SDN Essentials I

Half Day Morning
(9:00 am-12:30 pm)

Grand Ballroom B

LISA14: Syseng
T3
Saurav Das, SDN Academy
Aseem Parikh, SDN Academy
Description: 

This course will introduce the attendee to a disruptive transformation underway in networking. S/he will learn the fundamentals of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) including its motivation, basic building blocks and standard abstractions. Bring your laptop to participate in exercises.

Who should attend: 

Any attendee of LISA’14 who is interested in learning about how SDN and OpenFlow present major transformative opportunities to networking professionals.

Take back to work: 

The fundamental understanding of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) including its motivation, basic building blocks and standard abstractions.

Topics include: 
  • Introduction to SDN
  • What is SDN? 
  • SDN Architecture
  • Benefits of SDN
  • The SDN Stack
  • SDN Use Cases and Early Deployments
  • Wrap-Up: Thinking Differently about Networking
Presentation Type: 
Training