List of SDN controller software

<a href="/facts/Software-defined_networking/MJGFxyoj">Software-defined networking</a> (SDN) is a marketing term which refers to software to configure and operate computer networks (especially <a href="/facts/Data_center/DS5wJY41">data center</a> networks) through a centralized software controller that dictates how the network behaves. The core of this new paradigm is the SDN controller.
There are typically two sets of SDN controllers:

<ul><li>SDN controllers for the <a href="/facts/Network_function_virtualization/74bwhhoJ">network function virtualization</a> (NFV) of a datacenter,</li>
<li>SDN controllers for managing the programmable switches of a network.</li></ul>
In case of SDN controllers for the NFV Infrastructure of a datacenter, they are mostly designed to provide some policy and centralized managements for the Openstack Neutron networking layer that will provide inter-working between the virtual ports created by Nova. The technology of SDN controllers is to manage the Linux kernel features made of <a href="/facts/IP_forwarding/rpLSaNxR">L3 IP routing</a>, <a href="/facts/Bridging_(networking)/5nyTQtNW">Linux bridges</a>, <a href="/facts/Iptables/MHGwCkwR">iptables</a> or ebtables, network namespaces and <a href="/facts/Open_vSwitch/Fn96opbv">Open vSwitch</a>.

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List of SDN controller software