Welcome to this software defined networking and open flow introductory course.
My name is David Bumble and I'll be your presenter for this training.
In this course we are firstly going to answer the question what is software defined networking or SDM?
There are different definitions and it's often confusing to understand what actually is.
You speak to three engineers and you get three different answers.
So I'm going to try and clarify this and explain different definitions of.
The next question we're going to answer is, is this stuff actually real?
Are people actually implementing software defined networking?
Are they using open flow?
Is open flow and SD in the same thing?
So we'll tackle those questions.
And then I'm going to explain briefly what open STN is and what open flow is.
And in my opinion, no course is good enough if we don't have a demonstration of this actually being
used practically.
So I'm going to demonstrate open flow switches integrated with a controller, in this case the HPE van
SDM controller running an application downloaded and installed from the HP App Store.
This course is an introduction to multiple courses that cover software, defined networking and open
flow.
As we explain in in more detail, you'll see that open flow and SD in are separate concepts and some
implementations of SD and do not use open flow at all.
Hopefully by the end of this short course you'll have a good understanding of what SD is and what open
flow is, and then you'll be able to decide for yourself which other courses you'd be interested in
taking.
I hope you'll take other courses that I've created that you'll enjoy the content, and most importantly,
that you'll learn something new by taking these courses.
All the very best.
And let's get started.