In this chapter, we had a detailed description on our OpenFlow laboratory based on Mininet and its role as a network emulator that can be interfaced to remote controllers (POX). This setup is the development infrastructure upon which we can utilize the northbound API of the OpenFlow controllers (for example, POX) to develop Net Apps in the next chapter.
Furthermore, we presented the ODL project and its bootstrap controller (that is, ODL controller), which can be used as an SDN controller for our development environment. The ODL controller and its northbound interface, which was also interfaced to the Mininet network emulator, is another promising environment, which we will use in the next chapter for sample Net App development.