


This is why the control plane can be considered as the brain of a networking device. The control plane performs a more intensive task when compared with the data plane because it has to maintain and manage routing tables, routing algorithms, etc. A networking device consists of two components: a data plane for forwarding packets and a control plane for routing packets. The routers and switches are termed as networking devices. The task of transmitting packets to respective destination hosts is primarily performed by the routers and switches. The end devices connected in the network communicate with each other through packet transmission. The conventional networking paradigm consists of end devices, switches, and routers. A Brief Tutorial on SDN using Ryu Controller
