October 2016
Intermediate to advanced
216 pages
4h 10m
English
ODL supports a layered architecture with clear integration points and APIs that allow end users and networking vendors to participate in the power SDN capabilities of ODL. The southbound interface to ODL ensures that networking technologies and hardware from diverse vendors can be leveraged using ODL. The northbound interface provides APIs for end users and other cloud technologies such as OpenStack. The following block diagram captures the architecture of ODL:

Figure 1: ODL architecture overview
In a cloud deployment, other components such as compute and storage also play a critical role, in addition to networking. ...
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