DefinePK

Abstract

Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) is a competitive technology to realize the Software Defined/driven Network (SDN). To meet the requirement of remote large-scale configuration with the extending from ForCES to SDN, a framework of ForCES configuration management system based on Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) is proposed. Configuration information is modeled by YANG and configuration protocol is based on NETCONF. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the new configuration method of ForCES based on NETCONF not only is more adaptable to the large-scale SDN network environment, but also has more excellent performance than the traditional method based on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).