Software Defined Networking

This course provides an introduction to data center networking technologies, more specifically software-defined networking. It covers the history behind SDN, description of networks in data-centers, a concrete data-center network architecture (Microsoft VL2), and traffic engineering.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Course Overview & Introduction
Week 2
Evolution of Data Center Networks
Week 3
Data Center Network Example
Week 4
DC Networking: Testing, Debugging, and Traffic Evaluation
Week 5
Project

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