SDN and NFV Simplified: A Visual Guide to Understanding Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (February 24, 2016) © 2016

  • Jim Doherty
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Through easy, whiteboard-style infographics, you’ll learn: how virtualisation enables SDN and NFV; how datacenters are virtualised through clouds; how networks can also be virtualised; and how to maximise security, visibility, and Quality of Experience in tomorrow’s fully-virtualised environments.

Step by step, you’ll discover why SDN and NFV technologies are completely redefining both enterprise and carrier networks, and driving the most dramatic technology migration since IP networking. That’s not all: You’ll learn all you need to help lead this transformation.
  • Learn how virtualisation establishes the foundation for SDN and NFV
  • Review the benefits of VMs, the role of hypervisors, and the management of virtual resources
  • Discover how cloud technologies enable datacenter virtualisation
  • Understand the roles of networking gear in virtualised datacenters
  • See VMWare VMotion and VXLAN at work in the virtualised datacenter
  • Understand multitenancy and the challenges of “communal living”
  • Learn how core network functions and appliances can be virtualised
  • Ensure performance and scalability in virtualised networks
  • Compare modern approaches to network virtualisation, including OpenFlow, VMWare Nicera, Cisco Inseieme, and OpenStack
  • Walk through the business case for SDN, NFV, and the Cloud
  • Discover how the Software Defined Network (SDN) solves problems previously left unaddressed
  • Understand SDN controllers–and who’s fighting to control your network
  • Use SDN and NFV to improve integration and say goodbye to “truck rolls”
  • Enforce security, avoid data leakage, and protect assets through encryption
  • Provide for effective monitoring and consistent Quality of Experience (QoE)
  • Learn how SDN and NFV will affect you–and what’s next

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Table of contents

  • Chapter 1 Primer on Virtualization
  • Chapter 2 Benefits of Virtual Machines
  • Chapter 3 Hypervisors (VMWare, KVM, and Others)
  • Chapter 4 Managing Virtual Resources
  • Chapter 5 Virtualized Data Centers (Some Call Them Clouds)
  • Chapter 6 Virtual Machine Connectivity
  • Chapter 7 Networking Gear in Virtualized Data Centers
  • Chapter 8 VMware, VSphere, VMotion, and VXLAN
  • Chapter 9 Multitenancy and the Problems of Communal Living
  • Chapter 10 How Do You Virtualize a Network?
  • Chapter 11 Virtualizing Appliances
  • Chapter 12 Virtualizing Core Networking Functions
  • Chapter 13 What About Scalability and Performance?
  • Chapter 14 From Consumers to Creators
  • Chapter 15 OpenFlow
  • Chapter 16 VMware Nicira
  • Chapter 17 Cisco Insieme
  • Chapter 19 The Evolution of the Data Center Network
  • Chapter 20 What’s Wrong with the Network We Have?
  • Chapter 21 How SDN Works
  • Chapter 22 The Economic Impact of SDN, NFV, and the Cloud
  • Chapter 23 SDN Controllers
  • Chapter 24 The OpenDaylight Project
  • Chapter 25 The Fight to Control Your Network
  • Chapter 26 What’s the Business Case for SDN?
  • Chapter 27 Goodbye Truck Rolls
  • Chapter 28 What If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit?
  • Chapter 29 Service Chaining
  • Chapter 30 NFV: What Happens to All the Network Appliances?
  • Chapter 31 Where’s My Data, Exactly?
  • Chapter 32 Preventing Data Leakage
  • Chapter 33 Logging and Auditing
  • Chapter 34 Encryption in Virtual Networks
  • Chapter 35 Everything Old Is Now New Again
  • Chapter 36 Overlay Networks
  • Chapter 37 Network Management Tools
  • Chapter 38 Quality of Experience
  • Chapter 39 Monitoring Traffic Between Virtual Switches
  • Chapter 40 Pulling It All Together
  • Chapter 41 How SDN and NFV Will Affect You
  • Chapter 42 W

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