Learning OpenFlow / SDN for Research and Experimentation – Version 1.0

SwitchTester is an application that is used to validate OpenFlow switches. Many vendors that offer products don't fully conform to the OpenFlow specifications as it is very new, cutting-edge technology. Because of this, we need a way to be able to validate switches offered by many different vendors in an automated, easy-to-use manner. Output from existing switch validation software such as OFTest and Ryu are very verbose and cumbersome to scan and interpret. As such, SwitchTester provides an abstraction over the testing framework, allowing for a common CLI, configuration, and human-readable JSON and CSV reports, and component-based system to which new switch validation software can be added.