We should note that since the purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader with a
survey of available technologies, we do not intend to go into great detail explaining each
specific management interface. Instead, we will aim for a slightly higher-level view of
the important pros and cons of any given protocol or approach in an effort to show the
reader how it fits in (or doesn’t) into the SDN model of the world. We will, however,
provide the reader with references for further reading of such details.