Introduction to Open Source Networking Technologies | Lesson #1
Audience
LFS165x – Introduction to Open Source Networking Technologies is designed for open source
enthusiasts, university students, network architects and engineers, security architects and
engineers, and systems engineers.
Prerequisites
It is recommended that audience have some basic knowledge of computer networking and
virtualization.
Course Length
30-40 hours
Course Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
● Understand the software-defined and open source networking landscape.
● Understand how networking hardware is being disaggregated.
● Discuss open network operating systems (NOS) and how they run on different
networking hardware.
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● Present ways to automate networking tasks.
● Explain how software-defined network (SDN) controllers manage underlay networks.
● Explain network function virtualization (NFV) and how it can help reduce the complexity
of today’s data center environments.
● Present orchestration tools that can build a bridge between applications and networking.
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