The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. The Southbound interface between the switch and the controller was key to significant SDN possibilities.

I’ve heard arguments for letting a Northbound interface develop over time organically instead of mandating via committee. And every one is looking for coalescence around a NBAPI. Instead of trying to ...

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization that promotes Software-Defined Networking (SDN), has announced approval of OpenFlow 1.3.0, which adds a number of updates to the ...

Abstract: Software defined networks are poised to dramatically simplify deployment and management of networks. OpenFlow, in particular, is becoming popular and starts being deployed. While the ...

The future of networking will be defined by software. That was the overriding theme after the first day of the inaugural Open Networking Summit, a conference dedicated to software-defined networking ...

The OpenFlow switching and communications protocol addresses packet routing on a software layer that's separate from a network's physical infrastructure. OpenFlow's major benefit is flexibility, ...

OpenFlow, one of the methods for implementing software-defined networking (SDN), enables a standardized way of delivering a centralized, programmable network that can dynamically address changing ...

The rationale for opening up more layers than just the control and forwarding planes in network programmability is to glean as much statistical and analytical information as possible from the router ...

This section covers topics which are developer specific and which have not been covered in the user guide. Please see the OpenFlow plugin user guide first. It can be ...