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ON.Lab Launches SDN Open Source Network Operating System (ONOS), Backed by AT&T & NTT

ON.Lab Launches SDN Open Source Network Operating System (ONOS), Backed by AT&T & NTT Image Credit: On.Lab

The Open Networking Lab, ON.Lab, last week launched an open source SDN Open Network Operating System (ONOS) which is now available for downloads. ON.Lab is a non-profit organization founded by SDN inventors and leaders from Stanford University and UC Berkeley aimed at fostering an open source community for developing tools and platforms to realize the full potential of SDN. Tier 1 service provider partners such as AT&T and NTT Communications and several key vendors have supported the ONOS platform, including Ciena, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel, NEC and members who are collaborating and contributing to ONOS .

According to ON.Lab, ONOS is a complete open source SDN network operating system that enables agile service creation and deployment at scale on any hardware, including white boxes. This disruptive platform delivers a highly available, scalable SDN control plane featuring northbound and southbound open APIs and paradigms for a diversity of management, control, and service applications across mission critical networks, said ON.Lab

Taking the ONOS a step further, On.Lab is establishing a number of use cases including the Network Functions as a Service (NFaaS). The NFaaS is a scalable, easy to deploy and managed NFV application, covering caching, deep packet inspection, load balancing and security functions.

Scott Shenker, professor of CS at UC Berkeley and faculty director of the Open Network Research Center
By now, SDN is deployed in data centers worldwide, based on proprietary software. The next frontier for SDN is service provider networks, where large network operators need to program their networks to create new, differentiated services. To enable this, we need a highly available, scalable control plane such as ONOS upon which new services can be instantiated and deployed.

Nick McKeown, professor of CS and EE at Stanford and faculty director of the Open Network Research Center
ONOS is built from scratch, from the ground-up, to be highly available, fast and extensible. It can be used to control existing equipment or new white boxes, allowing service providers to gain more control of their networks and reduce costs.

Guru Parulkar, executive director of ON.Lab
ONOS is created with the idea of bringing a solid open source SDN platform to meet the needs of service providers and enterprises. We have achieved our objective of bringing, for the first time, a complete open source SDN OS that not only addresses the mission critical needs of service providers and enterprises but also delivers capabilities that enable developer and DevOps communities to create, operate and innovate on legacy networks and white boxes. ON.Lab is committed to driving the ONOS project based on open source best practices and bringing innovation and true SDN value to the community.

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