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If you are also interested in SDN architecture and want to use the OpenFlow specification for it, a good starting point is the tutorial on openflow.org. OpenFlow has its roots at Stanford University and provides the communication between the data- and the control-plane in a SDN based network architecture. In this article we will show you how to setup a system that implements a learning switch using the OpenFlow specification.
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an architecture for computer networking. The overall key concept for SDN-based architecture is to define a control plane and a data plane. The control plane is represented as a server or appliance that takes the accountability for the communication between the business applications and the data plane.
Philipp Aeschlimann is researcher at the ICCLab. His interests are coarsely ranging from data center consolidation, over infrastructure an service virtualization, to software defined networking for Cloud Computing. In 2006, after awarded a degree in mechincal engineering, he started his professional career in the area of IT Services for various SME in the respective industry. He […]