Default Pipeline in custom mode

An instance can be configured in this mode via CLI by using the command pipeline-model custom.

Table pipeline

The switch consisting of three Hash tables and one TCAM table, as shown in Figure 5, advertises the default pipeline in custom mode. The default pipeline consists of four tables, three of type HASH and one of type TCAM with the following capabilities:

Table ID

0

1

2

3

Table Name

Custom L2 Src

Custom L2 Dst

Custom L3 Table

Custom TCAM Table

Metadata Match

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

Metadata Write

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

0x0000000000000000

Max Entries

8k

8k

8k

2k

Match

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

ETH_DST

VLAN_VID

ETH_TYPE

VLAN_VID

IP_PROTO

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

IPV6_SRC

IPV6_DST

IN_PORT

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

ETH_TYPE

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IP_PROTO

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

IPV6_SRC

IPV6_DST

Wildcards      

IN_PORT

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

ETH_TYPE

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IP_PROTO

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

IPV6_SRC

IPV6_DST

Instructions

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

Instructions Miss

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

GOTO

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

APPLY

WRITE

CLEAR

METER

Next Tables

1, 2, 3

2, 3

3

 
Next Tables Miss

1, 2, 3

2, 3

3

 
Write Action

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

Write Action Set-Field

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

Write Action Miss

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

Write Action Miss Set-Field

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

Apply Action

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

Apply Action Set-Field      

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

Apply Action Miss

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

OUTPUT

GROUP

SET-FIELD

PUSH_VLAN

POP_VLAN

IP_TTL

Apply Action Miss Set-Field      

ETH_DST

ETH_SRC

VLAN_VID

VLAN_PCP

IP_DSCP

IPV4_SRC

IPV4_DST

TCP_SRC

TCP_DST

UDP_SRC

UDP_DST

NOTE:

Only one instance will be operationally up in custom pipeline-model by default. The other instances running the custom pipeline-model will be operationally down with the reason as Resources not available. This is because all hardware resources are allocated to the first OpenFlow instance enabled with this pipeline-model. To bring up other instances running this pipeline-model, the SDN controller will have to free up resources in the existing pipeline on the first instance.