Lets talk SDN

101001101 · 22 Mar 2015 at 01:15

So it goes like this:

1. HP VAN SDN is easily downloadable for a nice 60 day trial and you can install it on your home lab with mininet and it all integrates nicely

2. VMware NSX is almost impossible to get hold of unless you have corporate backing or a invitation only to their training courses last year

3. Cisco ACI is equally impossible to get hold of

So that leaves what? OpenFlow, OpenDaylight and HP amongst the big players, I would love to try out VMware NSX but you just cannot get hold of it unless you take on their remote HOL trial, why dont VMware release this as a trial product or better still extend their VMUG offering to include NSX for 360 day trial?

What do you think for those that this interest relates to?

iviv · 22 Mar 2015 at 01:31

Acronym overload!

DaleTheWhale · 22 Mar 2015 at 02:06

What?

Akagi · 22 Mar 2015 at 02:07

The Honda NSX is better than any VAN I know about.

Mynight · 22 Mar 2015 at 02:26

You'd have thought someone who knew what SDN means would have been able to find the right forum sub section

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Akagi · 22 Mar 2015 at 02:33

On a more serious note, HP network software is generally pretty solid.

me227 · 22 Mar 2015 at 03:07

I use Facebook for all my SDN needs.

areksnumbr1sxylady · 22 Mar 2015 at 04:03

You wot m8.

Adam · 22 Mar 2015 at 07:50

Nerd alert.

estebanrey · 22 Mar 2015 at 08:30

Trifid · 22 Mar 2015 at 09:00

101001101 said:
What do you think for those that this interest relates to?

After briefly looking at the ACI in the Nexus 9k range I decided it was a bit too early days to implement this in a live network but very much worth keeping an eye on for future developments.