Understanding the SDN Architecture and SDN Control Plane
网页Understanding the SDN Architecture – SDN Control Plane & SDN Data Plane. A software-defined network (SDN) architecture (or SDN architecture) defines how a networking and computing system can be ...
What Is OpenFlow? Definition and How it Relates to SDN
网页What Is OpenFlow: Key Takeaways. OpenFlow is one of the first software-defined networking (SDN) standards and defined the communication protocol between SDN controllers and the forwarding plane of ...
SD-WAN vs MPLS: The Pros and Cons of Both Technologies
网页An SD-WAN virtualizes the network functions that run on the network infrastructure so they can run as software on commodity hardware. MPLS technology runs on proprietary hardware. SD-WAN ...
Case Study: WannaCry Ransomware - SDxCentral
网页The WannaCry ransomware attack of May 2017 was one of the most widespread ransomware attacks, exploiting a leaked Windows software vulnerability. It resulted in hundreds of thousands of infections ...
The Essentials of SD-WAN Architecture — SDxCentral
网页SD-WAN architecture reduces network costs, increases visibility, and offers centralized management. An SD-WAN architecture uses encryption, authentication, and virtualized security tools to secure ...
What are Ethernet Leaf Switches? - Definition - SDxCentral
网页SDxCentral Studios. Leaf switches are popular devices used in data centers to aggregate traffic from server nodes and then connect to the core of the network, consisting of spine switches. In this ...
What are SDN Northbound APIs (and SDN REST APIs)? - SDxCentral
网页Northbound APIs communicating with the SDN controller in a network. In this case, the controller is Floodlight, an open-source controller based in OpenFlow.The RESTful API, which in this case is ...
What is software defined networking (SDN)? Definition - SDxCentral
网页Software-defined networking (SDN) is the separation of control and forwarding functions so software can be used to control a network centrally. SDN is often paired with network functions ...
What is Software Defined Everything (SDx) - Defined - SDxCentral
网页Software-defined infrastructure (SDxI) is the next generation of infrastructure required to connect all of these software-defined devices and applications to their networks, each other, and ...
What Is Unified Data Management (UDM)? - SDxCentral
网页What Is UDM: Key Takeaways. Unified data management (UDM) is a centralized way to control network user data. It is similar to 4G’s home subscriber service (HSS), but is cloud-native and designed ...