Chapter 5, Problem R16RQ

Explanation of Solution

List of messages flow across a SDN controller’s northbound and southbound APIs:

• Configuration
• Modify-state
• Read-state
• Send-packet

Configuration:

The configuration grands permission for the controller to raise query and set a switch’s configuration parameters.

Modify-state:

Modify-state message is used by a controller to perform the actions like add, delete or modify the entries present in the switch’s flow table and also enables to set switch port properties...