Intelligent Networks Flashcards
What are the features of Stack Wise?
Joins multiple switches into one logical switch
Managed as a single unit
Has on IP address
One configuration file
What service deploys a computer system, or network of systems, from which computing resources are offered to remote users.
cloud
What are the advantages to the cloud service provider?
Cost reduction from standardization
High utilization through virtualized, shared resources
Easier administration
Fail-in-place operations model
What are the advantages to cloud users?
On demand, self-service resource provisioning
Centralized appearance of resources
Highly available
No local backups
What service model provides the network only and delivers computer infrastructure (platform virtualization environment)?
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
What service provides the operating system and the network and delivers a computing platform and solution stack?
Platform as a Service (Paas)
What service provides the required software, operating system, and network by providing ready to use applications or software?
Software as a Service (SaaS)
What are the three service models that exist from a cloud?
IaaS
Paas
SaaS
What plane is responsible for forwarding frames or packets?
data
What plane is responsible for controlling the forwarding tables that the data plane uses?
control
What changes the networking paradigm by removing “intelligence” from individual devices and transferring it to a central controller and enabling management of networks through software?
SDN (Software-defined networking)
Using _____, business applications tell the SDN controller what they need from the network. Then the controller uses these to pass instructions to network devices, such as routers and switches.
API (Application programming interfaces)
The controller uses _____ API to control individual devices and provide an abstracted network view to upstream applications that use a _____ API.
southbound
northbound
What separates the control plane from the forwarding (data) plane?
SDN
_____ speeds up deployment of new services and reduces cost by virtualizing network devices that were previously sold only as a separate box and by enabling them to run on any server.
NFV (Network Function Virtualization)
Contains network elements (any physical or virtual device that deals with customer traffic)
Data plane
Offers a centralized view of the network, giving the controller the ability to act as the brain of the network
SDN
Represents the core layer of the SDN architecture. It contains SDN controllers, which provide centralized control of the devices in the data plane.
Control plane
Contains SDN applications that communicate their network requirements toward the controller.
Application plane
The SDN controller uses ____ to communicate with the application and data plane.
APIs
Communication with the data plane is defined with _____ interfaces, while services are offered to the application plane using the _____ interface.
southbound
northbound
Configures the flow tables in switches
OpenFlow
Configures devices with XML, transactional.
NETCONF
Describes an industry standard API, which ONF (Open Networking Foundation) defines. It configures white label switches and, as a result, defines the flow path through the network. The actual configuration of the devices is accomplished with the use of NETCONF.
OpenFlow