openflow

Show 145 – Talking OpenDaylight and SDN

29 April 2013 by Greg Ferro 2 Comments

A community show where we get Brent Salisbury and Ivan Pepelnjak to talk about the events of the last few weeks. In the end, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Weekly Shows Tagged With: openflow, podcast, SDN

Wanted: OpenFlow Switch With ofp_action to Modify the Destination L3 Address

8 April 2013 by Tamihiro Yuzawa 2 Comments

This article is meant to serve in part as an appendix to my previous post on PacketPushers.net. Therefore, please take a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: ddos, network security, openflow, SDN, sflow, voltdb

Nuage Networks VSP – Delivers SDN in a Big Way – White Paper – Sponsored

2 April 2013 by Greg Ferro 2 Comments

Nuage Networks announces their Virtualised Services Platform and demonstrates that software defined networking (SDN) is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Sponsored, Whitepaper Tagged With: openflow, SDN

OpenFlow 1.0 Actual Use-Case: RTBH of DDoS Traffic While Keeping the Target Online

1 April 2013 by Tamihiro Yuzawa 6 Comments

Sakura Internet operates several data centers across Japan, including this one, and my team is in charge of building and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: ddos, network security, openflow, SDN, sflow, voltdb

Show 142 – Huawei – End to End SDN Strategy – Sponsored

31 March 2013 by Greg Ferro 1 Comment

SDN innovation has been primarily focused on the data center where centralized network programmability has been shown to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: huawei, openflow, SDN

PQ Show 23 – OpenFlow and SDN – ONF Testing & Interoperability With Michael Haugh

27 March 2013 by Greg Ferro 4 Comments

In this show we speak with Michael Haugh, the chairperson of Testing and Interoperability Working Group … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Priority Queue Tagged With: onf, open networking foundation, openflow, SDN

The Man in the White Suit

25 March 2013 by Steven Iveson 4 Comments

I know this is a technical blog, but I've always agreed with those that believe the best way to deliver a message is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: data center, data centre, openflow, SDN, virtualization

Show 141 – The Pace of Change Is Picking Up – #NFD5 Discussion

23 March 2013 by Ethan Banks 4 Comments

Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks of PacketPushers.net host a discussion with Dr. Peter Welcher, Brent Salisbury, and Stephen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: brocade, cisco, juniper, nfd5, openflow, plexxi, SDN, vyatta

What’s Next for OpenFlow and Open Source?

14 March 2013 by Bill Owens 3 Comments

One year ago, the Open Networking Foundation was setting a blistering pace of standards development. Though their process is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: curt beckmann, nfd5, onf, openflow, standards

Show 139 – Making Your Way Down the Path to Nirvana

10 March 2013 by Ethan Banks 2 Comments

Regular hosts Greg Ferro & Ethan Banks are joined by Brandon Carroll, Josh O'Brien, and Tom Hollingsworth in Packet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: cisco onepk, onf, openflow, SDN, virtualization, vxlan

Show 138 – HP’s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Strategy and Solution

2 March 2013 by Ethan Banks 1 Comment

Show 138 – HP’s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Strategy and Solution [Written by HP.] There has been a lot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: Bryan Stiekes, Dave Tucker, hp, hp sentinel security application, hp tippingpoint repdv, hp virtual application networks sdn controller, hp virtual cloud networks application, openflow, openstack, Sarwar Raza, SDN

OpenFlow Switching Performance: Not All TCAM Is Created Equal

1 February 2013 by Bill Owens 7 Comments

The fundamental promise of OpenFlow - that any switches and any controllers can be used to build a network - was perhaps … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN, Switching Tagged With: brocade, flow entries, hp, nec, open vswitch, openflow, pica8, tcam

Why I Am Excited About OpenFlow

10 January 2013 by Ryan Niemes 9 Comments

I will admit that the first time I heard about OpenFlow I thought, "Great. Here's another vaporware technology that will go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: network design, network programmability, openflow, SDN, tcam

PQ Show 20 – Open Network Foundation – FAWG Update

3 January 2013 by Greg Ferro Leave a Comment

In this show we speak with Curt Beckmann as chairperson of Forwarding Abstractions Working Group (FAWG) at the Open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Priority Queue Tagged With: onf, openflow, SDN

PQ Show 019 – Big Switch Webinar Q & A Session

20 December 2012 by Ethan Banks Leave a Comment

On December 13, 2012, the Packet Pushers published show 128, a video podcast with Big Switch Networks, where Dan Hersey & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Priority Queue Tagged With: andrew harding, big switch networks, big tap, dan hersey, ipv6, openflow, rest api, SDN, webinar

Who is Greg Ferro?

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Who is Ethan Banks?

Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, is a hands-on networking practitioner who has designed, built and maintained networks for higher education, state government, financial institutions, and technology corporations. Ethan is a host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, which has seen over one million unique downloads, and today reaches a global audience of over ten thousand listeners. Also a writer, Ethan covers network engineering and the networking industry for a variety of IT publications. He is also the editor for the independent community of bloggers at PacketPushers.net. Follow @ecbanks.