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Introduction to Open Source Networking Technologies

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.

What you'll learn

  • The software-defined and open source networking landscape
  • How networking hardware is being disaggregated
  • Open network operating systems (NOS) and how they run on different networking hardware
  • Ways to automate networking tasks
  • How software-defined network (SDN) controllers manage underlay networks
  • Network function virtualization and how it can help reduce the complexity of today's data center environments
  • Orchestration tools that can build a bridge between applications and networking

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Instructor Reza Toghraee
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Subjects Programming
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Length 14 weeks
Effort 14 weeks, 3–4 hours per week
Starts On Demand (Start anytime)
Cost $249
From LinuxFoundationX, The Linux Foundation via edX
Instructor Reza Toghraee
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Programming
Tags Computer Science

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