CCS 365 Software Defined Network Lab Manual
1) Setup your own virtual
SDN lab i) Virtualbox/Mininet Environment for SDN - http://mininet.org ii)
https://www.kathara.org iii) GNS3
2) Create a simple
mininet topology with SDN controller and use Wireshark to capture and visualize
the OpenFlow messages such as OpenFlow FLOW MOD, PACKET IN, PACKET OUT etc.
3) Create a SDN
application that uses the Northbound API to program flow table rules on the
switch for various use cases like L2 learning switch, Traffic Engineering,
Firewall etc.
4) Create a simple end-to-end network service
with two VNFs using vim-emu https://github.com/containernet/vim-emu
5) Install OSM and onboard and orchestrate network service.
