Hi Ben/Justin, Can you please have a look at it as it is a simple & very basic doubt.
thanks, ~kals~ On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:38 AM, tech_kals Kals <tech.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
