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I'm new to SDN programming. I wanted to post it on serverFault or Network Engineering, but looks like they don't have some of the keywords.

Anyways, although I knew SDN concepts before, but I want to try in practice with simulations and programming and see how things really work. I need technology and software package recommendations that can be best to use:

  • I've been told I should use Mininet which is basically a network simulator with built-in SDN support which works based on VMs.
  • And for SDN controller I've been told OpenDayLight (ODL) is a great choice nowadays which has many plugins, features and supports.

Can I integrate Mininet with ODL? What is the relation of Mininet with VMs? Can mininet VMs run standalone say Ubuntu VMs? So basically how should I use all these together?

Tina J
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First of all, there is no integration between Mininet and ODL. You use them for different purposes. Mininet is for the switch part, ODL is for the controller part.

Mininet is for simulating network switches. You need an SDN enabled (it means openflow supported) switch and an SDN controller for SDN testing. With mininet you can create a network topology with openflow supported mininet switches and you can set ODL or any other SDN controller (such as ryu, onos, floodlight etc.) as their SDN controller.

It is not clear why you are asking about VMs. Mininet has a VM image but it is just for easy installation. You can also install it from source code.

Mininet Walkthrough page could be a good starting point for you.

Yavuz Sert
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  • Yavuz, your descriptions were useful. I am new to all these and I've been told Mininet must run VMs! Thanks for clearing this for me. – Tina J May 27 '17 at 13:13
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yes you can integrate the SDN-ODL and Mininet onto a VM. I am a researcher in ODL. I have worked on Mininet and ODL. 

My suggestion to you is;
[1] Install a VM.
[2] Try to install SDN Hub, if not- install Ubuntu 14.0 LTS which is stable version till date. 
[3] Install the packages.

*** I have been working on Ubuntu from past two years.. and it is working very effieciently.
Manasa_Kulkarni
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