The Promise and Reality of SDN

Published:
Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
Author(s) and Contributors:
Author(s): Celeste Anderson Asbed Bedrossian Jim Jokl Tim Lance Contributions by: Guy Almes Cliff Lynch
Source(s) and Collection(s):
Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Research Collection(s): EDUCAUSE Working Group
ParentTopics:
Cyberinfrastructure Infrastructure and Research Technologies Network Architecture and Infrastructure

Abstract

This paper is a joint publication of the ECAR Campus Cyberinfrastructure (ECAR-CCI) and Communications Infrastructure and Applications (ECAR-CIA) working groups. Software-defined networking (SDN) is a new approach to designing, building, and operating networks that allows system administrators and network engineers to respond quickly to ever-changing network requirements, thereby optimizing resources. SDN may do for networks what virtualization has done for servers, allowing administrators to manage the network services in a simpler way and enable network end users and applications to customize the network to their needs.

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