OpenFlow

OpenFlow is an open standard that allows you to run experimental protocols in production networks. More information about OpenFlow in general is available in a couple of places:

• The main ​OpenFlow home page.
• The ​Open Networking Foundation, a nonprofit organization promoting and supporting Software-Defined Networking standards (such as OpenFlow).

The following pages have more information about OpenFlow in GENI:

• A summary of current OpenFlow deployments in GENI.
• [wiki:OpenFlow/SDNInstaGENI SDN at InstaGENI racks.
• An example topology of a campus OpenFlow network, designed to allow experimenters to access the GENI nework core in a variety of ways depending on their needs.
• Information about the GENI network core, a set of OpenFlow-capable switches in NLR and Internet2.
• A procedure for testing OpenFlow in the GENI backbone, which we run after upgrades to the backbone OF software suite.
• Information about FOAM, the FlowVisor OpenFlow Aggregate manager, which sites in GENI use to allow experimenters to allocate OpenFlow resources.
• Information about various OpenFlow controller software options.
• Tips for debugging OpenFlow control paths.
• Operators can use the layer 1 transport system to set up administrative flows for providing transport through OpenFlow switches.

We continue to add additional pages; if there are any in particular that you'd like to see, let us know.