Development sketch-based tool for creation and scaling of virtualized SDN infrastructure

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to create a research/development tool enabling the network, system administrators and any developers to bring new innovative easy-scaling services for clients where the infrastructure is composed solely from Software Defined Networking (SDN) components. SDN is a new emerging technology that was being adopted by key players in network technologies all over the world. While the standard networks are frozen up and not able to make any significant change in infrastructure to allow the research, SDN provides a completely new approach to computer networks - primarily the network automation by using the central unit SDN controller for entire network autonomous system. Important for having a fast implementation of proposed innovative services and the widest possible testing options is the virtualized platform on which the solution can be quickly and easily deployed. Due this fact, the one of the critical requirement is provide a virtualization platform within this tool to allow clients to evaluate various platforms by using the SDN. This should all come in an easy-to-use sketch-based graphical user interface allowing even non-expert users to take full advantage of new infrastructure and platform solutions evaluation.