This page gives the steps of learning Software Defined Networking.

Hint: The following repository collects a series of relevant resources of SDN. We recommend you to read it first: awesome-sdn

This repository has submodules so that you should clone it as follows:

git submodule update --init --recursive

To update submodules:

git submodule update --remote --merge

0.Coursera Network History:

This link is useful for those who do not have any basic knowledge of computer networks.

• Coursera - University of Michigan, Internet History

1. TCP/IP

• Coursera - TCP/IP and Advanced Topics
• TCP/IP详解 卷1：协议
• 计算机网络（第5版）

2.SDN Course:

• Nick Feamster SDN course1
• Nick Feamster SDN course2

3.《重构网络》：

• SDNLAB_《重构网络》

4.Linux/mininet：

• Linux命令行与shell脚本编程大全

Installation：

• 通过脚本快速安装Open vSwitch2.3.0和Mininet

Learning guide：

• mininet学习指南 李呈

Controller：

(1)OpenDayLight:

• OpenDaylight与Mininet应用实战之基本环境搭建

(2)Ryu:

• RYU Github
• RYU 入门教程
• RYU tutorial
• 《RYU BOOK》

Data plane devices：

(1)Open vSwitch:

• OVS基本命令

(2)P4:

• P4 Tutorials
• P4 Environment Installer
• The Road to P4
• P4 Consortium Website
• Open SDN Engineer Skill Map: P4
• Github: p4lang

5.Introduction papers：

• 《The road to SDN - an intellectual history of programmable networks》
• 《OpenFlow: Enabling Innovation in Campus Networks》
• 《Software-Defined Networking: A Comprehensive Survey》

Hint：They can be acquired from:

• School library homepage => Journal => IEEE or ACM Search
• Google academic search

6.Experiment platform：

• SDNLAB 实验平台
• SDNLAB SDN Guide