SDN: Software Defined Networks
by Thomas D. Nadeau, Ken Gray · Thomas D. Nadeau, Ken Gray
O'Reilly guide to software-defined networking covering the separation of control and data planes, OpenFlow, SDN controllers such as OpenDaylight, network virtualization and data-center use cases. Readers learn how SDN architectures work and how they differ from traditional distributed network control.
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