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The foundation of an open, standards-based software-defined networking (SDN) is the OpenFlow protocol. OpenFlow development started in 2007 and has been a collaboration between the academic and commercial worlds. Originally led by Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the standard now is being defined by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). HP has been a leader in OpenFlow technology since its inception and is a founding member of the ONF.
HP Networking was instrumental in the development of OpenFlow technology from its earliest days and is a leader in OpenFlow capable switches and complete SDN solution including SDN controller and applications. For instance:
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The ONF, in their whitepaper that HP is a contributor to and is entitled “Software-Defined Networking: The New Norm for Networks”, defines OpenFlow as follows:
“OpenFlow allows direct access to and manipulation of the forwarding plane of network devices such as switches and routers, both physical and virtual (hypervisor-based).” — Open Networking Foundation
OpenFlow opens up networking devices for simplified programming via a standard interface. This ease of programming allows for a robust control layer that can be built to centralize the intelligence in the network and provide the programmability that is the promise of SDN.
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