OpenFlow: SDN Hybrid Deployment Strategies

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]OpenFlow: SDN Hybrid Deployment Strategies[/fancy_header3] This series of posts, has been focused on reviewing some practical OpenFlow SDN deployment strategies. Early SDN, will be hybrid networks and early niche applications to begin understanding how to integrate pockets of SDN, mitigate risks and most importantly understand the technology to properly scale solutions. If you try and… Continue reading OpenFlow: SDN Hybrid Deployment Strategies

OpenFlow: Coarse vs. Fine Flows

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]OpenFlow: Coarse vs. Fine Flows[/fancy_header3] OpenFlow: Coarse vs. Fine Flows – This series of posts, is to shed light on some illogicalities surrounding the SDN discussion. I will highlight what I propose, will achieve performance and scale when implementing flow based forwarding designs. Soon these debates, will no longer be conceptual or limited deployments in… Continue reading OpenFlow: Coarse vs. Fine Flows

OpenFlow: Proactive vs Reactive Flows

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]OpenFlow: Proactive vs Reactive[/fancy_header3] As more people begin entering the Software Defined Networking conversation, there is still only one wire protocol that has a reasonably good chance at becoming the de-facto open SDN southbound messaging standard, OpenFlow. There is quite a bit of debate around whether or not OpenFlow can scale. Most claims that… Continue reading OpenFlow: Proactive vs Reactive Flows

SDN OpenFlow Policy Abstractions

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]SDN OpenFlow Policy Abstractions : Frenetic Netcore Procera[/fancy_header3] SDN OpenFlow Policy Abstractions : Abstraction layers are a fundamental principle in computer science. It is a core pillar in creating efficiencies through layered, modular scale. Proper abstraction layers are also where the networking train came off the tracks. Network operators program network devices using proprietary… Continue reading SDN OpenFlow Policy Abstractions

Plexxi Capacity Planning Done Right

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Plexxi Capacity Planning Done Right[/fancy_header3] I try and get a daily dose of at least a few minutes of a PacketPushers podcast to keep up with latest networking products and trends. In Show 126 Plexxi & Affinity Networking With Marten Terpstra Greg and Ethan meet with Marten Terpstra of Plexxi and dug into the new… Continue reading Plexxi Capacity Planning Done Right

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher[/fancy_header3] Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher: The first post in this tutorial can be found at Tutorial to Build a FloodLight SDN OpenFlow Controller . For those looking to do things with early SDN / OpenFlow controllers this post may be of some… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher

Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators

[fancy_header3 variation=”deepblue”]Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators[/fancy_header3] [dropcap3 variation=”steelblue”]L[/dropcap3] ast week we looked at what the Network Service Provider Customers are looking for from vendors in the  Network Virtualization Function (NFV). This week, let’s take a look at what the vendors were proposing in October at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress.… Continue reading Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators

Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2[/fancy_header3] In the second part of the two parter I am looking at some of the softer sides of the networking futures and what I expect to see in the coming year. Click here for Part I. [fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]SDN for HyperScale and Everyone Else[/fancy_header3] Today Google back-hauls… Continue reading Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2