In this course you will learn about the software-defined and open source networking landscape. This includes how networking hardware is being disaggregated, what open network operating systems (NOS) are and how they run on different networking hardware, ways to automate networking tasks, how SDN controllers manage underlay networks, what NFV is and how it can help reduce the complexity of today’s data center environments, orchestration tools that can build a bridge between applications and networking, and more. Beginner.