CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking Instructor Xin Yuan

CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking Instructor: Xin Yuan, 259 Love, xyuan@cs. fsu. edu, 4 -9133 • Office hour: 1: 00 pm-3: 00 pm Monday and Wednesday, or by appointment Course website: blackboard and http: //www. cs. fsu. edu/~xyuan/cis 5930/index. html CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Course objectives • Introduce software defined networking: the background, the development, and the challenges • Give hands-on experience with SDN using Mininet • At the end of the course, the students should be able to o Explain Open. Flow, challenges in SDN, and recent development in SDN. o Use and program Mininet and write basic SDN applications using some open-sourced SDN controller. CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Topics covered • • • The history of SDN API: Open. Flow Mininet: A simulation environment for SDN (Open. Flow) controllers and network operating systems SDN applications (traffic engineering, network virtualization, software defined storage, etc) SDN network updates SDN scalability Programming SDN networks SDN network correctness verification Network function virtualization (NFV) SDN security CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Textbook and course materials • Required: none • Course materials will be linked in the course website. CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Prerequisite • You must have CNT 5505 Data and Computer Communication or equivalent (graduate or undergraduate level). CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Grading • Always groups of 2 students for everything except midterm unless you prefer to do it by yourself – – 10 % - homework, critics 20% - programming assignment (2 assignments) 20% - midterm 20% - classroom participation • Read the papers before coming to class. – 30% - Term project including a presentation and a final project report. CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

Course policies • Attendance: required. • Late assignments: not accepted without a valid excuse. • Missed exam: following the university rules. – Let me know ASAP when you need to miss an exam. • Incomplete grade: – Miss the final project with an accepted excuse – Due to extraordinary circumstances with appropriate documentation. CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

• Academic Integrity – No copying from anywhere – Don’t ask others for solutions and don’t give solutions to others. • Violation – The university requires all violations to be reported. – First violation with level 1 agreement: • 0 for the particular assignment/exam and the lowering of one letter (A->B) for course final grade. – Second violation: resolved through the office of the Dean and the Faculties CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking University Florida State

• Accommodation for Disabilities 1. Register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC). 2. Bring a letter to me from the SDRC `indicating you need academic accomodations. This should be done within the first week of class CIS 5930 Software Defined Networking Florida State University