Introduction to Open Source Networking Technologies
Linux Foundation via edX
Overview
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.
Syllabus
Welcome and Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction to Open Source Networking
Chapter 2. The Open Source and Software Defined Networking Landscape
Chapter 3. Disaggregated Hardware
Chapter 4. IO Abstraction and Data Path
Chapter 5. Network Operating systems
Chapter 6. Network Control
Chapter 7. Cloud and Virtual Management
Chapter 8. Network Virtualization
Chapter 9. Network Function Virtualization
Chapter 10. Orchestration, Management, Policy
Chapter 11. Network Automation
Chapter 12. Network Data Analytics
Chapter 13. Summary
Final Exam
Taught by
Reza Toghraee
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