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Different directions data travels

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Different directions data travels

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- [Instructor] A big part of software-defined networking and certification testing has to do with which direction data is flowing. As you can see in the graphic, we have three different types of directions. We have northbound, southbound, and east and west are both equal when it comes to data direction. Let's talk about what this means. Let's start with the northbound interface. When we talk about northbound traffic, we talk about traffic to the internet and to other computers in your network. North dataflow is used by the network controller to communicate with your LAN, WAN, and the internet. This is the majority of your network communications, and covers connectivity between your servers and your clients. The north-bound interface, as well as the other interfaces, are not physical interfaces. This is a concept of which way your data is flowing. The second direction would be the southbound interface. And this is used by the network controller to communicate with your software-defined…

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