Practice - Key Ideas of SDN: Pillars of a Programmable Network
Practice Questions
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What is the primary function of the Control Plane?
💡 Hint: Think about the 'brains' of the network.
Name one benefit of centralized control in SDN.
💡 Hint: Consider how this may reduce the number of places you have to configure settings.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does SDN primarily focus on?
💡 Hint: Think about the role of control in networking.
True or False: The data plane performs packet forwarding only based on its pre-defined rules from the control plane.
💡 Hint: Remember what each plane does.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a network with multiple vendors’ switches. Explain how SDN's abstraction benefits this environment.
💡 Hint: Think about how switching between different brands would complicate management without a common interface.
In a scenario where the centralized controller fails, what strategies could be implemented to mitigate impact?
💡 Hint: Consider redundancy options available in system architectures.
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