html{display:none} Software-Defined Networks: Introduction | Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Upcoming Webinar

Software-Defined Networks: Introduction

Date held: Thursday, 29 May 2025 · 15:30 (CET)
Duration: 1 hour

Operational technology (OT) software-defined networking (SDN) delivers cybersecurity and performance advantages that make it the ideal networking solution for digital substations based on IEC 61850. It’s also the easiest way to engineer IEC 61850 networks.

In this webinar, we explore the fundamentals of SDN and share how OT SDN allows you to deploy IEC 61850 networks faster while also reducing human errors. Topics include:

  • Process bus and station bus architectures.
  • An introduction to SDN.
  • Faster network failover times with SDN.
  • The SDN deny-by-default architecture.
  • How OT SDN leverages device configuration files, including SCD files, to simplify network engineering.
  • How OT SDN makes it easy to design, configure, and deploy a network based on IEC 61850.

Sagar Dayabhai
Presenter

Sagar Dayabhai

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.