#467 SDN: Software Defined Networks

Book notes - SDN: Software Defined Networks: An Authoritative Review of Network Programmability Technologies, by Thomas D. Nadeau, Ken Gray. First published January 1, 2013.

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1: Introduction
2: Centralized and Distributed Control and Data Plane
- Introduction
  - Evolution versus Revolution
- What Do They Do?
  - The Control Plane
  - Data Plane
  - Moving Information Between Planes
  - Why Can Separation Be Important?
- Distributed Control Planes
  - IP and MPLS
  - Creating the IP Underlay
  - Convergence Time
  - Load Balancing
  - High Availability
  - Creating the MPLS Overlay
  - Replication
- Centralized Control Planes
  - Logical Versus Literal
  - ATM/LANE
  - Route Servers
- Conclusions
3: OpenFlow
- Introduction
  - Wire Protocol
  - Replication
  - FAWG (Forwarding Abstraction Workgroup)
  - Config and Extensibility
  - Architecture
- Hybrid Approaches
  - Ships in the Night
  - Dual Function Switches
- Conclusions
4: SDN Controllers
- Introduction
- General Concepts
  - VMware
  - Nicira
  - VMware/Nicira
  - OpenFlow-Related
  - Mininet
  - NOX/POX
  - Trema
  - Ryu
  - Big Switch Networks/Floodlight
- Layer 3 Centric
  - L3VPN
  - Path Computation Element Server
- Plexxi
  - Plexxi Affinity
- Cisco OnePK
  - Relationship to the Idealized SDN Framework
- Conclusions
5: Network Programmability
- Introduction
- The Management Interface
  - The Application-Network Divide The Command-Line Interface
  - NETCONF and NETMOD
  - SNMP
- Modern Programmatic Interfaces
  - Publish and Subscribe Interfaces
  - XMPP
  - Google’s Protocol Buffers
  - Thrift
  - JSON
  - I2RS
- Modern Orchestration
  - OpenStack
  - CloudStack
  - Puppet
  - Conclusions
6: Data Center Concepts and Constructs
- Introduction
- The Multitenant Data Center
- The Virtualized Multitenant Data Center
  - Orchestration
  - Connecting a Tenant to the Internet/VPN
  - Virtual Machine Migration and Elasticity
  - Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
  - Fallacies of Data Center Distributed Computing
  - Data Center Distributed Computing Pitfalls to Consider
- SDN Solutions for the Data Center Network
  - The Network Underlay
- VLANs
- EVPN
  - Locator ID Split (LISP)
- VxLan
- NVGRE
  - OpenFlow
  - Network Overlays
  - Network Overlay Types
- Conclusions
7: Network Function Virtualization
- Introduction
- Virtualization and Data Plane I/O
  - Data Plane I/O
  - I/O Summary
- Services Engineered Path
- Service Locations and Chaining
  - Metadata
  - An Application Level Approach
  - Scale
- NFV at ETSI
- Non-ETSI NFV Work
  - Middlebox Studies
  - Embrane/LineRate
  - Platform Virtualization
- Conclusions
8: Network Topology and Topological Information Abstraction
- Introduction
- Network Topology
- Traditional Methods
- LLDP
- BGP-TE/LS
  - BGP-LS with PCE
- ALTO
  - BGP-LS and PCE Interaction with ALTO
- I2RS Topology
  - Conclusions
9: Building an SDN Framework
- Introduction
- Build Code First; Ask Questions Later
- The Juniper SDN Framework
- IETF SDN Framework(s)
  - SDN(P)
  - ABNO
- Open Daylight Controller/Framework
  - API
  - High Availability and State Storage
  - Analytics
- Policy
- Conclusions
10: Use Cases for Bandwidth Scheduling, Manipulation, and Calendaring
- Introduction
- Bandwidth Calendaring
  - Base Topology and Fundamental Concepts OpenFlow and PCE Topologies
  - Example Configuration
  - OpenFlow Provisioned Example
  - Enhancing the Controller
  - Overlay Example Using PCE Provisioning
  - Expanding Your Reach: Barbarians at the Gate
- Big Data and Application Hyper-Virtualization for Instant CSPF
- Expanding Topology
- Conclusions
11: Use Cases for Data Center Overlays, Big Data, and Network Function Virtualization
- Introduction
- Data Center Orchestration
  - Creating Tenant and Virtual Machine State
  - Forwarding State
  - Data-Driven Learning
  - Control-Plane Signaling
  - Scaling and Performance Considerations
- Puppet (DevOps Solution)
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
  - NFV in Mobility
- Optimized Big Data
- Conclusions
12: Use Cases for Input Traffic Monitoring, Classification, and Triggered Actions
- Introduction
- The Firewall
- Firewalls as a Service
- Network Access Control Replacement
- Extending the Use Case with a Virtual Firewall Feedback and Optimization
- Intrusion Detection/Threat Mitigation
- Conclusions
13: Final Thoughts and Conclusions
- What Is True About SDN?
  - Economics
  - SDN Is Really About Operations and Management
- Multiple Definitions of SDN
- Are We Making Progress Yet?

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