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Understanding the SDN Architecture and SDN Control Plane
WEBUnderstanding the SDN Architecture – SDN Control Plane & SDN Data Plane. A software-defined network (SDN) architecture (or SDN architecture) defines how a networking and computing system can be ...
What is SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide-Area Network)?
WEBA software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) is a wide-area network with a virtualized overlay, abstracting the software from the hardware. Its key features include network abstraction, WAN ...
What are SDN Northbound APIs (and SDN REST APIs)? - SDxCentral
WEB4 days ago · Northbound APIs communicating with the SDN controller in a network. In this case, the controller is Floodlight, an open-source controller based in OpenFlow.The RESTful API, which in this case is ...
Case Study: WannaCry Ransomware - SDxCentral
WEBThe WannaCry ransomware attack of May 2017 was one of the most widespread ransomware attacks, exploiting a leaked Windows software vulnerability. It resulted in hundreds of thousands of infections ...
What are Ethernet Leaf Switches? - Definition - SDxCentral
WEBLeaf switches are popular devices used in data centers to aggregate traffic from server nodes and then connect to the core of the network, consisting of spine switches. In this model, there are ...
What is Software Defined Everything (SDx) - Defined - SDxCentral
WEBSoftware-defined infrastructure (SDxI) is the next generation of infrastructure required to connect all of these software-defined devices and applications to their networks, each other, and ...
The Essentials of SD-WAN Architecture — SDxCentral
WEBSD-WAN architecture reduces network costs, increases visibility, and offers centralized management. An SD-WAN architecture uses encryption, authentication, and virtualized security tools to secure ...
What is software defined networking (SDN)? Definition - SDxCentral
WEBSoftware-defined networking (SDN) is the separation of control and forwarding functions so software can be used to control a network centrally. SDN is often paired with network functions ...
What Is Unified Data Management (UDM)? - SDxCentral
WEBWhat Is UDM: Key Takeaways. Unified data management (UDM) is a centralized way to control network user data. It is similar to 4G’s home subscriber service (HSS), but is cloud-native and designed ...