Practical Software-Defined Networking: 1 SDN and OpenFlow Quick Start

Get a quick start guide to software-defined networking and OpenFlow.

1. Software-Defined Network Terms and Definitions

• What are software-defined networks, OpenFlow, and automation?
• What are the NBI, SBI, abstraction, and PCEP?
• What is NFV?
• What is CORD?
• Which controller should I learn?
• White-box switching, part 1
• White-box switching, part 2
• What is SD-WAN?
• GNS3 talks: Why learn Open vSwitch?
• NETCONF theory and is SNMP bad?

2. GNS3, Docker, OVS, and ODL

• What is Docker?
• OpenFlow vSwitch (OVS) in GNS3
• OpenDaylight, Cisco OpenFlow app, and OVS

3. OpenFlow Patch Panel

• OpenFlow patch panel example, part 1
• OpenFlow patch panel example, part 2

4. HPE SDN Controller, OVS, and SDN App

• HPE SDN Controller, OVS switch, and app 1
• HPE SDN Controller, OVS switch, and app 2

5. Ubuntu Docker Containers

• Ubuntu, Docker container, and GNS3, part 1
• Ubuntu, Docker container, and GNS3, part 2

6. ODL Install

• OpenDaylight install, part 1
• OpenDaylight install, part 2

7. Python Ubuntu Docker Container

• Python on Ubuntu containers

8. OpenFlow Wireshark Captures

• OpenFlow captures using Wireshark, part 1
• OpenFlow captures using Wireshark, part 2