OpenFlow Lab

As part of Interop's commitment to interoperability, InteropNet Labs are multi-vendor, standards-based test and implementation areas for emerging technologies. InteropNet Labs raise awareness of concepts that will affect the future design and implementation of enterprise networks. The Labs are built in collaboration with a cross-section of the business technology industry, from research organizations and product developers, to implementers from the ISP/Carrier and Enterprise areas.

The Concept

OpenFlow has emerged as a technology aimed at providing new functionality, control, and choice to network administrators. Designed as an open interface for remotely controlling the forwarding tables in network switches, routers, and access points, OpenFlow breaks the traditional switch model from monolithic devices to controller based systems similar to how controller based wireless access points work.

Initially created for researchers and universities as a tool to allow experimentation with new protocols without touching your production network, the features and functionality of OpenFlow have matured, such that anyone running an enterprise network will want to become familiar with this technology.

To learn more about OpenFlow, visit this research site.

The Goal

The InteropNet OpenFlow Lab aims to educate attendees on the principles, functions, and features of OpenFlow, and demonstrate the OpenFlow in a variety of scenarios. Our team of network experts, from both the research and commercial sector, will use OpenFlow to demonstrate:

• Implementation and Management of a Multi-Tenant Environment
• Using OpenFlow to Implement DHCP access control and Loop Free Secure Networks
• OpenFlow as a tool to overcome congestion in a converged network
• Virtual Machine migration across geographical locations
• Controlling Network redundancy utilizing OpenFlow

The work of the InteropNet OpenFlow Lab will begin during InteropNet hot stage... and be on display at Interop Las Vegas, May 8 – 10

Contacts

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