Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/OpenFlowOVS-Floodlight/DesignSetup

Timestamp:

10/30/16 00:39:31 (7 years ago)

Author:

pjayanth@bbn.com

Comment:

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GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/OpenFlowOVS-Floodlight/DesignSetup

@@ -137 +137 @@
    * Your OVS bridge will be a Layer 2 switch and your ports do not need IP addresses. Before we remove them let's keep some information
      * Run  {{{ ifconfig }}} 
-     * Write down the interface names that correspond to the connections to your hosts. The correspondence is
-       * Interface with IP ''10.10.1.11'' to host1  - ethX
-       * Interface with IP ''10.10.1.12'' to host2 - ethY
-       *  Interface with IP ''10.10.1.13'' to host3 - ethZ
-    * Remove the IP from your data interfaces. [[BR]]
-     [[Image(GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/Graphics:warning-icon-hi.png, 2%)]]  Be careful '''not to bring down eth0'''. This is the control interface, if you bring that interface down you ''' won't be able to login''' to your host. For all interfaces other than `eth0` and ` l0` (your interface names may vary) run : 
+     * Write down the interface that corresponds to the connection to the Floodlight Controller. It will have an IP of 192.168.1.1. This is the control plane interface.
+     * Write down the interface names that correspond to the connections to your hosts. You will see three interfaces with IP's '''10.10.*.*''', one for each host. These are the data plane interfaces.
+     * Remove the IP from your data interfaces. [[BR]]
+     [[Image(GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/Graphics:warning-icon-hi.png, 2%)]]  Be careful '''not to bring down eth0'''. This is the control interface, if you bring that interface down you ''' won't be able to login''' to your host. For all interfaces other than `eth0` and ` l0` and the '''control plane interface'''  (your interface names may vary) run : 
     {{{
 sudo ifconfig ethX 0  
@@ -149 +147 @@
   }}}
  iv. Add all the data interfaces to your switch (bridge). [[BR]]
-  [[Image(GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/Graphics:warning-icon-hi.png, 2%)]]  Be careful ''' not to add interface eth0'''. This is the control interface. The other three interfaces are your data interfaces. (Use the same interfaces as you used in the previous step.)
+  [[Image(GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/Graphics:warning-icon-hi.png, 2%)]]  Be careful ''' not to add interface eth0'''. This is the control interface. So now that we know the names of our three '''10.10.*.*''' interfaces, we can add them as ports to our bridge. These three interfaces are your data interfaces.
  {{{
  sudo  ovs-vsctl add-port br0 ethX 
@@ -173 +171 @@
 }}}
 
- i. Login to your controller
- ii.  Find the control interface IP of your controller, use ''ifconfig'' and note down the IP address of `eth0`. 
- iii. In order to point our software !OpenFlow switch to the controller, in the ''ovs'' terminal window, run:
+ 
+ i. In order to point our software !OpenFlow switch to the controller, in the ''ovs'' terminal window, run:
  {{{
-sudo ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:<controller_ip>:6633
+sudo ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:192.168.1.2:6653
  }}}
- i. Set your switch to `fail-safe-mode`. For more info read the [#standalonevssecuremode standalone vs secure mode section].  Run:
+ ii. Set your switch to `fail-safe-mode`. For more info read the [#standalonevssecuremode standalone vs secure mode section].  Run:
 {{{
 sudo ovs-vsctl set-fail-mode br0 secure
 }}}
- vi. Trust but verify. You can verify your OVS settings by issuing the following:
+ iii. Trust but verify. You can verify your OVS settings by issuing the following:
  {{{
 sudo ovs-vsctl show