Adding an API to networking hardware doesn’t solve management challenges

This is why cloud-inspired networks win: virtual switches are all consistent Since opening up our draft of the 7th edition of Computer Networks: A Systems Approach for comments, we have not yet been inundated with feedback, but we did get a very helpful comment about our perspective on network operations, a subject to which we have devoted an entire chapter. Both Larry and I have learned over the years that operations are important and yet the topic is frequently neglected when teaching about ne