This blog post is part of our data centre networking series:
- Data centre networking : What is SDN
- Data centre networking : SDN fundamentals
- Data centre networking : SDDC
- Data centre networking : What is OVS
- Data centre networking : What is OVN
- Data centre networking : SmartNICs
With the development of open source software-defined networking solutions, virtualisation took a progressively more important place in modern data centres. Concepts like virtual switching and routing became part of the data centre networking scene, with OVS as a pioneering example. Virtual switches nevertheless did initially miss very important networking features and standards, which hardware-based network devices already had – and which were proven and widely implemented. OVN came to represent those network features in virtual switching environments and address their extensibility across multi-host clusters. Let’s first take a closer look in order to understand what OVN is.
What is OVN?
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