The OFPMP_DESC multipart response message allows an OpenFlow switch to specify a human readable text of size 255 ASCII characters.
Syntax
Set a name to the data-path description field in the OFPMP_DESC message. By default, the data path description will be set to the instance name.
Set a name to the data-path description field
HP-Switch(config)# openflow instance test datapath-desc dpid1 HP-Switch(config)# show openflow instance test Configured OF Version : 1.3 Negotiated OF Version : 1.3 Instance Name : test Data-path Description : dpid1 Admin. Status : Enabled Member List : VLAN 3 Pipeline Model : Standard Match Listen Port : 5555 Oper. Status : Up Oper. Status Reason : NA Datapath ID : 0003a0b3ccf44fc0 Mode : Active Flow Location : Hardware and Software No. of Hardware Flows : 4 No. of Software Flows : 1 Hardware Rate Limit : 0 kbps Software Rate Limit : 100 pps Conn. Interrupt Mode : Fail-Secure Maximum Backoff Interval : 60 seconds Probe Interval : 10 seconds Hardware Table Miss Count : NA No. of Software Flow Tables : 1 Egress Only Ports : None Table Model : Policy Engine and Software Controller Id Connection Status Connection State Secure Role ------------- ----------------- ---------------- ------ ------ 1 Connected Active No Equal