= Configure and Initialize Services: Configure your OpenFlow switch = Although OVS is installed and initialized on the host that is meant to act as a software switch, it has not been configured yet. There are two main things that need to be configured : ''create your software switch with the interfaces as ports'' and ''point the switch to an OpenFlow controller''. In order to configure our switch, we first need to login to the host that will be used as an OpenFlow switch. == Login to OVS host == {{{ #!html
Login information for a VM
  1. Return to the Slice page. Press the Details button in the row of the slice table for Utah ProtoGENI.
  2. Click on the ssh link. If you have installed FireSSH a new tab will open up.
  3. In the window that will pop up, browse to the file that has your private key and in the password field type in your passphrase. You are now logged in to the OVS host.
}}} == 1. Create the Software Switch == = Execute Experiment = == Use a Learning Switch Controller == == Run a port deflection Controller == == Run a server deflection Controller ==