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Software Defined Networking is about moving the control plane out of switching/routing devices and into general purpose servers, so that they can make better fo
by tedchs 12y ago
Software Defined Networking is about moving the control plane out of switching/routing devices and into general purpose servers, so that they can make better forwarding decisions such as improved convergence time. In the sense that I understand SDN, I don't think doing TCP in userspace is part of it.
- blutoot 12y agoBut if it can be done easily in a high-level language, then the control plane can be integrated better with a lot of applications written in the same language, no? I was thinking if that can serve as an impetus for SDN adoption.
- corysama 12y agoYou should have a look over here :) https://github.com/SnabbCo/snabbswitch/wiki https://github.com/SnabbCo/snabbswitch/wiki