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OpenFlow™ Protocol Feature Overview and Configuration Guide
The OpenFlow™ protocol is a network protocol closely associated with Software-Defined Networking (SDN). SDN is a network architecture that allows network administrators to control traffic from a centralized Controller. A Controller is an application that manages flow control in a SDN environment. The OpenFlow protocol allows a server to instruct network switches where to send data packets.