OpenFlow allows a flow controller to be server-based rather than on a switch. As a result, network managers can treat OpenFlow-enabled switches from different vendors as one switch for a more ...

P4 would take all that information and tell it to the control plane, which would use OpenFlow 2.0 to implement the rules in the switches. This would allow for the creation of table types that ...

An OpenFlow-based virtual switch offers advantages to both Microsoft and Hyper-V users compared to Cisco’s approach, says an NEC spokesperson. “Cisco presented Nexus 1000v which is a ...

The new products added to the list support OpenFlow 1.3 – the protocol's latest version, which adds modern enterprise network capabilities, such as Quality of Service (QoS), Group Tables, ...

For example, every network stack has an ARP responder in it, so you don’t need to build that function on top of an OpenFlow controller to enable your application – you could use that part of the L2/L3 ...

OpenFlow uses its protocol to connect and configure network devices like routers and switches to determine the best path for application traffic. There are other SDN protocols that a controller ...

With TTP, customers can scale OpenFlow SDNs more broadly, Pica8 says, and deploy it across a range of data center applications like hybrid cloud, disaster recovery, and network monitoring.

This follows Microsoft’s coup, also earlier this month, with Cisco in which Cisco said it was creating a Nexus 1000V Series virtual switch designed to support Windows Server 8’s Hyper-V 3.0 ...