What are the benefits of implementing software defined networking?

Software defined networking or SDN for short is the simplification and centralization of enterprise business network management. The most common advantages of SDN are traffic programmability, agility and the ability to create policy driven network supervision and implementing network automation.

What is OpenFlow definition and how it relates to SDN?

OpenFlow is one of the first software-defined networking (SDN) standards and defined the communication protocol between SDN controllers and the forwarding plane of networking devices. Benefits include its programmability, centralized intelligence, and how it abstracts network architecture.

What are the reasons to consider implementing SDN with Windows Server 2016?

You can use SDN to:

• Dynamically create, secure, and connect your network to meet the evolving needs of your apps.
• Speed up the deployment of your workloads in a non-disruptive manner.
• Contain security vulnerabilities from spreading across your network.

How does OpenFlow Support SDN implementation?

SDN provides separation between the control plane (controller) and data plane (switch) functions of networks using a protocol that modifies forwarding tables in network switches. The OpenFlow protocol allows the OpenFlow Controller to instruct the OpenFlow switch on how to handle incoming data packets.

What is the brief history of SDN?

1 A Short History of SDN ~2004: Research on new management paradigms RCP, 4D [Princeton, CMU,….] SANE, Ethane [Stanford/Berkeley] 2008: Software-Defined Networking (SDN) NOX Network Operating System [Nicira] OpenFlow switch interface [Stanford/Nicira] 2011: Open Networking Foundation (~69 members)

Which companies use SDN for Wan?

Members: Cisco, Juniper, HP, Dell, Broadcom, IBM,….. 2013: Latest Open Networking Summit 1600 attendees, Google: SDN used for their WAN Commercialized, in production use (few places) 2 Why Was SDN Needed? • Networks are hard to manage

What are the key ideas of OpenFlow?

OpenFlow: Key Ideas 1. Separation of control and data planes 2. Centralization of control 3. Flow based control Ref: N. McKeown, et al., “OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks,” ACM SIGCOMM CCR, Vol. 38, No. 2, April 2008, pp. 69-74.

When did Stanford publish OpenFlow?

April 2008: OpenFlow paper in ACM SIGCOMM CCR 2009: Stanford publishes OpenFlow V1.0.0 specs June 2009: Martin Casado co-founds Nicira March 2010: Guido Appenzeller, head of clean slate lab at Stanford, co-