Practical Software-Defined Networking: 5 OpenFlow Physical Switches

Get an overview of the physical switches that are used with the OpenFlow communication protocol.

1. Zodiac FX

• Zodiac FX overview
• Help and documentation
• Connect Zodiac FX to your computer
• Default configuration
• Configure Zodiac FX IP address, gateway, and SDN Controller information
• View flows and change OpenFlow mode to Pure OpenFlow mode
• Write flows to Zodiac FX
• How many tables on the switch?
• Windows clients and multiple tables, part 1
• Windows clients and multiple tables, part 2
• Block specific protocols
• Upgrade firmware

2. Raspberry Pi

• Introduction to Raspberry Pi
• A $5 OpenFlow switch
• My Raspberry Pi OpenFlow network
• OVS bridge
• Register with SDN Controller
• Test performance

3. HPE Physical Switches

• Introduction to HPE physical switches
• HPE ProCurve (Aruba) OpenFlow configuration
• HPE Comware OpenFlow configuration
• Physical switches with the HPE SDN Controller
• Demo: Comware switch
• Demo: OpenFlow output on SDN Controller
• Demo: OpenFlow tables