OpenFlow 2.0 doesn't formally exist yet, but one possible shape of the protocol — a more flexible take on packet switching — is starting to form. A research paper outlines the idea and sums it up ...

The OpenFlow switching and communications protocol addresses packet routing on a software layer that's separate from a network's physical infrastructure. OpenFlow's major benefit is flexibility, ...

Over the past couple of years, software defined networking (SDN) has emerged as a strong alternative for IT operations in the areas of WAN, data center and overlay solutions. The primary benefit ...

Looking to broaden its market influence over the emerging OpenFlow networking protocol, HP on Thursday said it will make OpenFlow-enabled versions of 16 of its switch models available for commercial ...

APIs and messaging protocols, including some that are standards, can let users build software-defined networks today. The key issue, though, is that not everyone implements the same ones or implements ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. OpenFlow, the exciting new ...

OpenFlow now accommodates multiple forwarding tables, but how do the controller and switch agree on what those tables are supposed to do? Enter Table Type Patterns (TTP), an ONF Since its inception, ...

Can you program a network of multivendor switches and routers, all running different operating systems, command line interfaces and configuration routines, to work in concert when it comes to managing ...

In SDN’s early days, possibility abounded. The thought of what could be excited practitioners and tantalized developers. OpenFlow was an early SDN star, a proof of concept from Stanford that ...

Big Switch Networks just launched a tool to allow OpenStack developers to more easily use open software defined networking tools to deployment of agile networking. The company's Floodlight, an open ...

On the heels of my post about Cumulous Networks last week, I had a chance to chat with Stu Bailey, founder and CTO of Infoblox, about the future of networking, and specifically OpenFlow. Stu is ...