Practical Software-Defined Networking: 5 OpenFlow Physical Switches

1h 45mBeginner2018-05-30

Authors

David Bombal

Creating content and courses for networking professionals worldwide

Course details

Get an overview of the physical switches that are used with the OpenFlow communication protocol. In this course, dig deep into Zodiac FX, Raspberry Pi, and HPE physical switches. Learn about the Zodiac FX OpenFlow switch—including how to configure it, view flows, and write flows—and discover why this little switch is so great for development and testing. In addition, get an introduction to HPE physical switches and the Raspberry Pi, an affordable computer that you can configure as an OpenFlow enabled switch.

Learning objectives
Configuring and working with Zodiac FX
Blocking specific protocols
Writing flows to Zodiac FX
Configuring and working with Raspberry Pi
HPE physical switches
Physical switches with the HPE SDN Controller

Skills covered

Raspberry PiNetwork AdministrationNetwork and System AdministrationOne-Off

Concepts

1. Zodiac FX

01 - Zodiac FX overview
02 - Help and documentation
03 - Connect Zodiac FX to your computer
04 - Default configuration
05 - Configure Zodiac FX IP address, gateway, and SDN Controller information
06 - View flows and change OpenFlow mode to Pure OpenFlow mode
07 - Write flows to Zodiac FX
08 - How many tables on the switch
09 - Windows clients and multiple tables, part 1
10 - Windows clients and multiple tables, part 2
11 - Block specific protocols
12 - Upgrade firmware

2. Raspberry Pi

13 - Introduction to Raspberry Pi
14 - A $5 OpenFlow switch
15 - My Raspberry Pi OpenFlow network
16 - OVS bridge
17 - Register with SDN Controller
18 - Test performance

3. HPE Physical Switches

19 - Introduction to HPE physical switches
20 - HPE ProCurve (Aruba) OpenFlow configuration
21 - HPE Comware OpenFlow configuration
22 - Physical switches with the HPE SDN Controller
23 - Demo - Comware switch
24 - Demo - OpenFlow output on SDN Controller
25 - Demo - OpenFlow tables