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What do you call the SDN Controller which communicate with all devices? |
Southbound Interface: |
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What is the nature of Southbound Interface? |
software interface, often an API (Application Programming Interface). |
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What is an API? |
An API is a software interface that allows an application to give access to other applications by using pre-defined functions and data structures. |
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What are some southbound interfaces? |
OpenFlow, SBI |
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What is Cisco proprietary Southbound interface? |
Cisco OpFlex |
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What the CLI version in SDN? |
APIC-EM: uses protocols that are available on current generation hardware like telnet, SSH, and SNMP. |
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What is the northbound interface? |
used to access the SDN controller itself. 1- allows a network administrator to access the SDN to configure it 2- to retrieve information from it. 3- write scripts 4- automate your network administration |
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What are something northbound interface can display? |
1- List information from all network devices in your network. 2- Show the status of all physical interfaces in the network. 3- Add a new VLAN on all your switches. 4-Show the topology of your entire network. 5-Automatically configure IP addresses, routing, and access-lists when a new virtual machine is created. |
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How can multiple application access the SDN? |
Through the API, |
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What is a protocol used with the southbound interface in an SDN? |
Openflow |
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What is the role of REST in SDN (Representational State Transfer) |
Is an architecture for moving data Using HTTP protocol |
