[fancy_header3 textColor=”#25b6eb”]Time to Ditch the Definition of SDN[/fancy_header3] While at a stoplight looking at the random news feeds on Linkedin I ran across a post of a recent blog post by the ONF and the subsequent conversation where my friend Ivan Pepenlnjak commented. So I threw in my two cents and quickly regretted it because… Continue reading Time to Ditch the Definition of SDN
Tag: OpenFlow
Setting Up Overlays on Open vSwitch
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”] Setting Up Overlays on Open vSwitch [/fancy_header3] Most “SDN” solutions involve overlays or at the least HW overlay gateways/ToR of some type. Some sell overlays terminating in hardware, others sell overlays terminating in the server. The encaps include standards like GRE, VXLAN and soon to be Geneve (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation: basically the… Continue reading Setting Up Overlays on Open vSwitch
Install Open vSwitch v2.0 from RPM on RedHat Fedora
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange” ]Install Open vSwitch v2.0 from RPM on RedHat Fedora[/fancy_header3] This post is for installing OVS from RedHat RPM binaries. If you want to build Open vSwitch from source please see this post. Open vSwitch v2.0 introduces some really important features, at the top of the list is multi-threaded support in vswitchd. This will… Continue reading Install Open vSwitch v2.0 from RPM on RedHat Fedora
The OpenFlow Overlay
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]The OpenFlow Overlay[/fancy_header3] Integrating SDN beyond the data center is still the wild west. The needs are very similar, traffic classification and policy instantiation at the edge. Data center solutions then abstract the underlying network with tunneling/encapsulation mechanisms to achieve IP mobility among other things. Outside the data center, some may care about choosing… Continue reading The OpenFlow Overlay
OpenDaylight Maven and OSGI Dev Notes
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]OPENDAYLIGHT MAVEN AND OSGI DEV NOTES[/fancy_header3] Prior to OpenDaylight I had only used the ODGI framework with David Ericson’s Beacon contorller. I wanted to dump some of my notes from code hacking over the past couple of weeks. Most of the time has been spent getting used to OSGI and Maven. After the Maven… Continue reading OpenDaylight Maven and OSGI Dev Notes
Compiling Wireshark to Install the OpenFlow Dissector on a MAC
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Compiling Wireshark to Install the OpenFlow Dissector on a MAC[/fancy_header3] [image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”center” alt=”OpenFlow from Package PPA” width=”520″]http://networkstatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Wireshark-OpenFlow.jpeg[/image_frame] [note_box] Update: the OpenFlow dissector appears natively included in the nightly Ubuntu dev builds and even better, native in Fedora 19: ### Fedora 19 Wireshark Installation ### 1) sudo yum install wireshark 2) Nothing! Its that… Continue reading Compiling Wireshark to Install the OpenFlow Dissector on a MAC
Pre-Built OpenDaylight VM Images
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Pre-Built OpenDaylight VM Images[/fancy_header3] [info_box]Update: We have new images for download now. Please see this post: [fancy_link link=”http://networkstatic.net/opendaylight-openstack-integration-devstack-fedora-20/” variation=”orange” target=”blank”]OpenDaylight OpenStack Integration with DevStack on Fedora[/fancy_link] There are more images on the OpenDaylight web site: [fancy_link link=”http://www.opendaylight.org/software” variation=”orange” target=”blank”] OpenDaylight Downloads Page[/fancy_link] [/info_box] While there is still some uncertainty on the platform details of… Continue reading Pre-Built OpenDaylight VM Images
SDN, OpenFlow and OpenDaylight Updates and Recordings
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]SDN, OpenFlow and OpenDaylight Updates and Recordings[/fancy_header3] It’s been a busy few weeks in the SDN debate. I am posting some SDN updates from April along with some recordings from various events. The Open Networking Summit held its event. Only a few of the videos have posted so far. The keynotes and presentations that… Continue reading SDN, OpenFlow and OpenDaylight Updates and Recordings