[openflow-discuss] [ovs-discuss] Deploying OpenFlow

[harsha natarajan]

Thanks Aaron, I am pretty new to OpenFlow, and I am trying to create an
OpenFlow network in my lab which consists of few PC's with windows running
as host and Linux as virtual machine....

I want to know if each OpenVswitch and the controller can be installed on
different Linux virtual machines and make them communicate to create a
small OpenFlow network.

Looking forward for your suggestions and inputs...Thank you.


On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Aaron Rosen <arosen at clemson.edu> wrote:

> Shouldn't matter if your run linux on top of windows or linux on top of
> linux. (Unless you want the underlying host to run the OpenFlow switch to
> handle the vm's traffic. For that  you would need the underlying host to be
> linux, as far as I know none of the openflow switch implementations support
> running on windows).
>
> This would probably be a good link to start out with:
>
> http://www.openflow.org/wk/index.php/OpenFlow_Tutorial
>
> Aaron
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:20 PM, harsha natarajan <
> harsha.natarajan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>>               I am trying create an OpenFlow network using multiple
>> switches.
>>
>> I would like to know if it is possible to create an OpenFlow network
>> using Linux virtual machines (running on Windows). or Do we need to have
>> PC's running linux exclusively ?
>>
>> I am using the following link (
>> http://yuba.stanford.edu/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/Deployment/HOWTO/LabSetup#OpenFlow_Switches)
>> to create an OpenFlow network using multiple switches Is this the right
>> link ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>  Harsha Natarajan
>>
>>
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>
> --
> Aaron O. Rosen
> Masters Student - Network Communication
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>
>


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Regards
 Harsha Natarajan
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