Net App 3 - simple forwarding in OpenDaylight

In Chapter 5, Setting Up the Environment, we also set up an SDN laboratory based on the OpenDaylight controller. In this section, we'll go through a sample forwarding application, which is available in the OpenDaylight distribution. The OpenDaylight controller includes a Net App called simple forwarding that lets you use the basic services for making forwarding decisions and installing flows across all devices on the OpenFlow network. This application discovers the presence of a host via ARP message and installs destination-only or 32 entries across all switches in the network, along with the corresponding output ports towards that host.

Refer to Chapter 5, Setting Up the Environment, for instructions on setting up the SDN laboratory. However, note that the Mininet network should be set up using the following command:

sudo mn --controller=remote,ip=<OpenDaylight IP> --topo tree,3

With your OpenDaylight controller and Mininet running as described...