Building a SAN-less Private Cloud with IBM PowerVM and IBM PowerVC

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Software-defined networking

This chapter describes the usage of software-defined networking (SDN) within an IBM PowerVC software-defined infrastructure (SDI) solution.

4.1 Software-defined networking with IBM PowerVC

In an IBM PowerVC SDI solution, the SDN is provided by Open vSwitch (OVS) technology. OVS is an open source multilayer virtual switch with tremendous possibilities. It is part of many Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

For more information about OVS, see Open vSwitch.

In IBM PowerVC, SDN may be used without ...

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