Syllabus Software Defined Networks - (CCS365) UNIT I SDN : INTRODUCTION Evolving Network Requirements - The SDN Approach - SDN architecture - SDN Data Plane, Control plane and Application Plane. (Chapter - 1) UNIT II SDN DATA PLANE AND CONTROL PLANE Data Plane functions and protocols - OpenFlow Protocol - Flow Table - Control Plane Functions - Southbound Interface, Northbound Interface – SDN Controllers - Ryu, OpenDaylight, ONOS - Distributed Controllers. (Chapter - 2) UNIT III SDN APPLICATIONS SDN Application Plane Architecture - Network Services Abstraction Layer - Traffic Engineering - Measurement and Monitoring - Security - Data Center Networking. (Chapter - 3) UNIT IV NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION Network Virtualization - Virtual LANs - OpenFlow VLAN Support - NFV Concepts - Benefits and Requirements - Reference Architecture. (Chapter - 4) UNIT V NFV FUNCTIONALITY NFV Infrastructure - Virtualized Network Functions - NFV Management and Orchestration - NFV Use cases - SDN and NFV. (Chapter - 5)
