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Learning OpenDaylight

By : Reza Toghraee
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Learning OpenDaylight

By: Reza Toghraee

Overview of this book

OpenDaylight is an open source, software-defined network controller based on standard protocols. It aims to accelerate the adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and create a solid foundation for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). SDN is a vast subject; many network engineers find it difficult to get started with using and operating different SDN platforms. This book will give you a practical bridge from SDN theory to the practical, real-world use of SDN in datacenters and by cloud providers. The book will help you understand the features and use cases for SDN, NFV, and OpenDaylight. NFV uses virtualization concepts and techniques to create virtual classes for node functions. Used together, SDN and NFV can elevate the standards of your network architecture; generic hardware-saving costs and the advanced and abstracted software will give you the freedom to evolve your network in the future without having to invest more in costly equipment. By the end of this book, you will have learned how to design and deploy OpenDaylight networks and integrate them with physical network switches. You will also have mastered basic network programming over the SDN fabric.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Dedication
Preface

Plan to deploy OpenDaylight


Let's get our hands dirty and build our first ODL installation. We will start by preparing a virtual environment and creating an ODL controller. We will use the basis of this deployed controller in later parts of this book.

Also, we will look at the highly available distributed deployment model as a pilot, but we will not use it in future chapters.

Let's have a look at ODL deployment models. First, let's discuss the standalone model:

  • In this model, the ODL controller will be deployed as a standalone server. All components of ODL will be installed and enabled on the same instance.
  • This type of deployment will be enough for small to medium installations or lab environments.
  • Remember that standalone installation doesn't mean that you will not have redundancy or any level of high availability. Thanks to the available enterprise virtual environment features-such as vMotion or HA, which are available in most virtual environments (VMware vSphere, OpenStack, Xen, Proxmox,...