Chris Siebenmann
Ross Grady
.@thatcks I think it means "written by software developers who don't realize that existing network switches are full of software already."
People: is 'software defined networking' just network gear that can be managed by programs instead of only wacky CLIs and web interfaces?
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@rossgrady@thatcks I think it means: "Marketing copy written by people who are confounded by simple electronic devices."
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@thatcks Yup, controlled by APIs generally:@bigswitch is one of the larger players http://www.bigswitch.com/products/open-sdn-overview … -
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@thatcks that's my interpretation of it, yes. Instead of shitty CLI/web interfaces, you'll probably get a shitty API -
@thatcks No. It's fibs managed by apis, rather than by routers -
@thatcks I mean the full virtualization and malleability as opposed to "managing" like we did to managed switches with SNMP -
@thatcks sdn also let's you get far lower level access than the clis do so you can do things that are currently impossible. -
@thatcks that, and the virtual topologies overlaid on the plant, like EC2 and KVM is "software definined computing"
Jason Sullivan
ɯıɹɹıʍʇ
Big Switch Networks
@jordansissel
Cian Brennan
Pete Zaitcev
Perry Lorier
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