1. SDN Terms and Definitions FREE CHAPTER

• Part1: What is SDN? OpenFlow? Automation? Overlays?
• Part2: What is the NBI? SBI? Abstraction? PCEP?
• Part 3: What is NFV?
• Part 4: What is CORD?
• Part 5: Which controller should I learn?
• Part 6: Whitebox Switching Part 1: Disaggregation
• Part 7: Whitebox Switching Part 2: Disaggregation
• Part 8: What is SD-WAN?

2. SDN Fundamentals: OpenFlow Theory - Part 1

• Traditional Forwarding
• OpenFlow Forwarding
• Proactive versus Reactive Flow Entries
• Demo OpenDaylight (ODL) and Mininet
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 1
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 2
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 3
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 4
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 5
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 6
• Demo OpenFlow flow tables explained Part 7

3. SDN Fundamentals: OpenFlow Theory - Part 2

• SDN Architecture
• OpenFlow switch
• Traffic matching
• Demo Add flows
• OpenFlow Ports
• Packet Ingress Port
• OpenFlow Physical Ports
• OpenFlow Logical and Reserved Ports
• OpenFlow-only switches versus OpenFlow-hybrid switches
• NORMAL Port - OpenFlow & Normal forwarding a VLAN
• Demo Hybrid OpenFlow

4. SDN Fundamentals: OpenFlow Theory - Part 3

• What happens when a Controller fails? Network down?
• Demo NORMAL forwarding in OpenFlow network (Controller Failure)
• Demo Fail-secure, controller failure
• Demo OpenDayLight and Mininet fail-secure

5. SDN Fundamentals: OpenFlow Theory - Part 4

• Do you need to replace all your switches?
• Do you need to enable OpenFlow everywhere?
• Do you need to enable OpenFlow everywhere (continued)?
• Do you need to enable OpenFlow everywhere (continued)?
• What about Spanning Tree?
• What about Spanning Tree (continued)?
• What about Spanning Tree (continued)?
• What about Spanning Tree (continued)?
• Does a single controller manage the entire network?

6. Mininet and OpenDaylight (ODL)

• Why Mininet?
• ONF Product Certification
• Download Mininet and import VM into
• Mininet help
• sudo mn –c
• Mininet help (continued)
• Mininet commands dump, net, nod
• sudo ovs-vsctl show & sudo ovs-ofctl
• sudo ovs-ofctl dump-flows s1
• Mininet host commands
• Link down Link up
• Start a web server on a Mininet host. Block / permit traffic
• Configure Mininet MAC addresses
• Mininet reversed versus single topology
• Mininet linear topology
• Mininet linear topology - 200 switches
• Mininet tree topology
• Mininet torus topology
• SDN Controller GUIs - don't expect pretty interfaces
• Mininet x11 forwarding
• Mininet -change subnet used –Ipbase
• Bridge Mininet to the outside world
• sudo ovs-vsctl add-port s1 eth1
• Mininet OpenFlow version

7. Practical labs: Ubuntu, Docker Containers, OpenDayLight, OpenFlow

• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 1: GNS3 Switching Part 7
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 2: GNS3 Switching Part 8
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 3: GNS3 Switching Part 9
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 4: GNS3 Switching Part 10
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 5: GNS3 Switching Part 11
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 6: GNS3 Switching Part 14
• Docker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 7: GNS3 Switching Part 15
• GNS3 Talks: Ubuntu Docker Container, OpenDaylight, Python, SDN Part 1
• GNS3 Talks: Ubuntu Docker Container, OpenDaylight, Python, SDN Part 2
• GNS3 Talks: Ubuntu Docker Container, OpenDaylight, Python, SDN Part 3
• GNS3 Talks: OpenDaylight installation: Ubuntu Docker Container, OpenDaylight, Py
• GNS3 Talks: Create a Docker based network using OVS and Linux Containers
• GNS3 Talks: OpenFlow captures using Wireshark, Docker containers, OpenDaylight
• GNS3 Talks: OpenFlow FLOW MOD, PACKET IN, PACKET OUT and more captures using Wir

8. Cisco OFM App and ODL

• OpenDaylight and Cisco OpenFlow Manager (OFM) app install and testing (Part 1).
• OpenDaylight and Cisco OpenFlow Manager (OFM) app install and testing (Part 2).

9. OpenFlow Theory

• Make SDN Real and OpenFlow Theory Part 1: OpenFlow, Controllers, NSX
• OpenFlow Theory (Part 2). Warning! This is OpenFlow theory!
• OpenFlow Theory (Part 3). Warning! This is OpenFlow theory!

10. APIC-EM (Path Trace and ACL Trace)

• APIC-EM Theory
• APIC-EM Theory (NBI and SBI)
• Demo: Cisco APIC-EM - Path Trace basics
• Demo: APIC-EM - ACL Trace - Troubleshoot ACLs
• Demo: APIC-EM with older devices and GNS3 (Optional)

11. OVS and NETCONF

• GNS3 Talks: Why learn Open vSwitch? Software is eating the world! SDN Terms
• NETCONF Theory. Warning! This is NETCONF Theory! Why is SNMP bad?

12. Zodiac FX

• Zodiac FX Overview
• Help and Documentation
• Connecting Zodiac FX to your computer
• Default Configuration
• Configure Zodiac FX IP address, gateway and SDN Controller information
• View Flows & Change OpenFlow mode to Pure OpenFlow mode
• Write flows to Zodiac FX
• How many tables on the switch?
• Windows Clients and Multiple Tables Part 1
• Windows Clients and Multiple Tables Part 2
• Block Specific Protocols
• Optional Video: Upgrade Firmware

13. Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi Part 1
• Raspberry Pi Part 2
• Raspberry Pi Part 3
• Raspberry Pi Part 4
• Raspberry Pi Part 5
• Raspberry Pi Part 6

14. Microsoft Skype SDN API

• Microsoft SDN API Theory Part 1
• Microsoft SDN API Theory Part 2
• Microsoft SDN API Demo Part 1
• Microsoft SDN API Demo Part 2
• Microsoft SDN API Demo Part 3
• Microsoft SDN Skype API: High Availability of SDN Controllers and applications

15. RYU Controller (used by the NSA)

• RYU Overview
• Why RYU Open Source, Python, NSA
• RYU Documentation / Image download
• Install RYU Step 1: Download Ubuntu
• Install RYU Step 2: Install Ubuntu in VirtualBox
• Install RYU Step 3: Install prerequisite software
• Install RYU Step 4: Two options
• Install RYU Step 4: pip
• Install RYU Step 4: clone using git
• Start RYU
• Integrate Mininet and RYU
• Mininet and RYU - OpenFlow 1.3
• RYU - Graphical User Interface

16. OpenFlow Messages

• Summary of OpenFlow Messages

17. Wireshark OpenFlow Captures Part 1

• Wireshark Capture OpenFlow on Windows
• Wireshark OpenFlow_v4 display filters
• Wireshark OpenFlow HELLO message
• Wireshark OpenFlow negotiation failure
• Wireshark OpenFlow HELLO message
• Wireshark If you are interested OpenFlow Headers
• Wireshark Types of messages
• Wireshark OpenFlow Connection Setup
• Wireshark Which Layer 4 protocol is used?
• Wireshark Features Request Reply (DPID)

18. Wireshark Captures Part 2

• Multiple OpenFlow Tables
• Wireshark Capture n_tables field
• The Benefits of Multiple Tables and TTPs
• Wireshark Capture Multipart Request
• Wireshark Capture Packet-in message
• Wireshark Capture Packet-in continued

19. Wireshark Captures Part 3

• Wireshark Install Wireshark on SDN Controller
• Wireshark Xming
• Wireshark Compile Wireshark and capture OpenFlow on Ubuntu
• Wireshark Auxiliary Port, Switch Capabilities
• Wireshark n_tables

20. ODL and Mininet

• Mininet Part 1: ODL install and integration: SDN and OpenFlow
• Mininet Part 2: ODL install and integration: SDN and OpenFlow
• Mininet Part 3: Linear, Single, Tree Mininet Topologies: SDN and Operations
• Mininet Part 4: 512 hosts, 73 switches in seconds.

21. What happens when a controller fails?

• What happens when the SDN controller fails? (Part 1). OpenFlow & OVS
• What happens when the SDN controller fails? (Part 2). OpenFlow & OVS
• What happens when the SDN controller fails? (Part 3). OpenFlow & OVS failure tes

22. Physical switch examples

• Physical Switches - Part 1
• Physical Switches - Part 2
• Physical Switches - Part 3
• Physical Switches - Part 4
• Physical Switches - Part 5
• Physical Switches - Part 6
• Physical Switches - Part 7