Happy to have a chat about different controllers if you've got a preference.�

Dean

On Tuesday, January 1, 2013, Truman Boyes wrote:

Hey Dean,

What are you using for the OFP controller? NOX/POX/Big Switch?

Cheers,
Truman


On 18 Dec, 2012, at 10:40 PM, Dean Pemberton wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> So the OpenFlow router has been up for a wee white now so it seemed
> about time to let you all poke at it.
> Phase 2 of the project is to:
> Deploy an OF switch on an exchange point which can function as a route server.
> This switch should be able to BGP peer with any peers which currently
> use the exchange and allow for the exchange of IPv4 prefixes as
> required.
>
> I've used the information on the WIX Peer list webpage
> (http://wix.nzix.net/peers.html) to pre-configure passive[1] BGP
> peering sessions for all existing WIX participants.
>
> So feel free to use your existing WIX IP addresses and AS numbers to connect to
>
> IP: �202.7.0.119
> Aut-num: �9483
>
> Things to look for:
> 1) �It should pass you the routes that it learns from the route
> servers with the Flatnet AS in the path but with the original next
> hops. �This longer path should mean that you won't explicitly prefer
> the routes from me. �Bit of safety there.
> 2) �It will pass you any other routes that people pass me directly.
>
> As I mentioned before we've got a few more plans. �The next phase will
> start to take us a bit beyond what the current exchanges offer.
>
> In the new year we are going to deploy a similar switch at the APE.
> This hardware will become part of the single SDN controlled switch
> that we currently have in Wellington.
> When you peer with the OpenFlow switch at the WIX you'll get APE
> prefixes as well. �Peer at the APE, you'll get WIX prefixes.
>
> Once we can get some traffic on the fabric and a presence at multiple
> places then we can really start to innovate.
>
> . BGP prefix communities based on the millisecond difference between
> your peering port and the prefix next hop
> . BGP aware RPF on the exchange (solves the pointing default problem)
>
> Got any other ideas. �Throw them in the mix and we'll see what we can do.
>
>
> Have a Merry Christmas everyone.
>
>
> Regards,
> Dean
>
>
>
> [1] �Passive means that I'll never reach out and initiate a session
> with you. �You need to initiate the session with me. �Just safer
> incase people think that I'm TCP Port 179 hax0r-ing them.
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