You can create tunnels with the configuration protocol.  These tunnels will 
have OpenFlow port numbers assigned to them (the "ofport" column), and you can 
define flows to send out them.

--Justin


On Jul 7, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Holger Winkelmann [TP] wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> We are just working with openvswitch for an ISP like Access Network Scenario.
> We plan to define flows per connected Client (per MAC or IP). Further we want
> to establish multiple Tunnel, conceptionally one tunnel per Flow (Client) and
> send the traffic over a WAN.
> 
> Is there a way to dynamical create Tunnels per Flow via OPenFlow Extensions or
> configuration Protocol?
> 
> We read about having "thousands of GRE tunnels" in the OVS specs but have not 
> seen
> how to dynamical set up them.
> 
> Thanks for any advise,
> 
> Holger
> 
> 
> 
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