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Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack

You're reading from   Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with OpenStack Leverage the best SDN technologies for your OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure

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Sriram Subramanian Sriram Subramanian
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Sriram Subramanian is an experienced professional with over 19 years' experience of building networking and network management products. Since 2011, Sriram has been working with Juniper Networks, leading engineering teams responsible for OpenStack Neutron plugins, VMware integration, and network management products. He is a technologist with a passion for virtualization and cloud networking. Sriram blogs regularly at http://www.innervoice.in/blogs and loves experimenting with new technologies and programming. He is the author of OpenStack Networking Cookbook, Packt.
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Sreenivas Voruganti is presently driving IoT solutions at Aricent. He previously led engineering teams responsible for building networking, wireless LAN, and SDN products at Juniper Networks. He has contributed to building a range of IP and ATM-based Telco products at Lucent Technologies, Tellabs, and BHEL. He is an avid student of emerging trends in networking and virtualization technologies and is passionate about integrating them to deliver solutions. His current interests include IoT, SDN, and NFV. He is an inventor and has US Patent grants on networking, QoS, and wireless.
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Preface 1. OpenStack Networking in a Nutshell FREE CHAPTER 2. Introduction to Software-Defined Networking 3. SDN Protocols 4. SDN Networking with Open vSwitch 5. Getting Started with OpenDaylight 6. Using OpenDaylight with OpenStack 7. Getting Started with OpenContrail 8. OpenContrail Networking with OpenStack 9. Open Network Operating System (ONOS) 10. OVN and Open vSwitch Enhancements

Understanding OpenFlow

The OpenFlow protocol is a key enabler in driving SDN solutions. OpenFlow is a standard protocol between data and control for remotely controlling the flow table of a switch or router:

Understanding OpenFlow

Figure 9: OpenFlow block diagram.

OpenFlow enables SDN controllers to define the flow of network packets across the network of devices supporting the OpenFlow protocol. OpenFlow defines a generalized flow table with a very flexible and generalized flow abstraction, Open control API, which enables remote control of layers1-7.

OpenFlow defines APIs for defining traffic flow and a framework for describing the flow state; hence, it can be viewed as the following.

OpenFlow as an API

OpenFlow is an outline semantic for defining flow characteristics of traffic and actions to take on the packets matching the defined characteristics.

OpenFlow as a control plane

OpenFlow provides a framework to define flow information and RPCs for a central SDN controller to program the flow state information. The...

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Sreenivas Voruganti is presently driving IoT solutions at Aricent. He previously led engineering teams responsible for building networking, wireless LAN, and SDN products at Juniper Networks. He has contributed to building a range of IP and ATM-based Telco products at Lucent Technologies, Tellabs, and BHEL. He is an avid student of emerging trends in networking and virtualization technologies and is passionate about integrating them to deliver solutions. His current interests include IoT, SDN, and NFV. He is an inventor and has US Patent grants on networking, QoS, and wireless.
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Sriram Subramanian is an experienced professional with over 19 years' experience of building networking and network management products. Since 2011, Sriram has been working with Juniper Networks, leading engineering teams responsible for OpenStack Neutron plugins, VMware integration, and network management products. He is a technologist with a passion for virtualization and cloud networking. Sriram blogs regularly at http://www.innervoice.in/blogs and loves experimenting with new technologies and programming. He is the author of OpenStack Networking Cookbook, Packt.
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