Floodlight is a Java-based, Apache-licensed OpenFlow controller. It is an easy to use, liberally licensed open source project and since it forms the foundation of a commercial controller, Floodlight offers a well-tested, stable, and actively developed platform.
FlowScale - An OpenFlow load balancing application
FlowScale is a project to divide and distribute traffic over multiple physical switch ports. FlowScale replicates the functionality in load balancing appliances but using a Top of Rack (ToR) switch to distribute traffic.
RouteFlow is about bringing together OpenFlow-enabled networking gear with
open-source routing stacks to deliver novel models of virtual routers and IP
networks as a Service in the virtual networking era.
Indigo is a reference hardware switch for openflow. The hardware platform is the
48 port gigE LB4G and Pronto 3290 from Quanta Systems (see downloads area for ordering
information). The software is available in the Indigo downloads and docs area -- a
binary download of the entire image or an open source download that requires Broadcom's
SDK libraries to build.
SNAC is a first-generation enterprise openflow controller, generously donated by
Nicira to the open source community. It is built on top of the open source C++/python
NOX core and showcases an implementation of the FML network configuration language.
At last year’s Interop Las Vegas, OpenFlow was the surprise sensation of the show. In fact, Network World went so far to argue that it could have been called the OpenFlow Show. We had high expectations for this year, and we were not disappointed. OpenFlow was everywhere at the show, whether as generally available products, demos or prototypes. It received (again) the “Best of Interop Award” and it was the elephant in the room during Cisco’s keynote. At the same time, the conversation around OpenFlow has changed. If last year was around hype and speculation, this year was around products, use cases and in a few cases customer success stories. Here is our list of OpenFlow related exhibits at Interop. If we are missing anything let us know in the comments.
Arista – At the Arista booth, there was a joint demo together with Big Switch Networks to showcase Network Virtualization using OpenFlow. Several of Arista’s 7050 Switches were used to create virtual networks leveraging both the switch’s hardware capabilities as well as Hypervisor Switch based overlay networks. Arista’s EOS architecture is very well suited for Software Defined Networking and it is great to see another OpenFlow enabled switch becoming available. The network virtualization functionality was provided by the Enterprise version of the Big Switch Controller. It provides redundant controller nodes for high-availability and management is done via an industry standard CLI or Web UI. To the right Dan Talayco and Jeff Townsend from Big Switch.
Next week is Interop where OpenFlow will be displayed in various vendor booths and, similar to last year, in it’s own “Interop Labs” OpenFlow booth.
I was Las Vegas this week helping setup and wanted to share this snapshot of the progress. Last year’s Interop Labs booth really put OpenFlow on the map and this year is shaping up to be even better!
Last week, Google made a huge announcement in the world of software-defined networking. They had in fact built their own OpenFlow-based SDN (including their own custom networking gear) and were using it to manage all of their production WAN traffic. Google’s SDN enabled it to implement a global bandwidth management and traffic engineering system, saving money on bandwidth and hardware.
For a company very secretive of its infrastructure, Google took a major step in support of the growing OpenFlow and SDN ecosystems. They immediately dispelled any myths and concerns about the maturity of SDN and made it clear that real, reliable software-defined networks were managing production traffic in one of the most complex infrastructure environments in the world. This is a huge boost to the SDN ecosystem. (more…)
At last year’s Interop Las Vegas, OpenFlow was the surprise sensation of the show. In fact, Network World went so far to argue that it could have been called the OpenFlow Show. We had high expectations for this year, and we were not disappointed. OpenFlow was everywhere at the show, whether as generally available products, demos or prototypes. It received (again) the “Best of Interop Award” and it was the elephant in the room during Cisco’s keynote. At the same time, the conversation around OpenFlow has changed. If last year was around hype and speculation, this year was around products, use cases and in a few cases customer success stories. Here is our list of OpenFlow related exhibits at Interop. If we are missing anything let us know in the comments.
