ONF Certified SDN Associate

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ONF Certified SDN Associate

Course code: ONF-OCSA

Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisite:
•    In order to pass the ONF OCSA Exam, a foundational knowledge of computer networking is assumed, with specific familiarity with various conceptual models of networking (OSI, Internet, etc.) and technologies also required. No job experience is mandated, but your familiarity with all the knowledge domains of this certification is essential to succeed. Resources that would be helpful include publications on networking, as well as foundational certifications in networking from Cisco, Citrix, CompTIA, Juniper, or Microsoft, and materials freely available from Open Networking Foundation.

Intended Audience:
•    SDN Sales Engineer
•    Business Development Manager
•    Product Manager
•    Product Marketing/TME
•    Manager/Director for a Network/IT Group
•    Network Technician (Entry Level)
•    IT Analyst (Entry Level)
•    System Administrator (Entry Level)
•    Consultant/Professional Services Engineer
•    Student/Researcher/EDU
•    Sales Representatives
•    Project Manager (Assumes knowledge, skills, abilities in program management domain)
•    Program Manager (Assumes knowledge, skills, abilities in program management domain)
•    Help Desk/NOC Engineer    

Course Outlines:

•    DOMAIN 1: NETWORKING CONCEPTS
o    Ethernet networks
o    Collision domains and broadcast domains
o    Function of routers and switches
o    Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP)
o    Optical network fundamentals – SONET/SDH, OTN
o    IP Network Services ( DHCP, DNS, ARP, NAT, ICMP)
o    Layer 2 addressing, including address resolution
o    IPv4 and IPv6 fundamentals
o    Layer 3 / IP addressing, including subnet masks
o    Longest match routing
o    Connection-oriented vs. connectionless protocols
o    Packet Filtering with Match/Action Pairs

•    DOMAIN 2: SDN CONCEPTS
o    History of SDN (Clean Slate, Ethane, OpenFlow®, donation to ONF)
o    What is SDN? (control and forwarding)
o    SDN Value Proposition
o    SDN Use Cases in the Data Center
o    SDN Use Cases in Campus Networks
o    SDN Use Cases in Service Providers
o    SDN Use Cases in the Enterprise
o    SDN Use Cases in Mobile Networks
o    The six characteristics of an SDN Network (Plane Separation, Simplified Forwarding Element, Centralized Control, Network Automation, Virtualization, and Openness)
o    SDN Devices (Controllers, Switches, Orchestration, API’s)
o    Overlay Networking Abstractions (NFV, VxLAN, etc.)

•    DOMAIN 3: OPENFLOW®
o    TCP level secure channel/communication/session establishment between controller/switch
o    Message Types
o    Basic Operation/Packet Matching
o    Differences between OpenFlow® versions
o    Proactive vs Reactive Flows
o    Statistics/Counters
o    Setting up a flow
o    Policy Enforcement
o    OpenFlow® Management and Configuration Protocol (OF-Config, OAM, OFDPA, OVSDB, etc.)
o    Flow Table Entry Format
o    Flow Timers
o    Pipeline Processing
o    Match Types
o    Match Actions    

•    DOMAIN 4: SDN ARCHITECTURE AND ECOSYSTEM
o    SDN Layers
o    SDN Architecture compared to Traditional Network Architectures
o    Northbound API’s
o    Southbound API’s
o    East/West API’s
o    Security and Availability
o    Packet and Optical Integration methods
o    Migration Strategies
o    Hybrid Mode Switches
o    Organization in the SDN Ecosystem
o    Standards Bodies and Industry alliances
o    Network Operators and Enterprises
o    Network Equipment Manufacturers
o    Software vendors
o    Academic and Industry research institutions and labs
o    Open Source Initiatives
o    Who is the ONF and what do they do?
o    Purpose
o    Structure
o    Technical Working Groups
o    Open Source Software Development
o    Activities and Initiatives
o    Controller Placement and Redundancy
o    SDN Applications (service chaining, virtualized network functions, analytics)

•    DOMAIN 5: OPEN SOURCE SDN
o    OpenFlow® Agents
o    Indigo
o    Linc
o    OVS
o    CPqD/ONF Driver (aka “libFluid”)
o    OpenFlow® Controllers
o    NOX
o    POX
o    ONOS
o    ODL
o    Floodlight
o    RYU
o    Utilities and Tools
o    FlowSim
o    Mininet
o    Of DPA
o    OF Test
o    Wireshark
o    Avior
o    Open Source SDN Distributions (OSSDN Atrium, etc.)
o    Open vSwitch
o    Orchestration Systems
o    Open Source Initiatives (OPNFV, OCP, ODCA, Open Config)