OpenFlow¶

Specific Protocol between the controller and the OF switches. And a set of operations/messages sent to the switches.

• Original Paper: OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks
• Original site
• Old site
• Wikipedia Page

OpenFlow Protocol Specifications¶

1.4.0, 1.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.0, 1.2, 1.1.0, 1.0.0

OpenFlow Basics and Overview¶

• What OpenFlow is and more importantly, what it’s not
• OpenFlow components
• Notes on OpenFlow
• OpenFlow is like IPv6

OpenFlow Scalability¶

• On data center scale, OpenFlow, and SDN
• The Scaling Implications of SDN

OpenFlow Programming Languages¶

• Languages for Software-Defined Networks
• Frenetic: A Network Programming Language
• Composing Software-Defined Networks
• Participatory Networking: An API for Application Control of SDNs
• A Compile and Run-time System for Network Programming Languages
• Machine-Verified Network Controllers
• Nettle: Functional Reactive Programming of OpenFlow Networks
• Procera: A Language for High-Level Reactive Network Control
• FatTire: Declarative Fault Tolerance for Software-defined Networks
• A Balance of Power: Expressive, Analyzable Controller Programming

OpenFlow Federation and Isolation¶

• Hierarchical Policies for Software Defined Networks
• Splendid Isolation: A Slice Abstraction for Software-Defined Networks

OpenFlow Testing Verification and Tracing¶

Misc Documentation¶

• OpenFlow, Controllers – Whats missing in Routing Protocols today?
• Why OpenFlow Hardware Control Matters in the Data Center?

OpenFlow HOWTOs and Tutorials¶

• Original OpenFlow Tutorial
• OpenFlow - SDN for engenniers
• OpenFlow/SDN Beginner's Tutorial
• OpenFlow 1.3 Tutorial by CPqD

ONF Testing & Interoperability Working Group¶

The Testing and Interoperability working group seeks to accelerate the development and adoption of the OpenFlow™ Standard. The group will work toward this goal by ensuring standardized development through testing and certification, fostering interoperability among vendor implementations, and providing an industry-recognized certification for ONF compliance.

March 2012 Interoperability Event¶

• Event Technical Paper
• Event White Paper

October 2012 Interoperability Event¶

• Event Technical Paper
• Conformance Test Specification for OpenFlow Switch Specification 1.0.1

OpenFlow Controllers¶

Referências¶

http://www.valleytalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Evaluation_Of_OF_Controllers.pdf

Discussão sobre características a serem avaliadas¶

Características e funcionalidades

Análise dedicada¶

• Ryu
• NOX
• POX
• Trema
• Floodlight
• OpenDaylight

Resumo (desatualizado)¶

OpenFLOW Controllers

OpenFlow Switches¶

• OpenFlow 1.3 Software Switch
  https://github.com/CPqD/ofsoftswitch13