFlow
> switch. What component of OpenVswitch listens for ovs-ofctl commands.
> >
> > I tried the following things, but it did not work.
> >
> > -> Configured the OVS to open flow controller where ovs-ofctl will run
> through ovs-vsctl. In this case I am running ovs-ofctl on the same machine.
> >    #ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:127.0.0.1:6633
> > -> Running the ovs-ofctl from the remote machine. Giving the connections
> details the machine, where the OVS is running.
> >    #ovs-ofctl show tcp:127.0.0.1:6633
> > -> I am getting an error saying "ovs-ofctl:connecting to tcp:
> 127.0.0.1:6633 (Connection refused)"
> >
> > Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Girish
> >
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>


-- 
Thanks & Regards,
Girish
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