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Learning OpenDaylight

You're reading from   Learning OpenDaylight A gateway to SDN (Software-Defined Networking) and NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) ecosystem

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782174523
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Reza Toghraee Reza Toghraee
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to SDN - Transformation from Legacy to SDN 2. Overview of OpenDaylight FREE CHAPTER 3. OpenDaylight Installation and Deployment 4. Building a Virtual SDN Test Lab with Virtual Switches 5. Basic Networking with OpenDaylight 6. Overview of OpenDaylight Applications 7. Building SDN Applications for OpenDaylight 8. Network Function Virtualization 9. Building a Software-Driven Data Center with OpenDaylight

What is YANG?


Published as RFC 6020, YANG is a data modeling language. Its function is similar to other data modeling languages, such as UML and XML; however, it has superior features, such as being human-readable and having support for configuration management.

It was created to be used for the definition of the data sent over the NETCONF protocol. It became popular after the success and rapid adoption of NETCONF.

Its configuration management capabilities are:

  • Development support and versioning
  • Supports submodules
  • Grouping and structured types
  • Supports the definition of operations (RPCs)
  • Reusable types
  • Hierarchical configuration for data models
  • Easy-to-learn representation, human-readable

About 25 years ago, SNMP was introduced as a protocol between networking management and control systems devices for exchanging configurations, operations, and statistical information. SNMP started using a data modeling language called Structure of Management Information (SMI). SMI evolved and became SMIv2, but people...

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