Exporting the OpenFlow Trace log................................................................................................72
Filtering the OpenFlow trace log in a CSV file...............................................................................73
Changing the OpenFlow trace interval .........................................................................................74
OpenFlow Classes .............................................................................................................................75
About OpenFlow classes...............................................................................................................75
OpenFlow Classes screen details.................................................................................................76
Controller enforcement levels for OpenFlow classes....................................................................78
Changing the enforcement levels for OpenFlow classes..............................................................78
4 Hybrid mode for controlling packet forwarding..................................................80
Overview.............................................................................................................................................80
Learning more about hybrid mode......................................................................................................80
Viewing and changing the hybrid mode configuration........................................................................80
Coordinating controller hybrid mode and OpenFlow switch settings..................................................82
Supporting hybrid mode on OpenFlow switches...........................................................................82
Configuring controller settings to support hybrid mode.................................................................82
Limitations................................................................................................................................83
Controller packet-forwarding when hybrid mode is disabled..............................................................84
Controller packet forwarding when hybrid mode is enabled...............................................................85
5 License Registration and Activation..................................................................86
Overview of the license registration and activation process...............................................................86
License types, usage, and expiration.................................................................................................86
Preparing for license registration........................................................................................................87
Prerequisites for license registration.............................................................................................87
Identifying the Install ID displayed in the controller UI...................................................................87
Registering and activating a license...................................................................................................87
Registering your license and obtaining a license key.........................................................................88
Viewing your license information...................................................................................................90
Activating a license on the controller..................................................................................................92
Adding and activating a license using the controller UI.................................................................92
Activating a license using a script.................................................................................................93
Managing licenses..............................................................................................................................93
Transferring licenses.....................................................................................................................93
Deactivating licenses to prepare for transfer............................................................................94
Transferring licenses to a new platform...................................................................................95
Using Evaluation Licenses .................................................................................................................98
6 Configuring for High Availability.........................................................................99
High Availability best practices...........................................................................................................99
About teaming for High Availability.....................................................................................................99
Requirements for teaming................................................................................................................100
Team status......................................................................................................................................101
Controller status ...............................................................................................................................101
Manually synchronizing Cassandra database nodes using nodetool repair utility...........................102
Guidelines for running the nodetool repair utility.........................................................................102
Running the Cassandra nodetool repair command.....................................................................102
Configuring controllers to use the same local NTP servers..............................................................103
Viewing your team configuration using the UI..................................................................................104
Viewing team status....................................................................................................................104
Viewing team configuration and controller status........................................................................105
Viewing region configuration.......................................................................................................105
Viewing devices, datapaths, and debug logs..............................................................................106
Methods for configuring HA teaming................................................................................................106
Defining inputs for teaming in a configuration file.............................................................................107
Using a Python script from a controller to configure a team.............................................................109
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