This IBM® Redbooks® publication shows how to integrate IBM Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments (IBM SDN VE) seamlessly within a new or existing data center.

This book is aimed at pre- and post-sales support, targeting network administrators and other technical professionals that want to get an overview of this new and exciting technology, and see how it fits into the overall vision of a truly Software Defined Environment. It shows you all of the steps that are required to design, install, maintain, and troubleshoot the IBM SDN VE product. It also highlights specific, real-world examples that showcase the power and flexibility that IBM SDN VE has over traditional solutions with a legacy network infrastructure that is applied to virtual systems.

This book assumes that you have a general familiarity with networking and virtualization. It does not assume an in-depth understanding of KVM or VMware. It is written for administrators who want to get a quick start with IBM SDN VE in their respective virtualized infrastructure, and to get some virtual machines up and running by using the rich features of the product in a short amount of time (days, not week, or months).

Chapter 1. Introducing Software Defined Environments and Software Defined Networking

Chapter 2. Introducing IBM System Networking Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments

Chapter 3. Introduction to IBM Software Defined Network for Virtual Environments components

Chapter 4. Installing and configuring IBM Software Defined Networking for Virtual Environments VMware Edition

Chapter 5. Installing IBM Software Defined Networking for Virtual Environments in a KVM environment

Chapter 6. IBM Software Defined Networking for Virtual Environments architecture and design

Chapter 7. Use case 1: VM mobility and relocation

Chapter 8. Use case 2: Data center virtualization to virtualization

Chapter 9. Use case 3: Firewall and DNS in multidomains

Chapter 10. Use case 4: Multitenancy

Chapter 11. Advanced features

Chapter 12. Troubleshooting and maintenance

Appendix A. Overlay protocols in depth