Month: July 2012

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet[/fancy_header3] There is a new FloodLight OpenFlow SDN controller GUI out from a Marist College and IBM research group/internship. I am guessing it is the same IBM researcher that developed the FloodLight web UI. This applet allows one to instantiate a flow from the GUI along with a couple of… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

Why Community Counts

  I was graciously invited to join some of the best in the business which each of the folks rounding out my top 5 technologist hero list. The panel included Stephen Foskett, Brad Casemore, Ivan Pepelnjak and Greg Ferro to join Omar Sultan from Cisco to discuss the Cisco SDN strategies and what problems it may solve someday if… Continue reading Why Community Counts

Nicira Acquisition by VMWare Winners and Losers

VMware acquired Nacira today. They were one of the two (not including Embrane) venture cap groups that came out of the of Stanford group that developed among other things the OpenFlow and much larger the concepts around making Software Defined Networks (SDN) a potential reality. They open sourced and upstreamed Open vSwitch, two big contributions.… Continue reading Nicira Acquisition by VMWare Winners and Losers

How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware[/fancy_header3] [info_box]I no longer use much in this post. For a current lab setup please see OpenDaylight OpenStack Integration with DevStack on Fedora [/info_box] How do you build a networking lab without networking equipment? Yet another plus in the column of open software driven networks.… Continue reading How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware

Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches[/fancy_header3] There is an updated post with the newest HP OpenFlow firmware that can be found at: [fancy_link link=”http://networkstatic.net/configure-an-hp-openflow-switch-for-floodlight/” variation=”orange”]Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight[/fancy_link] Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches: HP has been supporting OpenFlow v1.0 with general availability longer than anyone… Continue reading Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches

SDN APIs- I Think I Have Seen This Movie Before

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]SDN APIs- I Think I Have Seen This Movie Before:[/fancy_header3] To see the future of SDN and arguably the future of networks, the roadmap is in our rear-view mirror. Like with most things the past holds the clues to the future and computing cycles fit that mold well. The Northbound API is starting to… Continue reading SDN APIs- I Think I Have Seen This Movie Before

SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install

SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install: There is a new topology component to the OpenFlow Controller FloodLight. The page is located in the GUI Web UI under the “Topology” menu and the balls on the screen represent hosts. I haven’t checked the listserv to see where they are going with it but it’s… Continue reading SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install