ical approach with Cisco controllers APIC, APIC-EM, and the application programming interfaces with real-world benefits and challenges. The chapter uses Cisco SDN way of managing, administering, maintaining, and implementing platforms using an external tool. This chapter will also discuss the controller API structures, management model of the controller, and using POSTMAN tool to push API requests and talk to the APIC controller. The chapter also discusses some of the important APIC EM applications like PnP, Easy QoS, IWAN, etc. Chapter 7 Simulation on SDN and NFV Models Through Mininet Premkumar Chithaluru, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India Ravi Prakash, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India Mininet is a stage for working extensive systems on the assets of a finest single little framework or virtual machine. Mininet is made for initiating research in software- defined networking (SDN) and OpenFlow. Mininet permits executing predefined code intuitively on virtual equipment machine on a basic PC. Mininet gives an Downloaded: 4/15/2022 9:44:49 AM Nova Southeastern University IP Address: 137.52.76.29 accommodation and authenticity at less cost. The auxiliary to Mininet is equipment test beds, which are quick and precise, yet extremely costly and shared. The other alternative is to utilize Mininet test system, which is low cost, yet some of the time moderate and requires code substitution. Mininet gives convenience, execution precision, and versatility. Chapter 8 NFV Practical Implementation Lalit Pandey, Independent Researcher, India This chapter is focused on the traditional network architecture limitations with NFV benefits. Discussion of NFV architecture and framework as well as management and orchestration has been discussed in this chapter. Cisco VNF portfolio and virtual network functions implementation is included with software implementation of the architecture of NFV (network function virtualization). Management and orchestration functional layers as per ETSI standard. The challe