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| Why Use Floodlight?
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- It offers a module system|../../../../../../../../../display/floodlightcontroller/Module+loading+system|||\ that makes it simple to extend and enhance. We have some simple and more complex|../../../../../../../../../display/floodlightcontroller/Advanced+Tutorial|||\ examples available.
- Its easy to build and setup with minimal dependencies.
- You are welcome and encouraged to contribute code.
- Apache is a friendly license and you maximal freedom.
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- Floodlight supports a broad range of virtual and physical OpenFlow switches.
- Rich support for mixed OpenFlow and non-OpenFlow networks. Floodlight can manage multiple islands of OpenFlow switches, a common deployment scenario.
- Floodlight was designed to be high performance|../../../../../../../../../display/floodlightcontroller/Performance+Configuration|||\.
- Static Flow Pusher API that can be used to proactively manage a network
- Support for OpenStack Quantum (coming soon)
Developer Checklist
- Join the mailing list
- Download the code
- Read the Getting Started Docs
- Explore the developer wiki|../../../../../../../../../display/floodlightcontroller/Floodlight+Controller+Wiki|||\
Mailing List Posts
- Static Flow Pusher: timeouts not supported October 12, 2012
- [Re: floodlight-dev Links between Hosts and Switches|http://groups.google.com/a/openflowhub.org/group/floodlight-dev/browse_thread/thread/7a25fb2cf1b4103b/81add1796e8fb346?show_docid=81add1796e8fb346] October 12, 2012
- [Re: floodlight-dev Links between Hosts and Switches|http://groups.google.com/a/openflowhub.org/group/floodlight-dev/browse_thread/thread/7a25fb2cf1b4103b/144b239205214ac3?show_docid=144b239205214ac3] October 11, 2012
- [Re: floodlight-dev Links between Hosts and Switches|http://groups.google.com/a/openflowhub.org/group/floodlight-dev/browse_thread/thread/7a25fb2cf1b4103b/5f0c80e14a66c1f1?show_docid=5f0c80e14a66c1f1] October 11, 2012
- [Re: floodlight-dev Links between Hosts and Switches|http://groups.google.com/a/openflowhub.org/group/floodlight-dev/browse_thread/thread/7a25fb2cf1b4103b/f8e364f21818ef30?show_docid=f8e364f21818ef30] October 11, 2012
- [Re: floodlight-dev Links between Hosts and Switches|http://groups.google.com/a/openflowhub.org/group/floodlight-dev/browse_thread/thread/7a25fb2cf1b4103b/193788691de3b5c8?show_docid=193788691de3b5c8] October 11, 2012
- http://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenflowHubNews OpenFlowHub Blog|../../../../../../../../../blog|||\
- Preview of Indigo v2.0 and LOXI October 2, 2012paullappas
- Floodlight Use Case: Software-Defined StorageAugust 31, 2012 paullappas
- Floodlight Update August 17, 2012 paullappas
- Doubling-down on OpenFlow August 10, 2012paullappas
- Avior, Open Source Floodlight GUI Released July 25, 2012 Jason Parraga
OpenFlowHub.org|../../../../../../../../../|||\ all right reserved - 2011
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