Could someone clarify my doubt pls.. On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 3:50 PM, tech_kals Kals <tech.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ben, > > Thanks for your response. > > I want to use OVS APIs to inform the controller about port shutdown. But, > I don't find any direct API/function to do so. > > For example, *ofproto_port_add() *could be called to add a port into an > openflow bridge and *ofproto_port_del() *can be called to remove a port > from Openflow bridge and in each of the scenario, the OVS will send port > add and delete message to the controller so that the controller will be > aware of it. > > Now, i am bringing one of the openlow port to down state i.e. admin down. > In this case, i want to call an API/function of OVS which can inform the > controller about port state change. AFAIK, there is no *ofproto API *to > inform the controller. > > Can someone guide me how to accomplish this? > > I am trying to delete the port from the bridge then add it once again > whenever the port is set to admin down. But, I am suspecting this approach > might create some other issue. > > Please help me on this. > > Thanks, > Kals. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 04:02:59PM +0530, tech_kals Kals wrote: >> > Just want to understand how port shut message sent by OVS to the >> controller >> > when any one of the port admin state is set to down through CLI >> > command...... >> > >> > As per openflow specification, when a port state is changed to down >> state, >> > the switch should send OFPT_PORT_STATUS message to notify the >> controller >> > of the change. >> >> It works for me. When I type "ifconfig eth0 down", the controllers get >> OFPT_PORT_STATUS messages. >> > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
