Emu, the latest release of open source SDN Network Operating System (ONOS) is officially out. The fifth release from On.lab, the company behind ONOS, boasts improvements such as IP multicast and SDN-IP, key use cases including central office re-architected as a data center, packet/optical, service function chaining, and support for the Open Platform for NFV Project and OpenStack.
The latest release features and improvements are developed by its members, including SK Telecom (compatibility with OpenStack and OPNFV, and CORD), Huawei, Fujitsu (sub system resource reservation), DirectTV (IP Multicast ) and AT & T (CORD), among others .
On.lab said, "In order to become a controller option with OPNFV’s upcoming Brahmaputra release, Emu can integrate with OPNFV and OpenStack to provide an easy pathway to future VNFaaS and NFV management and orchestration capabilities. In addition, SK Telecom is leading a project called Simplified Overlay Networking Architecture (SONA), which will ease deployment of software defined data centers, where they have provided OpenStack Switching and OpenStack interfaces for CORD."
Thomas Vachuska, Chief Architect at ON.Lab's ONOS project
When we initially released ONOS, our goal was to provide a solid platform that would act as a base on which ON.Lab, its partners and the community could rapidly develop a number of SDN applications.
