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