Introduction

Welcome to the FlowManager documentation.

Here are some quick notes about using the app:

• The home page shows general information about the active switches in the topology. More details will be added.
• The Flows, Groups, and Meters pages show the table contents for each active switch.
• The Flow control page offers a form to add/modify/delete flow entries.
• The Group control page offers a form to add/modify/delete groups with a maximum of three buckets each.
• The Meter control pages offers a for to add/modify/delete meters.
• The Topology page shows the switches, the links between the switches and any attached hosts under teh Graph tab. It needs LLDP to work properly, you must run ryu-manager with –observe-links option. The Tables tab shows the topology in raw JSON.
• The Messages page shows messages and notification received by the app (Packet_In and some error messages). The page slows show the stats collected from monitored flows.
• The About page shows the License notices.

Components

Recommended Environments

This application is recommended for use in a lab environment similar to the following:

• Creating an SDN testbed by Diarmuid O Briain
• Building an OpenFlow Lab by Maen Artimy.

Applications

The FlowManager can be used for many applications including the following:

• Implementing a Hub
• Implementing a Switch
• Port Mirroring
• Flow Tracking