SDN An Open Source Demo

SDN
An Open Source Demo

Cisco Networking Academy
November 2018 Global IPD Week
#NetAcadIPD
Dr. Jawad Khalife
Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
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Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
SDN: An Open Source Demo
SDN Concepts
SDN is a Data-Center driven initiative for virtualization:
 Increased:
o Efficiency
o Scalable
 An architecture to centrally control and program

virtual Networks inside a Datacenter.
SDN Concepts
Control, SDN
Program Entire Network
Control
Physical
separation
Forwarding
SDN Concepts
SDN is a new network architecture with:
1. Centralized Control of Virtual Nodes

 Control-Data Separation (Controller)
2. Programmable Nodes (Software defined)

 Control-Data Protocol (OpenFlow)
SDN Concepts


SDN Concepts


Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
SDN Controller
Control
Physical
separation
Forwarding
SDN Controller
Traditional networks
App App App
Operating
System
App App App
Specialized Packet
Forwarding Hardware
Operating
System
App App App Specialized Packet

Forwarding Hardware
Operating
System
App App App
Specialized Packet
Forwarding Hardware Operating
System
Specialized Packet
App App App
Forwarding Hardware
Operating
System
Specialized Packet
Forwarding Hardware
SDN Controller
Control Programs SDN based networks
Network Operating System
Simple Packet
Forwarding
Hardware Simple Packet
Forwarding
Hardware
Simple Packet
Forwarding
Hardware
Simple Packet
Forwarding
Hardware
Simple Packet
Forwarding
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SDN Controller


Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
OpenFlow
Control, Program
(Open Flow Language) How does the controller instructs
Control
the forwarding devices?
Physical
separation
Forwarding
OpenFlow
Open Flow forwarding (Reactive)
 For every flow the SDN device sends a “PACKET IN” message to the controller
 The controller based on what application’s needs sends a “PACKET OUT” message
Controller
SDN
Device PACKET IN
Packet Out SDN
Device SDN
Device
SDN
Device
OpenFlow
Open Flow forwarding (Proactive)
 The controller preprograms the forwarding table of devices according to the application
 When the flow matching the preprogramed flow entry enters the device the controller is NOT
consulted
Controller
pre-configured rules
SDN
Device
SDN
Device SDN
Device
SDN
Device
pre-configured rules pre-configured rules
OpenFlow (Forwarding Rules)
Rule Action Stats
Packet + byte counters
1.Forward packet to port(s)

2.Encapsulate and forward to controller
3.Drop packet
4.Send to normal processing pipeline
5.…
Switch MAC MAC Eth VLAN IP IP IP TCP TCP

Port src dst type ID Src Dst Prot sport dport
+ mask Up to Layer 4
OpenFlow (Forwarding Rules)
Layer 2 Switching Layer 3
(MAC/VLAN) Routing
Fields to match against flows

Wild Card Filters
Wild Card Matching:
▪ IN Port ▪ TCP/UDP Src ▪ Aggregated MAC-subnet: MAC-src: A.*,
▪ VLAN ID Port MAC-dst: B.*
▪ VLAN Priority ▪ TCP/UDP Dst ▪ Aggregated IP-subnet: IP-src:
▪ Ether Frame Type Port 192.168.*/24, IP-dst: 200.12.*/24
▪ IP Type of Service ▪ VLAN Priority
▪ IP Protocol ▪ MPLS Label
▪ IP Type of Service
▪ IP Src Address
OpenFlow (Rules Examples)
 Switching
Action
* * 00:1f:.. * * * * * * * port6
 Routing
Action
* * * * * * 5.6.7.8 * * * port6
 Firewall
Action
* * * * * * * * * 22 drop
OpenFlow (Forwarding Table)
Actual Flow Table Example
Protocol QoS
Let’s put all together…
SDN
Real Case Examples
Software Defined Networks
Open Flow Messages
▪ Example: H1 HTTP Request to H4
• 1 FW
• 2 routers
• 2 Switches
• 8 Cables
…..Replaced by
Open Flow Messages
• 1 Controller
• 1 Switch
Open Flow
Reactive scenario
Open Flow Messages: Reactive scenario
NO more referral to the controller

as flow entries are now created
Open Flow
Proactive scenario
Open Flow Messages: Proactive scenario
NO referral to the controller if flow

entries are proactively created
Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
OpenSource SDN (Open Controllers)
Name Lang Platform(s) License Original Notes
Author
OpenFlow C Linux OpenFlow Stanford/Nicira not designed for
Reference License extensibility
NOX Python Linux GPL Nicira actively developed

, C++
Beacon Java Win, Mac, GPL (core), David Erickson runtime modular, web UI
Linux, FOSS (Stanford) framework, regression test
Android Licenses for framework
your code
Maestro Java Win, Mac, LGPL Zheng Cai

Linux (Rice)
Trema Ruby, Linux GPL NEC includes emulator,

C regression test framework
RouteFlow ? Linux Apache CPqD (Brazil) virtual IP routing as a
service
OpenSource SDN (OpenFlow Switches)
• Open vSwitch: Open Source and popular as 2014.
• Indigo: Open source implementation that runs on Mac OS X.
• LINC: Open source implementation that runs on Linux, Solaris, Windows,

MacOS, and FreeBSD.
• Pantou: Turns a commercial wireless router/access point to an OpenFlow enabled
switch. OpenFlow runs on OpenWRT. Supports generic Broadcom and some
models of LinkSys and TP-Link access points with Broadcom and Atheros
chipsets.
• Of13softswitch: User-space software switch based on Ericsson TrafficLab 1.1
softswitch.
Conclusion
• SDN
 Efficiency, Ease of management
• SDN:
 Data-Center driven initiative
 Centralized , programmable virtual network (Custom
Forwarding Policy)
Separation of control and data plane
OpenFlow, an Interface to program switches via controller
Agenda
SDN Concepts
SDN Controller
OpenFlow
OpenSource SDN
Mininet Demo
Mininet Emulator
Mininet Emulator
 Virtual test bed and development environment for
software-defined networks (SDN).
 Mininet enables SDN development on any laptop or PC
 SDN designs can move seamlessly between Mininet

and the real hardware.
 Mininet provides an extensible Python API for network

creation and experimentations.
Mininet Emulator (LAB Requirements)
 To implement an SDN (Software Defined Networks) LAB based on

mininet 64-bit virtual machine (using VMware).
 Windows host PC:
 Minimum 4GB of RAM
 Latest Virtual Box | VMWARE Player installed
 Mininet VM file:
 VM can be downloaded from the link below:
 http://onlab.vicci.org/mininet-vm/mininet-2.2.0-150106-ubuntu-14.04-
server-amd64.zip
 The basic installation steps can be checked here:
 https://github.com/mininet/openflow-tutorial/wiki/Installing-Required-
Software
 Run mininet: To verify installation, just run the mininet VM and test login
(mininet, mininet).
 Optional: Setting SSH is optional with putty.exe and Xming Server
installed on windows host PC.
Mininet Emulator (Simple Topologies)
Creating Simple Topology:
firefox httpd
# sudo mn
Host Switch Host
Creating Topologies:
# mn
# mn --topo tree,depth=3,fanout=3 --link=tc,bw=10
# mn --topo linear,100
Testing with Xterm:
mininet> xterm h1 h2
h1# wireshark &
h2# python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80 &
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Topology:
• 2 Hosts
• 1 Switch
Controller • 1 Controller
firefox httpd
h1 Switch h2
eth1 10.0.0.2
10.0.0.1 eth0 S1
Topology:
Controller • 2 Hosts
C0 • 1 Switch
port6633
loopback
• 1 Controller
(127.0.0.1:6633)
loopback
S1 OpenFlow (127.0.0.1:6634)
dpctl
(user space
Switch process)
s1-eth0 s1-eth1
h1-eth0 h2-eth0
h1 h2
10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
virtual hosts
Mininet Emulator (Custom Topologies)
Creating custom Topologies:
# mn --custom custom.py --topo mytopo
class SingleSwitchTopo( mytopo ):

"Single Switch Topology" def
build( self, count=1):
hosts = [ self.addHost( 'h%d' % i )
for i in range( 1, count + 1 ) ] s1 =
self.addSwitch( 's1' )
for h in hosts: self.addLink(
h, s1 )
net = Mininet( topo=SingleSwitchTopo( 3 ) )

net.start()
CLI( net )
net.stop()
Mininet Emulator (References)
Mininet FAQ:
https://github.com/mininet/mininet/wiki/FAQ#NAT
Mininet Walkthrough:
http://mininet.org/walkthrough/

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SDN

An Open Source Demo

SDN is a Data-Center driven initiative for virtualization:

 An architecture to centrally control and program

SDN is a new network architecture with:

1. Centralized Control of Virtual Nodes

2. Programmable Nodes (Software defined)

SDN is a new network architecture with:

1. Centralized Control of Virtual Nodes

2. Programmable Nodes (Software defined)

SDN is a new network architecture with:

1. Centralized Control of Virtual Nodes

2. Programmable Nodes (Software defined)

App App App

App App App Specialized Packet

SDN is a new network architecture with:

1. Centralized Control of Virtual Nodes

2. Programmable Nodes (Software defined)

Packet + byte counters

1.Forward packet to port(s)

Switch MAC MAC Eth VLAN IP IP IP TCP TCP

Fields to match against flows

Actual Flow Table Example

NO more referral to the controller

NO referral to the controller if flow

NOX Python Linux GPL Nicira actively developed

Maestro Java Win, Mac, LGPL Zheng Cai

Trema Ruby, Linux GPL NEC includes emulator,

• Indigo: Open source implementation that runs on Mac OS X.

• LINC: Open source implementation that runs on Linux, Solaris, Windows,

 Mininet enables SDN development on any laptop or PC

 SDN designs can move seamlessly between Mininet

 Mininet provides an extensible Python API for network

 To implement an SDN (Software Defined Networks) LAB based on

Testing with Xterm:

class SingleSwitchTopo( mytopo ):

net = Mininet( topo=SingleSwitchTopo( 3 ) )

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