Implementation of Software Defined Networking | Report

Running head: Implementation of Software Defined Networking 1
Implementation of Software Defined Networking

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Table of Contents
Abstract................................................................................................................................3
Implementation of Software Defined Networking..............................................................4
Literature Review................................................................................................................5
Methodology........................................................................................................................6
Analysis and Findings........................................................................................................10
Conclusions........................................................................................................................13
References..........................................................................................................................14
Appendix............................................................................................................................17

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Abstract
On an industrial scale, managing the network machines is a terrifying job. There exist
certain large, expensive and specialized kits which leads to enterprise problems. Moreover, the
life of a network administrator resolves the pain of a continuous series of perplexity, effectively
working, configuring, upgrading and replacing. Network administration is a highly expensive
business for both the enterprises and carriers. This shows that the network system administrators
face a problem in troubleshooting the network problems and effective use of network. SDN
(Software-defined networking) refers to a new technology which is bussing in market as a next-
generation technique for simplifying networking. All the manufacturers of network machines
have developed highly complex and incompatible systems. Without questioning the vendors, the
enterprises stick to one supplier like Cisco. The traditional maintenance processes of the IT
infrastructure are advancing. SDN is a technique that is offering programmability for the network
application development, where it utilizes software applications. And it helps to control the
network smartly. This research paper concentrates on the problem of network administration like,
what is SDN, why is it needed, what are its policies, what tools it uses, and how it resolves the
network system administration problem. This research uses qualitative research method for
fining the appropriate results. The research findings show the architecture of SDN, including its
benefits and needs. It concludes that SDN has the capability of resolving the problems faced in
networking.
Keywords: Network, SDN, Policies, Network System Administrator, Tools

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Implementation of Software Defined Networking
In this technology-oriented world, there is a drastic change in the information and
communication technology, and it is changing the way the businesses work (Cascio &
Montealegre, 2016). Today’s organizations have complicated technology parts which are hard to
be managed, this demands for a consistent network system management to resolve the
nightmares of the network administrators. This proves that the network system administrator
faces a problem in troubleshooting the network problems and effective use of network. SDN
(Software Defined Networking), refers to a computer network which is applied, managed and
created by a software. In other words, it can be considered as a technology which applies
computer network’s functionality by a particular software, for instance, OPEN-FLOW. In
networking, SDN is an approach which requires least physical components for facilitating the
organization’s network requirement (Theophilus, 2017). This research paper presents the
important role the SDN can play in network system administration. The SDN handles network
troubleshooting and offers on-demand provisioning, streamlined physical infrastructure,
automatic load balancing, and scaling of network resources (Marschke et al., 2015). Literature
Review section provides a brief understanding about the role of SDN in network system
administration, its role, policies and issues. The methodology section gives a brief about the
research method used for this research work. Further, the Analysis and Finding will be
represented. .
Literature Review
Problems in Traditional Networking
Network administrators struggle to manage the network configuration updates,
replacements for each device on the network, and it is a tiring job to manage a large network.