FLOW ENTRY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A flow entry processing method and apparatus relate to the technical field of communications, and are used for solving the problem that a flow entry of a software unit in an OpenFlow switch is inconsistent with a flow entry of a hardware unit. The method includes: (S101) receiving, by an OpenFlow switch, routing information sent by a controller; (S102) converting the routing information into a newly-built flow entry; (S103) matching a matching domain of the newly built flow entry with a matching domain of a stored data flow, and determining a matching domain of a data flow forwarded by using the newly-built flow entry, wherein the matching domain of the stored data flow is a matching domain of a data flow forwarded via a flow entry stored by a hardware unit; and (S104) when the matching domain of the data flow forwarded by using the newly-built flow entry is determined, adding the newly-built flow entry into the hardware unit. The flow entry processing method and apparatus can be applied to an OpenFlow switch having a higher requirement on data transmission performance.