Wind River Open Network Software
Open Network Software Application Development Kit Fosters InnovationA Core Building Block of Software Defined Networking
Wind River® Open Network Software is a comprehensive and open network switch software environment for data center and network infrastructure implementations. Open Network Software delivers highly optimized control plane network software, development tools, and the network resources needed to build software defined networking (SDN) solutions such as top-of-rack switches, micro-server platforms, and other network infrastructure elements.
This SDN building block simplifies the development of new network solutions by leveraging open and standard interfaces, decoupling the control plane from the data plane, enabling hardware independence, and spurring rapid innovation. Now, data center network equipment providers can truly transform the way networks are designed, deployed, and managed.
Use Cases
- Top-of-rack switches
- Blade servers
- Micro-servers
- Network appliances
- Backplane controllers
Features
- Modular, open, and extensible software platform with access to low-level switch capabilities
- Well-defined system interfaces using open APIs and remote procedure calls
- Programmatic XML-RPC management interface ideally suited for remote management functionality
- Object-oriented design using XML and easy-to-understand database schemas
- Hardware abstraction layer enabling switch application independence
- Application Development Kit enabling extensibility through seamless integration of new applications and access to a large network ecosystem
- Python-based automated system test environment for system testing
- Scalable switch simulation ideal for automated test environments
- Native suite of basic network protocols with additional support modules for advanced protocols
- Pre-integration with leading processors and switch silicon
Benefits
- Build innovative switch solutions that run on any standard hardware system.
- Leverage best-of-breed open, third-party, and in-house network software ecosystem modules.
- Adapt switch applications to accommodate market conditions.
- Increase the quality of your deployed product.
- Deploy new switch solutions faster.
