RFC 7426: Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Layers and Architecture Terminology

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) refers to a new approach for network programmability, that is, the capacity to initialize, control, change, and manage…

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Outgoing relationships (27 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Informative reference — RFC 2578: Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
Informative reference — RFC 6241: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
Informative reference — RFC 6020: YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
Informative reference — RFC 4655: A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 5440: Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)
Informative reference — RFC 3411: An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks
Informative reference — RFC 826: An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: Or Converting Network Protocol Addresses to 48.bit Ethernet Address for Transmission on Ethernet Hardware
Informative reference — RFC 5880: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Informative reference — RFC 3414: User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)
Informative reference — RFC 7011: Specification of the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of Flow Information
Informative reference — RFC 3418: Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Informative reference — RFC 5424: The Syslog Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3417: Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Informative reference — RFC 5810: Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Protocol Specification
Informative reference — RFC 3746: Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Framework
Informative reference — RFC 5531: RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 7276: An Overview of Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Tools
Informative reference — RFC 3412: Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Informative reference — RFC 7149: Software-Defined Networking: A Perspective from within a Service Provider Environment
Informative reference — RFC 5812: Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Forwarding Element Model
Informative reference — RFC 3535: Overview of the 2002 IAB Network Management Workshop
Informative reference — RFC 5743: Definition of an Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) Document Stream
Informative reference — RFC 6632: An Overview of the IETF Network Management Standards
Informative reference — RFC 1953: Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol Specification for IPv4 Version 1.0
Informative reference — RFC 2297: Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0
Informative reference — RFC 7047: The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol

Incoming relationships (8 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 8309: Service Models Explained
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9182: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8938: Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Data Plane Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8994: An Autonomic Control Plane (ACP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9522: Overview and Principles of Internet Traffic Engineering
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9938: A Framework for the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Controller Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8763: Deployment Considerations for Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8913: Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) YANG Data Model