Lack of flexibility and scalability on traditional networks require more studies andrnresearches in the area and this leads to the introduction of Software Defined Networkingrn(SDN). The main objective of Software Defined Networking is to separate the control planernfrom the data plane and introduce the concept of Programmable Network. OpenFlow is arnprotocol used in Software Defined Networking architecture as a communication channelrnbetween the data plane and the control plane. Different applications can easily be integratedrnwith the control plane in order to avoid vendor specificity issues with greater speed andrngreater scalability in terms of routing and forwarding. Completely shifting from traditionalrnnetworks to this new architecture may not be an easy task and it is not also the target ofrnSoftware Defined Networking, instead it encourages to shift step by step. The OpenFlowrnspecification introduces two forms of implementations: pure and hybrid OpenFlowrnimplementations. The hybrid implementation supports both traditional packets forwardingrnas well as OpenFlow network architecture.rnIn this work, we present a performance analysis of the hybrid OpenFlow architecture inrnterms of throughput, end-to-end delay, and scalability on Local Area Network (LAN) sidernby side with the pure OpenFlow implementation. The aim is to explore how OpenFlowrnhybrid network can be implemented on the simulation environment and to see whatrnenhancements it can bring to the OpenFlow network.