SDN for 6800 Cisco core switch

[mohammad saeed]

Hi Guys,

One of my project i got 6807-XL core switch and I heard in it's Data Sheet support SDN...my question Could some one provide me a pdf or documents which can guide me to do it in my project? becuase I have much of edge switches need to be configured easily and more manageable.  

Thanks,

Mohammad Saeed

[Marvin Rhoads]

What data sheet are you looking at?

Here's the one I see: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-6807-xl-switch/data_sheet_c78-728229.html

The term "SDN" or "Software defined Networking" appears nowhere in that data sheet.

The 6807-XL runs plain old IOS and it would be a real stretch of marketing hyperbole to call any of its support SDN.

The SDN term is usually reserved for devices with true programmatic interfaces that eschew the interactive command line interface in favor of a northbound API. Something like a Nexus 9000 series running ACI mode vs. the classic NX-OS mode.