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1 Introduction ··································································································································································· 1
Overview ··········································································································································································· 1
Basic Architecture ····························································································································································· 2
Internal Applications vs. External Applications ············································································································· 5
Acronyms and Abbreviations ·········································································································································· 6
2 Establishing Your Test and Development Environments ··························································································· 7
Test Environment ······························································································································································· 7
Installing HP VAN SDN Controller ························································································································· 7
Authentication Configuration ·································································································································· 7
Development Environment················································································································································ 7
Pre-requisites ····························································································································································· 7
HP VAN SDN Controller SDK ································································································································ 8
3 Developing Applications ··········································································································································· 10
Introduction ······································································································································································ 10
Web Layer ······························································································································································ 12
Business Logic Layer ·············································································································································· 12
Persistence Layer ···················································································································································· 13
Authentication ································································································································································· 13
REST API··········································································································································································· 15
REST API Documentation ······································································································································· 16
Rsdoc ······································································································································································· 16
Rsdoc Extension ······················································································································································ 17
Rsdoc Live Reference ············································································································································· 17
Audit Logging ·································································································································································· 19
Alert Logging ··································································································································································· 20
Configuration ·································································································································································· 21
High Availability ····························································································································································· 23
Role orchestration ·················································································································································· 23
OpenFlow ········································································································································································ 26
Message Library ····················································································································································· 27
Core Controller······················································································································································· 33
Flow Rules ······························································································································································· 43
Metrics Framework ························································································································································· 46
External View·························································································································································· 46
GUI ··················································································································································································· 59
SKI Framework - Overview ··································································································································· 59
SKI Framework - Navigation Tree ························································································································ 60
SKI Framework - Hash Navigation ······················································································································· 61
SKI Framework - View Life-Cycle ·························································································································· 64
SKI Framework - Live Reference Application ······································································································· 64
UI Extension ···························································································································································· 65
Introduction ····························································································································································· 66
Controller Teaming ················································································································································ 67
Distributed Coordination Service ························································································································· 67
Persistence ······································································································································································· 85
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