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Re: OpenFlow, please don't start a flame war...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Israel)
Sat Dec 15 11:56:47 2012
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:56:23 -0500
From: Dave Israel <davei@otd.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 12/14/2012 11:11 PM, eric-list@truenet.com wrote:
> It's been about 2 years in since I've heard about the concept, and honestly
> I'm about ready to jump into test environments at my house. My questions
> are pretty basic, what distro would you recommend for a controller, and
> should I start by virtualizing in VMWare or HyperV or jump into some cheap
> Linksys WRT routers. The more I hear about the tech from colleges, Google,
> BigSwitch, etc is leaning me to really start learning, so any help would
> appreciated.
OpenFlow is a big arena. Do you know what you want to do with it?
If you're looking to write your own intelligence, I recommend the
OpenFlow tutorial at
http://www.openflow.org/wk/index.php/OpenFlow_Tutorial . It helps you
get started in a virtual environment, and introduces you to a number of
controller platforms.
-Dave
