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352-001 · Question #623

Which are two open-source SDN controllers? (Choose two)

The correct answer is B. OpenContrail E. OpenDaylight. Two of the listed SDN controllers are open-source community projects - OpenContrail and OpenDaylight - while the remaining options are proprietary commercial products.

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Question

Which are two open-source SDN controllers? (Choose two)

Options

  • ABig Cloud Fabric
  • BOpenContrail
  • CApplication Policy Infrastructure Controller
  • DVirtual Application Networks SDN controller
  • EOpenDaylight

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    88% (30)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    6% (2)

Why each option

Two of the listed SDN controllers are open-source community projects - OpenContrail and OpenDaylight - while the remaining options are proprietary commercial products.

ABig Cloud Fabric

Big Cloud Fabric is a commercial SDN fabric solution developed by Big Switch Networks (now part of Arista Networks), not an open-source project.

BOpenContrailCorrect

OpenContrail (now Tungsten Fabric under the Linux Foundation) is an open-source network virtualization and SDN platform originally developed by Juniper Networks and released to the community under an Apache 2.0 license. It provides SDN control plane and network virtualization capabilities freely available to anyone.

CApplication Policy Infrastructure Controller

Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is Cisco's proprietary SDN controller used exclusively with its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) platform.

DVirtual Application Networks SDN controller

Virtual Application Networks SDN controller is a proprietary HP product and is not distributed as open-source software.

EOpenDaylightCorrect

OpenDaylight is a major open-source SDN controller platform hosted by the Linux Foundation, providing a modular and extensible framework that supports multiple southbound protocols such as OpenFlow and NETCONF. It is community-driven and freely available, making it one of the most widely referenced open-source SDN controllers.

Concept tested: Identifying open-source SDN controller platforms

Source: https://www.opendaylight.org/about/

Topics

#SDN controllers#OpenDaylight#OpenContrail#open-source networking

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