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OpenDaylight Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenDaylight Cookbook Deploy and operate software-defined networking in your organization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462305
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rashmi Pujar Rashmi Pujar
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ICARO CAMELO ICARO CAMELO
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Mohamed Elserngawy Mohamed Elserngawy
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Jamie Goodyear Jamie Goodyear
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Mathieu Lemay Mathieu Lemay
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Yrineu Rodrigues Yrineu Rodrigues
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. OpenDaylight Fundamentals 2. Virtual Customer Edge FREE CHAPTER 3. Dynamic Interconnects 4. Network Virtualization 5. Virtual Core and Aggregation 6. Intent and Policy Networking 7. OpenDaylight Container Customizations 8. Authentication and Authorization

Network virtualization with OpenFlow

A company is conventionally divided into several departments, each having a well-defined purpose. The same goes for the network system and hardware residing within each of these departments. The purpose of the virtual network tenant project of OpenDaylight is to alleviate the physical network consideration, letting the software deal with it. Virtual Tenant Network (VTN) allows you to create network functions as virtual entities without having to consider the physical network, as it will automatically map the desired network capabilities on it once the configuration is done. Thus, you will better utilize resources and reduce the reconfiguration time of network services.

The project provides two main components:

  • VTN Manager:
    • This is an internal OpenDaylight application that interacts with other modules, implementing components of the VTN model...
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