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Flow

A single rule inside Open vSwitch. When packets traverse trough Open vSwitch, they are matched against flows which then decide what needs to happen with them.

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OpenFlow

An open protocol that allows a controller to tell network devices like switches and routers to update their flow tables.

http://openflow.org

Open vSwitch

A virtual switch capable of using OpenFlow.

http://openvswitch.org

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Physical network

"Regular" networks that are not managed by OpenVNet. OpenVNet itself uses physical networks for its processes to communicate.

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Traditional network

See physical network.

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VNet Edge

A part of OpenVNet that allows traditional networks to be connected to OpenVNet's virtual networks on Layer 2 of the OSI model.

Virtual network

A software defined network managed by OpenVNet. These are defined using flows in Open vSwitch.

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