openflow-sandbox

A sandbox for playing with openflow controllers written in python using pox.

Tested on ubuntu quantal.

install system dependencies:

bin/install-dependencies

install pox and custom topos / controllers:

bin/install-pox

start a mininet network from a topo name:

bin/mininet <simple|linear|subnets|...>

start a controller by name:

bin/start <switch|...>

show currently-configured flows:

bin/dp-dump

mininet notes

useful commands: nodes pingall iperf

reference controllers

controller ptcp: pox.py log.level --DEBUG misc.of_tutorial