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Experimenting with ONOS clustering
ONOS, Open Network Operating System, is a newly released open-source SDN controller that is focused on service provider use-cases. Similar to OpenDaylight, the platform is written in Java and uses Karaf/OSGi for functionality management. Recently we experimented with this controller platform and put together a […]
Docker Networking
Recently we fiddled with several of the network settings in native Docker and put together a survey presentation. It feels fascinating to realize that overlay networking is being revisited once again in the context of containers/Docker. For those not familar with Docker, it is sufficient […]
SDN starter kit based on Ryu controller platform
We are releasing a SDN starter kit software package to promote SDN trial and adoption in smaller proof-of-concept deployments. The applications are built over the Ryu controller platform. The current code base offers simple implementations of the applications / modules like topology visualization, monitoring tap management, server […]
Release of OpenFlow 1.3 support for OpenDaylight’s AD-SAL
Download OpenDaylight, thus far, has supported OpenFlow 1.3 only through Model-driven SAL. However, MD-SAL can be unwieldy at times. We solve this issue by releasing a set of bundles and source code that enable OpenDaylight users to use AD-SAL for controlling OpenFlow 1.3 switches as well […]
Announcing release of Floodlight with OF 1.3 support
We are releasing a version of Floodlight with support for OpenFlow 1.3. We call our version as Floodlight-plus. You can check the release notes and obtain the code from our Git repository. To try the support for OF1.3, do the following after installing JDK 1.7 […]
Opendaylight Development with Eclipse and Toolkit
This tutorial requires Opendaylight Toolkit – please ensure you have Toolkit set up and your controller running.Before proceeding, please ensure you have Eclipse 3.9. Though these steps work in Eclipse 3.8, there seem to be occasional errors with directory paths. Additionally, you will need the […]
Opendaylight Toolkit: Roll-your-own Opendaylight App
This is a quick introduction to the Opendaylight Toolkit. We will not go over Opendaylight basics here – please refer to our intro tutorial for an overview and intro to Opendaylight. 1. Why Opendaylight Toolkit? Opendaylight is highly modular and highly customizable. However, the existing […]
Report on SDN Hackathon at ONS 2014
At Open Networking Summit 2014, we co-organized an exciting SDN Hackathon, which had 24 individuals form 6 teams and build some really cool SDN applications. Teams comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds (engineers, product managers and architects, from different parts of the world (Brazil, Japan, […]
SDN Test Suite: Results for Floodlight and OpenContrail
We compared the functionality and data plane of the following three approaches for virtual networking: OpenContrail solution: This overlay-SDN solution uses BGP control plane and MPLSoGRE for the data plane. Each virtual dataplane (called vRouter) is also a full-fledged routing gateway. The snapshot of the […]
SDN Test Suite – Methodology
Typical SDN-based Network Virtualization The architecture rolled out can be one of the following: Pure-overlay: Programmable virtual dataplane elements (vDP) are inserted into edge servers and controlled by the controller cluster. They form overlay networks using tunnels that are routed over the legacy network fabric. […]
