This page gives the steps of learning Software Defined Networking.
Hint: The following repository collects a series of relevant resources of SDN. We recommend you to read it first: awesome-sdn
This repository has submodules so that you should clone it as follows:
git submodule update --init --recursive
To update submodules:
git submodule update --remote --merge
| Step | Prerequisite knowledge | Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.Coursera: Network History | No | 1 month | middle |
| 1.TCP/IP protocol stack | No | 2 month | middle |
| 2.SDN Course 2013/2014 | 1 | 1 month | middle |
| 3.《重构网络：SDN架构与实现》 | No | 1 month | middle |
| 4.开设博客，Github | No | 1 week | easy |
| 5.Linux操作系统，Ubuntu | No | a period of time | middle |
| 6.mininet: Learning by Doing | 5 | a period of time | easy |
0.Coursera Network History:
This link is useful for those who do not have any basic knowledge of computer networks.
1. TCP/IP
2.SDN Course:
3.《重构网络》：
4.Linux/mininet：
Installation：
Learning guide：
Controller：
(1)OpenDayLight:
(2)Ryu:
Data plane devices：
(1)Open vSwitch:
(2)P4:
- P4 Tutorials
- P4 Environment Installer
- The Road to P4
- P4 Consortium Website
- Open SDN Engineer Skill Map: P4
- Github: p4lang
5.Introduction papers：
- 《The road to SDN - an intellectual history of programmable networks》
- 《OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks》
- 《Software-Defined Networking: A Comprehensive Survey》
Hint：They can be acquired from:
- School library homepage => Journal => IEEE or ACM Search
- Google academic search
6.Experiment platform：
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent