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dpctl in mininet

dpctl command in mininet The dpctl program is a command-line tool for monitoring OpenFlow switches. It can show the flows, features, configuration, table entries, etc. of the switches. It can work with any OpenFlow switches. dpctl is a switch management utility. dpctl show Shows the basic information of the switch, its flow table, ports. 2. dpctl dump-desc [switch] Prints switch description 3. dpctl dump-ports [switch] Prints port statistics of the network devices attached to the switch 4. dpctl dump-ports-desc [switch] Gives detailed statistics of the network devices attached to the switch 5. dpctl dump-flows [switch] Print all flow entries in the associated switch dpctl dump-flows [switch] [flow] Print all the matched flows in the associated switch Flows and flow table: Before data transfer Stimulating TCP data transfer Observing TCP flows in switches Stimulating ICMP flows using pingall and observing...