SDN allows organizations to manage their networks more dynamically using software layers. With SDN, you can virtualize your network infrastructure and define policies to manage your network traffic. In this section, you will learn about SDN and how to prepare an organization to use SDN.
SDN
SDN overview
Although SDN requires a physical network, with SDN you can do the following:
- Virtualize a network layer
- Define policies to manage physical and virtual network flows
- Manage a virtualized network infrastructure
Since Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has implemented SDN with the following components:
- Network Controller: Provides centralized management, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting for virtual and physical network...
