Multi-action in crossflow mode

From version 4.1.1,pica8 switch support multi-action in crossflow mode. Before supporting this ,there is a issue. When the host forward the packet to others, first packet is forwarded to SDN Controller. This is caused “ONE” packet loss every time when the host forward the packet, and without OF rule, the SDN Controller can not update the device information (IP/MAC).That is why we want to support when the packet is forwarded to PicOS, the action should be supported both “go to Controller” and “Normal” at the same time

Command

ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=5,actions=normal,controller

Example

prerequisites

xorplus configurations:

admin@Xorplus# show|display set

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/5 crossflow enable true

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/5 family ethernet-switching port-mode "trunk"

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/5 family ethernet-switching vlan members 200

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/6 crossflow enable true

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/6 family ethernet-switching port-mode "trunk"

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/6 family ethernet-switching vlan members 200

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/7 crossflow enable true

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/7 family ethernet-switching port-mode "trunk"

set interface gigabit-ethernet ge-1/1/7 family ethernet-switching vlan members 200

set protocols spanning-tree enable false

set system log-level "trace"

set vlans vlan-id 200

set xovs enable true

set xovs special-packets-options sequence 123 match destination-mac-address 22:22:22:22:22:22

set xovs special-packets-options sequence 123 match ether-type 2048

set xovs special-packets-options sequence 123 handler "both"

ovs configurations:

ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:10.10.51.42:6633

ovs-vsctl add-port br0 ge-1/1/5 -- set interface ge-1/1/5 type=crossflow

ovs-vsctl add-port br0 ge-1/1/6 -- set interface ge-1/1/6 type=crossflow

ovs-vsctl add-port br0 ge-1/1/7 -- set interface ge-1/1/7 type=crossflow

start controller

ryu-manager ….py

add flow with normal and controller

step1,configurations are the same with prerequisites

step2,add flow

ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=5,actions=normal,controller

step3:send packets

send ip packets with dst mac 22:22:22:22:22:22,type is 0x0800,vlan is 200,src ip 1.1.1.200,dst ip is 5.5.5.200 to ge-1/1/5.

Result:ge-1/1/6 and ge-1/1/7 will transmit packets.And the packets are sending to cpu(500pps). Packet-in packets’ data is the same with the original packets from ge-1/1/5