Title :
Reliability and Scalability Issues in Software Defined Network Frameworks
Author :
Xinjie Guan ; Baek-Young Choi ; Sejun Song
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA
Abstract :
Software Defined Network (SDN) structure has been proposed for its flexibility in deployment and management. As an implementation of SDN structure, OpenFlow protocol decouples data plane and control plane so that flexible and programmable installation and management of forwarding rules are allowed. However, on the other hand, the decoupled structure raises additional computational and network resources consumption that even may lead to fatal disasters. In this study, we examine the issues of reliability and scalability of SDN under disaster scenarios on a GENI test-bed. Observations from our experiments show that more attention should be paid to improve the reliability and scalability of SDN and its frameworks.
Keywords :
computer network management; computer network reliability; data visualisation; file servers; protocols; software radio; user interfaces; GENI test-bed; OpenFlow protocol; SDN structure; control plane; data plane; forwarding rule management; forwarding rule programmable installation; reliability issues; scalability issues; server visualization; software defined network frameworks; user mobility; Computer architecture; Control systems; Packet loss; Probes; Reliability; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Research and Educational Experiment Workshop (GREE), 2013 Second GENI
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
DOI :
10.1109/GREE.2013.28
