[pox-dev] How do i interface the POX Controller with the OVS switches

[Murphy McCauley]

Sounds like you need to configure Open vSwitch to create OpenFlow 1.0 connections to your controller.  This involves something roughly like...

ovs-vsctl set-controller <your-switch-name> tcp:<controller-ip>:6333

ovs-vsctl set bridge <your-switch-name> protocols=OpenFlow10

.. but you should probably refer to the Open vSwitch documentation.

-- Murphy

On Jul 16, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Sanghamitra De <sanghamitra.de at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> when trying to install pox in a node which is already installed with OVS i have run the following commands:
> 
> ~$ git clone http://github.com/noxrepo/pox
> ~$ cd pox
> 
> ./pox.py --verbose forwarding.l2_learning
> The output should have looked like this:
> 
> POX 0.1.0 (betta) / Copyright 2011-2013 James McCauley, et al.
> DEBUG:core:POX 0.1.0 (betta) going up...
> DEBUG:core:Running on CPython (2.7.3/Apr 20 2012 22:39:59)
> DEBUG:core:Platform is Linux-3.2.0-56-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-12.04-precise
> INFO:core:POX 0.1.0 (betta) is up.
> DEBUG:openflow.of_01:Listening on 0.0.0.0:6633
> INFO:openflow.of_01:[9e-38-3e-8d-42-42 1] connected
> DEBUG:forwarding.l2_learning:Connection [9e-38-3e-8d-42-42 1]
> 
> instead i am getting only upto:
> DEBUG:openflow.of_01:Listening on 0.0.0.0:6633
> 
> The setup i am working on requires the OVS node to behave as an L2 switch to connect a no. of nodes. However, i need a router or L3 device to connect different such L2 switches as the one which is the OVS installed switch. For that purpose i am trying to use one of the OVS installed nodes as both an L2 switch and a L3 router (by installing POX controller in it)
> 
> 
> My query is: 
> 
>  How do i interface the Controller with the switches (i.e OVS nodes).  Let me know the commands. Thanks!!
> 
> 
> 
> Sanghamitra
> 

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