Hands-on Open vSwitch and SDN: Exploring Key Features
"Delve into the world of Software-defined Networking with this hands-on guide to Open vSwitch. Learn about its basic concepts, architecture, and features through practical labs and tutorials. Discover how Open vSwitch acts as a virtual switch in network environments, forwarding traffic between VMs on the same physical host and offering advanced features like sFlow and NetFlow. Get a comprehensive overview of Open vSwitch, explore its tools, and understand how it enhances network management and efficiency."
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Hands-on Open vSwitch and Software-defined Networking Jorge Crichigno, Shahrin Sharif University of South Carolina http://ce.sc.edu/cyberinfra jcrichigno@cec.sc.edu, ssharif@email.sc.edu WASTC 2021 virtual Faculty Development Weeks (vFDW) June 21, 2021 1
Content Open vSwitch basic concept Open vSwitch architecture Explore Open vSwitch features 3
Open vSwitch overview An open-source software switch in virtual environments Forwards traffic between different VMs on the same physical host Includes most of the physical switch features such as sFlow, NetFlow, IPFIX 4
Lab Topology Switch s1 is an Open vSwitch Hosts h1 and h2 belong to the network 10.0.0.0/8. The lab aims to show some basic features of an Open vSwitch such as switch version, MAC address table, flow table and other features offered by Open vSwitch utility tools. s1-eth2 s1-eth1 s1 h1-eth0 h2-eth0 h2 h1 10.0.0.2/8 10.0.0.1/8 5
Open vSwitch features ovs-vsctl tool to show Open vSwitch information Open vSwitch version Bridge list Port list Database contents ovs-ofctl tool to show Open vSwitch information Open vSwitch flow entries Port statistics Entries in datapath table 6
