PQ Show 27 – Cisco XNC Controller – First Look – Sponsored




Packet Pushers Podcast show

Summary: Cisco eXtensible Network Controller (XNC) can provide greater business agility, through a cost-effective, scalable, Software-Defined Network (SDN)-based approach to traffic monitoring. What is the XNC? What's it for? Comparing XNC Controller to OpenDaylight. What's the same? What's a value-add? What are the northbound capabilities of XNC? Southbound? Let's give some examples of what we can do with this controller. Apps: monitoring, transit selection, network slicing. What sort of network hardware is required to leverage XNC? What are some future use-cases? Clever things that might be possible with XNC & an SDN-capable network infrastructure on the scene? Cisco ONE Overview  (video): http://video.cisco.com/video/TechnologyTrends/ONE/TechnologyTrends/ONE/ (Video title: Advanced Flow Control) Overview on Monitor Manager (Video): http://video.cisco.com/video/TechnologyTrends/ONE/TechnologyTrends/ONE/ (Video Title: Increased traffic visibility with Cisco XNC) OpenDaylight - http://www.opendaylight.org