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Where is the debugger for my software-defined network?

Authors:

Nikhil Handigol,

Brandon Heller,

Vimalkumar Jeyakumar,

David Maziéres, and

Nick McKeownAuthors Info & Claims

HotSDN '12: Proceedings of the first workshop on Hot topics in software defined networks

August 2012

Pages 55 - 60

https://doi.org/10.1145/2342441.2342453

Published: 13 August 2012 Publication History

Abstract

The behavior of a Software-Defined Network is controlled by programs, which like all software, will have bugs - but this programmatic control also enables new ways to debug networks. This paper introduces ndb, a prototype network debugger inspired by gdb, which implements two primitives useful for debugging an SDN: breakpoints and packet backtraces. We show how ndb modifies forwarding state and logs packet digests to rebuild the sequence of events leading to an errant packet, providing SDN programmers and operators with a valuable tool for tracking down the root cause of a bug.

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Index Terms

Where is the debugger for my software-defined network?
1. Networks
  1. Network services
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging

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HotSDN '12: Proceedings of the first workshop on Hot topics in software defined networks

August 2012

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ISBN:9781450314770

DOI:10.1145/2342441

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University of Maryland
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