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SDN AND NFV

1. Software Defined Networking (SDN) :


SDN is a networking architecture which aims to improve overall network
performance and make networks agile and flexible by enabling a dynamic
and programmatically efficient network configuration. SDN is a technology
that separates control plane management of network devices from
underlying data plane that forwards network traffic in order to enable more
automated provisioning and policy-based management of network resources.

Basically, SDN makes network programmable by separating system that is


going to decide that where should traffic be sent i.e., control plane from
underlying system that pushes packets of data to a particular destinations
i.e., data plane. SDN offer its users a way to managed network services with
help of software that makes networks centrally programmable, and allowing
it for faster configuration. Software Defined Networking enables enterprises
and service providers to respond quickly if business needs and requirements
are changing which ultimately improves network control.

2. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) :


NFV is a network architecture which aims to accelerate service deployment
for network operators and reduce cost by separating functions like firewall or
encryption from dedicated hardware and moving them to virtual servers,
collapsing various functions into a physical server, which ultimately reduces
overall cost. NFV allows various network operators to implement network
policy without being taken care of where to place functions in network and
how to route traffic through these functions.

It is a way to virtualize network services, such as routers, firewalls, and load


balances, that have traditionally been run on computer hardware whose
interface is controlled by proprietor (proprietary hardware) and allows
network services to be hosted on virtual machines. Virtual machines have a
hypervisor, called a virtual machine manager, by which multiple operating
systems can share a single hardware processor. It will deliver
high-performance networks which have greater scalability, elasticity, and
adaptability at low costs as compared to those networks which are built from
traditional networking equipment. So it comes to overcome drawback of
traditional, custom-designed network equipment and reduces need for
dedicated or proprietary hardware to deploy and manage networks.

DIFFERENCES:

SDN NFV

SDN architecture mainly NFV is targeted at service providers or


focuses on data centers. operators.
NFV helps service providers or operators
SDN separates control plane to virtualize functions like load
and data forwarding plane balancing, routing, and policy
by centralizing control and management by transferring network
programmability of network. functions from dedicated appliances to
virtual servers.

SDN uses OpenFlow as a There is no protocol determined yet for


communication protocol. NFV.

SDN supports Open NFV is driven by ETSI NFV Working


Networking Foundation. group.

Various enterprise
networking software and Telecom service providers or operators
hardware vendors are are prime initiative supporters of NFV.
initiative supporters of SDN.

Corporate IT act as a Service providers or operators act as a


Business initiator for SDN. Business initiator for NFV.
SDN applications run on
NFV applications run on
industry-standard servers or
industry-standard servers.
switches.

NFV increases scalability and agility as


SDN reduces cost of network
well as speed up time-to-market as it
because now there is no
dynamically allot hardware a level of
need of expensive switches &
capacity to network functions needed at
routers.
a particular time.

Application of NFV:

● Routers, firewalls, gateways

● WAN accelerators
Application of SDN:
● SLA assurance

● Networking ● Video Servers

● Cloud orchestration ● Content Delivery Networks

(CDN)

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