List of SDN controller software
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SDN (Software-defined networking) is a new paradigm to configure and operate computer networks (especially data center networks) through a centralized software controller that dictates how the network behaves. The core of this new paradigm is the SDN controller.
Open and community driven initiatives:
- Open Daylight (controller baseline project upon which many other controllers are built)
- ONOS
- Project Floodlight
- Beacon
- NOX/POX
- vneio/sdnc (SDN Controller from vne.io https://github.com/vneio/sdnc)
- Ryu Controller (supported by NTT Labs)
Vendor specific initiatives:
- Juniper Contrail
- Nuage Virtualized Services Controller (VSC) by Alcatel-Lucent
- VortiQa Open Network Director by Freescale Semiconductor