Learn technical fundamentals needed to adopt SDN, NFV, disaggregation, orchestration, network automation, and modern networking. Discover use cases and technical options for open networking. Plus: learn more about The Linux Foundation networking projects.
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Explore open source networking projects, from The Linux Foundation and beyond, that are shaping the future of networking and telecoms. Designed for open source enthusiasts, university students, network architects and engineers, security architects and engineers, and systems engineers, this course offers a great introduction to open source networking.This course covers the open networking stack from top to bottom; starting from networking hardware disaggregation and modern 100G and 400G switches, through network operating systems, network controllers, virtualization, and orchestration. Develop an understanding of the use cases and technical options for modern open networking in enterprises, service providers, and cloud providers. Become familiar with the following open source networking projects and their use cases: Open Compute Project, ONIE, Akraino FD.io, OVS, IO Visor, DPDK, Open Dataplane, P4 OpenSwitch , Open Network Linux , FRR, DANOS, SONIC, FBOSS OpenDayLight, Tungsten Fabric (OpenContrail) , ONOS, CORD, Open Security Controller ONAP, OPNFV PNDA, SNAS.
Difficulty Level
Introductory
Suitable for motivated learners
Subject Category
Computer Science
Part of our Computer Science curriculum
Course Language
English
All materials in English
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