OpenFlow is a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) protocol used for southbound communications from an SDN controller to and from a network device. OpenFlow is the protocol used to inform the topology of ...

OpenFlow 2.0 doesn't formally exist yet, but one possible shape of the protocol — a more flexible take on packet switching — is starting to form. A research paper outlines the idea and sums it up ...

The third ONF PlugFest event attracted leading SDN controller and switch vendors including NEC, IBM, and HP to participate in interoperability testing of the OpenFlow protocol for service provider, ...

Some say OpenFlow and software-defined networking are more useful to huge data center-driven companies and network operators than to the enterprise As most participants at the inaugural Open ...

Cisco’s OpFlex protocol is intended to maintain control intelligence in the network infrastructure itself instead of centralizing it in a separate controller, which is the essence of the OpenFlow ...

P4, the language that could be a successor to OpenFlow, isn't a sure thing yet, but it's certainly captured the imagination of certain vendors, particularly on the chip side. Last week, Netronome also ...