Course Overview:

This is a 1-day class that gives a background on SDN architecture, definitions, and where the industry is heading. This class has been designed to serve a variety of audiences including sales, project managers, network engineers and anyone interested in learning the current SDN landscape.

Target Audience:

This course is aimed at sales personnel, network engineers and architects, decision makers, and anyone interested in understanding SDN.

Learning Objectives:

• The issues that SDN aims to address.
• Describing the different components that make up the SDN framework.
• Identify the major vendor solutions in the SDN arena.
• Different use cases of real-world SDN implementations.

Course Agenda:

Day 1

• Introduction
• Definitions and Standards
• Open SDN
• SDN via APIs
• SDN via Overlays
• Case Studies
• Openstack vs Opendaylight

Course Topics:

Module 1: Introduction

• Company introduction
• Attendee introductions
• Logistics

Module 2: Definitions and standards

• Problems in Networking (that SDN can help solve)
• Making the case for SDN
• SDN Flavors
• What is OpenFlow
• WAN
• Transport Networks
• JOIN/VMWare
• Cloudwatt/Contrail

Module 3: Open SDN

• Pica8
• Overview
• L2/L3
• OVS/OpenFlow
• Data Center Orchestration
• Big Switch
• Company Info
• Products
• Evolution of SDN Architecture
• SDN in the Data Center
• Big Cloud Fabric Overview
• Brocade
• Overview
• Features
• Packaging and Prerequisites
• Use cases and Added Value
• Application portability and IP Protection
• Support Options

Module 4: SDN via APIs

• Cisco
• Overview
• APIC-EM
• DevNet Learning Labs

Module 5: SDN via Overlays

• Juniper Contrail
• Overview
• Architecture
• Business Use Case
• Pros
• Cons

Module 6: Case Studies

• SDN Environments
• Data Center
• daylight
• Orchestrator vs Controller
• OpenStack Overview
• OpenDayLight Overview
• OpenDayLight integration with OpenStack

Module 7: Openstack vs Open

• How does Open
• Flow work
• Friends of SDN
• SDN Definers