Practical Software-Defined Networking: 3 Learning Mininet

Get started with Mininet, a virtual network emulator that supports testing, research, debugging, and other essential tasks.

1. Mininet Overview

• Why Mininet?
• ONF product certification

2. Mininet Integration with ODL

• Download Mininet and import VM

3. Mininet Commands

• Mininet help
• sudo mn -c
• Mininet help (continued)
• Mininet commands dump, net, and nod
• sudo ovs-vsctl show and sudo ovs-ofctl
• sudo ovs-ofctl dump-flows s1
• Mininet host commands
• Link down, link up
• Start a web server on a Mininet host
• Configure Mininet MAC addresses

4. Mininet Topologies

• Mininet reversed versus single topology
• Mininet linear topology
• Mininet linear topology: 200 switches
• Mininet tree topology
• Mininet torus topology
• SDN controller GUIs
• Mininet x11 forwarding
• Mininet -change subnet used --Ipbase
• Bridge Mininet to the outside world
• sudo ovs-vsctl add-port s1 eth1
• Mininet OpenFlow version