Software Defined Networking (SDN): The Big Picture
Learn the basics of SDN and Network Virtualization, how they are shaping the industry, and how they will affect you and your organization.
What you'll learn
In this course, you will learn the basics of SDN and NFV. You'll become familiar with what they are at a conceptual level, and how they aim to solve both business and technical problems. We'll first look at SDN and how it differs from traditional networking, then investigate NFV and how the combination of virtualization and networking have provided us some considerable automation benefits. We'll discuss how to evaluate these technologies and how they will impact you, your organization, and the industry at large. Finally, we'll help you develop an action plan so that you can take the next steps on your SDN journey.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Introducing Software Defined Networking (SDN) 2m
- Introducing Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) 2m
- Relationship Between SDN and NFV 1m
- Introducing Software Defined Storage (SDS) 2m
- Introducing the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) 1m
- SDN Use Cases 1 4m
- SDN Use Cases 2 3m
- Summary 0m
- Introduction 1m
- How Does My Role Change? 1m
- Role Changes: Network Administrators 1m
- Role Changes: Security Administrators 1m
- Role Changes: Virtualization Administrators 3m
- Role Changes: Application Administrators 2m
- Role Changes: Developers 3m
- Role Changes: IT Management 3m
- Impact of SDN on the Data Center 8m
- Cloud Overview 6m
- Cloud Computing Types 6m
- Cloud Computing and SDN 4m
- Summary 1m
About the authors
John Hales is also the author of many books, from involved technical books from Sybex and Cengage to exam preparation books, to many quick reference guides from BarCharts, in addition to custom courseware for Fortune 500 customers. His latest book on vSphere is entitled Administering vSphere 5: Planning, Implementing and Troubleshooting. He has taught in many countries in Europe (including Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, England, France, and Ireland), the Middle East (including Israel ... more
Brian's technical background includes almost 20 years of implementing, teaching, and writing about products from VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, IBM, HP, EMC, Dell, and Cisco. In addition to his other certifications, he holds VMware's advanced instructor credential (VCI-Level 2) and two of their most advanced design and implementation credentials: VCAP-DCD and VCAP-DCA. Brian has recently begun taking his classroom and field experience to the masses by authoring a number of publications, training cou... more