Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach

by Paul Goransson, Chuck Black

Software Defined Networks discusses the historical networking environment that gave rise to SDN, as well as the latest advances in SDN technology. The book gives you the state of the art knowledge needed for successful deployment of an SDN,

How to explain to the non-technical business decision makers in your organization the potential benefits, as well as the risks, in shifting parts of a network to the SDN model How to make intelligent decisions about when to integrate SDN technologies in a network How to decide if your organization should be developing its own SDN applications or looking to acquire these from an outside vendor How to accelerate the ability to develop your own SDN application, be it entirely novel or a more efficient approach to a long-standing problem Discusses the evolution of the switch platforms that enable SDN Addresses when to integrate SDN technologies in a network Provides an overview of sample SDN applications relevant to different industries Includes practical examples of how to write SDN applications

Genres: Technical, Technology

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2014

Reviews

[Marjory Sy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Comprehensive for any tech-savvy person like me. This book seems to be a historical record since so much have evolved since it was published but SDN and NFV are yet to be standardized.

This book provides the fundamentals to understand SDN and how it differs from NFV, as many still interchange the two complementary concepts.

A good read, especially for those in the telco/service provider field.

[Vera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of information, well-sourced and well-written.

[Alejandro Marin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It goes from the nitty gritty of how SDN works on a device level, to use cases and business trends. I still use it for references.

[Reynaldo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book traces the evolution of networking (back and forth from centralized / connection-based architectures to distributed / connection-less ones ) and the opposite innovation paths comparing with storage and servers where open source (e.g. Linux) was key to reduce costs and open the innovation to a broader ecosystem. The book goes to the technical details also. It is worth to read the OpenFlow chapter and the SDN applications proposed that include Java code to facilitate their implementations. There is chapter that explains the different industry approaches toward SDN that help to identify who is who in the industry and what is real Open SDN (control/data plane separation, openness, centralized control, simplified device, network automation & virtualization) , and what is vendors SDN marketing (proprietary). Finally, this book identify the challenges around SDN and proposes some areas for further investigation. The language is clear and the examples are easy to follow. Second edition was just published and is intended to update the SDN evolution of the last 3 years.

[Ricardo Matos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid book that covers "what it is", "why you should use it", "why you shouldn't use it", "strong points", "weak points", "industry myths", "hype vs reality".

If you're looking for a non-vendor specific book about the fundamentals of SDN, this one is great!

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding overview.

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