Authoring of OpenFlow networks with visual network description (SDN version) (WIP)
Ramon dos Reis Fontes, André L. C. Oliveira, Paulo N. M. Sampaio, Talita R. Pinheiro, Rui A. R. B. Figueira · 2014
The OpenFlow protocol is an example of a Software Defined Networking protocol proposed as a software mechanism for controlling the network equipments. Nevertheless, the management of OpenFlow experiments can be a difficult task considering the programming languages and the configuration required for the resources involved. Nevertheless, this task would be straightforward with the use of a graphical tool. This paper presents the utilization of a graphical user interface called Visual Network Description (SDN version) for the authoring of OpenFlow scenarios. In order to demonstrate the potential of this tool a case study is presented illustrating the authoring and execution of an Openflow scenario.