In our earlier post "SDN Migration Tutorial Part 1", we talked about the initial setup of the OpenDaylight Summit tutorial network. In this post we will show the configuration to change the first Pica8 switch (L3SW 1) from L2/L3 to OpenFlow The first thing we need to do is enable crossflow mode on the Pica8 switch: [crayon-67519a8ecde6a169619774/] Then we need to c … [Read more...]
Building a Reference SDN Controller – Part 2 – Cable and Configure
The Machine is Built - Now Lets Set it Up! If all went well with building the machine from my first post, you should have a functional system running on a bootable ProjectW iso. For the next steps we will cable up the controller and make some changes to ProjectW to send traffic across the switches. The Router Analysis Reference SDN Controller Quick Setup … [Read more...]
Building a Reference SDN Controller – Part 1
The Reference SDN Controller Project Router Analysis has been working for the last six months constructing and testing a Reference SDN Controller. The project has two goals: Create a enterprise grade PC based system that compliments OpenFlow enabled switches that allows for an easy introduction to OpenFlow based SDN for Network Administrators. Create a baseline testing … [Read more...]