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Software-Defined Networking with OpenFlow - Second Edition

By : SIAMAK AZODOLMOLKY, Oswald Coker
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Software-Defined Networking with OpenFlow - Second Edition

By: SIAMAK AZODOLMOLKY, Oswald Coker

Overview of this book

OpenFlow paves the way for an open, centrally programmable structure, thereby accelerating the effectiveness of Software-Defined Networking. Software-Defined Networking with OpenFlow, Second Edition takes you through the product cycle and gives you an in-depth description of the components and options that are available at each stage. The aim of this book is to help you implement OpenFlow concepts and improve Software-Defined Networking on your projects. You will begin by learning about building blocks and OpenFlow messages such as controller-to-switch and symmetric and asynchronous messages. Next, this book will take you through OpenFlow controllers and their existing implementations followed by network application development. Key topics include the basic environment setup, the Neutron and Floodlight OpenFlow controller, XORPlus OF13SoftSwitch, enterprise and affordable switches such as the Zodiac FX and HP2920. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement OpenFlow concepts and improve Software-Defined Networking in your projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Free Chapter
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Software-Defined Networks

About the Reviewer

Jacob H. Cox Jr. received his BS in electrical engineering from Clemson University, SC, in 2002, his MS in electrical and computer engineering from Duke University, NC, in 2010, and his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, in 2017. As an army officer with 21 years of active service, Jacob has served as a cyber officer, a telecommunications engineer, signal officer, and a chemical officer. His more recent assignments include company command at Fort Gordon, Georgia (2006-2008); assistant professor at the United States Military Academy (2010-2013), and Chief of Enterprise Operations at the South West Asia Cyber Center in Kuwait (2013-2014). More recently, Jacob accepted a position with Soar Technology, Inc. as a research scientist, where he plans to pursue his research interests in Software-Defined Networking, network control platforms, and network security.