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QuestionQ145

Control, Data, Management Plane, and Operational Design

Which interface between the controller and the networking device lets them communicate and enables the controller to program the networking device’s data-plane forwarding tables?

  • A northbound interface
  • B southbound interface
  • C controller interface
  • D application programming interface
Explanation

A southbound interface connects an SDN controller to network devices and is used to configure and control their data planes, including programming forwarding-table state. Northbound interfaces connect applications to the controller instead.

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