Software defined networks a comprehensive approach

Software Defined Networks discusses the historical networking environment that gave rise to SDN, as well as the latest advances in SDN technology. The book gives you the state of the art knowledge needed for successful deployment of an SDN, including: How to explain to the non-technical business dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goransson, Paul
Other Authors: Black, Chuck
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waltham, Massachusetts Morgan Kaufmann, an imprint of Elsevier 2014
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Introduction
  • Why SDN?
  • The genesis of SDN
  • How SDN works
  • The openflow specification
  • Alternative definitions of SDN
  • SDN in the data center
  • SDN in other environments
  • Players in the SDN ecosystem
  • SDN applications
  • SDN open source
  • Business ramifications
  • SDN futures