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Software-defined networking (SDN)

Software-defined networking (SDN)

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Software-defined networking (SDN)

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- [Instructor] There are many software defined networking packages, but I'm only going to mention a few. First is OpenDaylight. Of all the controllers that supported the OpenFlow system, OpenDaylight emerged on top. OpenFlow is a software protocol that directly interfaces with the forwarding plane. OpenDaylight is now officially managed by the Linux Foundation and is still actively being developed. ODL has multiple protocols it can support on the Southbound interface, like multiple versions of OpenFlow, BGP-LS, and NETCONF. At one time Cisco supported a commercial version of ODL and branded it as Cisco Open SDN Controller. This has been deprecated in favor of their intent based networking products. Cisco really developed three different products, Software-Defined networking, SD-WAN, for the network edge, Software-Defined Access, SDA for the LAN, and Application Centric Infrastructure, ACI for the data center. ACI has a specific design aesthetic, known as Spine-And-Leaf. There are a…

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