OpenFlow Deep Dive

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This 6-hour deep dive webinar describes the technical details of OpenFlow, the protocol heavily promoted by Open Networking Foundation (ONF) as the cornerstone of next-generation controller-based networking.

If you're responsible for developing, designing or evaluating SDN solutions, you simply have to attend this webinar to understand the capabilities, limitations and scalability challenges of OpenFlow.

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This webinar is part of Software Defined Networking (SDN) roadmap and accessible with standard subscription

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Contents

The OpenFlow Deep Dive webinar covers the following topics:

Introduction to OpenFlow

  • OpenFlow principles of operation
  • Control/data plane separation
  • Out-of-band control-plane network
  • Protocol evolution

OpenFlow protocol details

  • OpenFlow messages
  • Forwarding model
  • Flow classifiers
  • OpenFlow actions
  • Punting to normal forwarding and controller

OpenFlow deployment models

  • OpenFlow-only deployments
  • Ships-in-the-night
  • Hybrid (integrated) OpenFlow

Real-life OpenFlow implementations

  • Market overview
  • OpenFlow support in data center switches

Scalability challenges

  • Forwarding limitations
  • Proactive and reactive flow setups
  • Hop-by-hop versus path-based forwarding
  • Single-table state explosion
  • Control-plane scalability
  • Lack of shared fate
  • Fast convergence

About the Author

Ivan PepelnjakIvan Pepelnjak (CCIE#1354 Emeritus) has been analyzing OpenFlow technology and SDN ideas (and being pretty vocal about their shortcomings) since March 2011, resulting in a number of high-impact events, on-site SDN workshops for large enterprises and service providers, and vendor-sponsored webinars.

Ivan is the author of several SDN-related books, highly praised webinars, and dozens of OpenFlow and SDN-related technical articles published on his blog.

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