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USC Introduction to SDN

Hands-on introduction to Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a networking paradigm that overcomes several limitations of traditional network infrastructure.


  •    20.00 USD
  •   Four Month Access


Lab Details

The development of this lab series was supported with funding from the National Science Foundation Award 1829698 “CyberTraining CIP: Cyberinfrastructure Expertise on High-throughput Networks for Big Science Data Transfers” at the University of South Carolina (UofSC). The labs provide hands-on training in the technologies used to build and configure high-speed networks.

These labs provide a hands-on introduction to Software-Defined Networking (SDN), a networking paradigm that overcomes several limitations of traditional network infrastructure.

Features

Module List

Labs
Lab 1: Introduction to Mininet
Lab 2: Legacy Networks: BGP Example as a Distributed System and Autonomous Forwarding Decisions
Lab 3: Early Efforts of SDN: MPLS Example of a Control Plane that Establishes Semi-static Forwarding Paths
Lab 4: Introduction to SDN
Lab 5: Configuring VXLAN to Provide Network Traffic Isolation
Lab 6: Introduction to OpenFlow
Lab 7: SDN-Routing within an SDN network
Lab 8: Interconnection between legacy networks and SDN networks
Lab 9: Configuring Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Lab 10: Applying Equal-cost Multi-path Protocol (ECMP) within SDN networks
Exercises
Exercise 01: SDN Network Configuration
Exercise 02: Configuring VXLAN
Exercise 03: OpenFlow Protocol Management
Exercise 04: Incremental Deployment of SDN Networks within Legacy Networks

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