[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Be The Steamroller Not The Road[/fancy_header3] [pullquote3 align=”right” variation=”orange” cite=” -Stewart Brand”]“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.”[/pullquote3] I always chuckle when I hear SDN or OpenFlow “bigots”. I find that it is normally vendors being flippant towards SDN in general are… Continue reading Be The Steamroller Not The Road
Tag: Software Defined Networking
Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight [/fancy_header3] This is a revised tutorial to configure an HP OpenFlow switch for Floodlight or any other OpenFlow controller. HP revised its firmware a few months back which is great. HP has been supporting OpenFlow on its switches with generally available code longer then any other networking… Continue reading Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight
Open vSwitch on VirtualBox
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Open vSwitch on VirtualBox[/fancy_header3] Here is a quick tutorial for installing Open vSwitch on VirtualBox. VirtualBox is an open source virtualization project from Oracle. It is supported on Windows, Mac, BSD and Linux to name a few. It has a nice GUI for VM management out of the box. Open vSwitch is an open… Continue reading Open vSwitch on VirtualBox
Hybrid OpenFlow Using The Normal Action
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Hybrid OpenFlow Using The Normal Action[/fancy_header3] Hybrid OpenFlow Using The Normal Action: When a new technology is introduced in networking, it is not uncommon for most to transition that new technology into their network for test/dev or production by starting with small chunks at a time. Hybrid OpenFlow deployments will used by many of… Continue reading Hybrid OpenFlow Using The Normal Action
More Vendors Define Their SDN Strategy
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]More Vendors Define Their SDN Strategy[/fancy_header3] It was a busy week in SDN. Some pretty significant revelations gave us good directional indications for SDN in 2013. Most significantly is SDN is getting enough traction to drive significant investment and tough decisions to be made by the networking incumbents. As more vendors define their SDN… Continue reading More Vendors Define Their SDN Strategy
More Details About The Cisco ONE Controller Announced
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]More Details About The Cisco ONE Controller Announced[/fancy_header3] Cisco has begun further unveiling more details about the Cisco ONE controller, currently in early beta. The announcement, specifies new SDN applications and hardware support for a select few existing products and new ones like the Catalyst 3850. Also recently announced, is the new Nexus 6000 switching product,… Continue reading More Details About The Cisco ONE Controller Announced
Installing Wireshark On Linux for OpenFlow Packet Captures
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Installing Wireshark On Linux for OpenFlow Packet Captures[/fancy_header3] [warning_box]Update March 16, 2014: Fedora 20 has native Wireshark OpenFlow support. e.g: yum install wireshark [/warning_box] [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… Continue reading Installing Wireshark On Linux for OpenFlow Packet Captures
The SDN Impact on Net Neutrality
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]The SDN Impact on Net Neutrality[/fancy_header3] [pullquote2 align=”right” variation=”orange” cite=”Tim Berners-Lee” citeLink=” -Inventor of the World Wide Web”]The neutral communications medium is essential to our society. It is the basis of a fair competitive market economy. It is the basis of democracy, by which a community should decide what to do. It is the… Continue reading The SDN Impact on Net Neutrality