In April of 2015 Router Analysis plans to test and report on the following equipment as available: Edge-Core AS5712-54X running the following NOSs: Cumulus Linux, Pica8 PicOS, Open Network Linux Cisco Nexus 3172 Juniper QFX3500 Brocade ICX 7750 Other equipment depending on time and access. The testing will focus on innovations in both hardware and software i … [Read more...]
Pica8 Crossflow Networking
In an article posted earlier on sdntesting.com entitled "Using The Brocade Vyatta Controller - Part 1", we mentioned the use of Pica8's Crossflow Networking mode. Crossflow Networking is a technology from Pica8 that allows switch interfaces to operate in both L2/L3 mode and still harness the flexibility of OpenFlow. Some simple examples: A customer wants to maintain acce … [Read more...]
Building a Reference SDN Controller – Part 2 – Cable and Configure
The Machine is Built - Now Lets Set it Up! If all went well with building the machine from my first post, you should have a functional system running on a bootable ProjectW iso. For the next steps we will cable up the controller and make some changes to ProjectW to send traffic across the switches. The Router Analysis Reference SDN Controller Quick Setup … [Read more...]
The State of OpenFlow 2012 – Report and Analysis
The State of OpenFlow 2012 - Report and Analysis In partnership with SiliconANGLE we are proud to release The State of OpenFlow 2012 - Report and Analysis. Here are some snippets from the report: Testing Session Overview The goal of the testing was straightforward; confirm that currently available switches interoperate with two of the most used OpenFlow controllers, Floodlight … [Read more...]
State of OpenFlow 2012 Testing Notes – Days 12-14 – IWNetworks SDN 8952S
More Information on Latency and Testing the IWNetworks SDN 8952S We are happy to be able to announce the third vendor in our tests: IWNetworks. The IWNetworks SDN 8952S OpenFlow capable 10/40GbE Switch IWNetworks has provided Router Analysis with an SDN 8952S switch. The SDN 8952S is a 48 port 10GE + 4 port 40GE line-rate capable switch with OpenFlow v1.0 support. In our t … [Read more...]
State of OpenFlow 2012 – A Christmas Day Update
Latency and Time to first Packet/Byte This question has come up a few times from customers and researchers alike. How much latency do you add using an OpenFlow based networking stack. The question has a few answers and I will try to cover them here. The main answer is, the added latency normally only affects the first packet or two. In my setup I generally see between 2 … [Read more...]
State of OpenFlow 2012 Testing Notes – Days 8-9
What will OpenFlow do for Networking in 2013? We are a little over a week into the testing phase of our State of OpenFlow 2012 report. One trend we are following is the entrance of new vendors focusing on hardware and limited software, relying on Network APIs for control. On Friday we received a new OpenFlow based switch with 10G and 40G ports. We were able to confirm t … [Read more...]
State of OpenFlow 2012 – One Week Update
(note: this article was posted originally on Silicon Angle as part of our community outreach) Is OpenFlow where it needs to be for 2013? My research firm Router Analysis, Inc. has spent the last week working with both Public and Private (unreleased) products supporting OpenFlow v1.0. The goal of this exercise is to determine what vendors have delivered with regards to Ope … [Read more...]
State of Openflow 2012 Day 5/6 – Notes on HP
Are NEMs delivering on the promise of OpenFlow? Configuring the HP 6200yl to work with OpenFlow is a bit more complex than the pica8 pronto. The main reason is that the HP 6200yl does not have dedicated management ports, so you have to use standard switch ports for management. A lesson I have learned is to use higher ports such as 23/24 for the management and controller i … [Read more...]
State of OpenFlow Notes Day 4 – More RouteFlow
What is the state of OpenFlow at the end of 2012? A quick note about participants. I made an early call that Brocade would be able to participate, they have determined that they will not be able to. I want to thank all of the people at Brocade who worked hard to be involved in the project. And now onto my post. Today I am going to post some specific information r … [Read more...]