Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0

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OpenFlow protocol

The OpenFlow protocol supports three message types, each with multiple subtypes:

Controller-to-switch
Asynchronous
Symmetric

Controller-to-switch

Table 1. Supported controller-to-switch typesSupported controller-to-switch types
Controller-to-switch types	Supported/Not supported
Feature request	Supported
Configuration get	Supported
Configuration set	Supported
Modify-state	Supported
Read-state	Supported
Packet-out	Supported
Barrier	Supported
Role-request	Supported

Asynchronous

Table 2. Supported asynchronous typesSupported asynchronous types
Asynchronous types	Supported/Not supported
Packet-in	Supported
Flow-removed	Supported
Port-status	Supported
Error	Supported

Symmetric

Table 3. Supported symmetric typesSupported symmetric types
Symmetric types	Supported/Not supported
Hello	Supported
Echo	Supported
Experimenter	Not supported