Centec Networks, a leading innovator of SDN switching silicon and advanced SDN turnkey system solutions, introduces a revolution in open software-defined networking (SDN) with the release of "Lantern". Lantern is an open source implementation targeted at hardware based SDN switches, integrating Linux Debian 7.2 OS, Open vSwitch(OVS) with silicon SDK and adaption layer as an open source turnkey solution.
SDN is a new approach to networking of which the OpenFlow™ protocol, maintained by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), is the key technologies. Implementing SDN via an open standard enables extraordinary agility while reducing service development and operational costs. The complete open source release includes silicon SDK and adaption layer facilitates research activity in the field. It also enables equipment vendors to further innovate on top of a turnkey solution. Furthermore, the Lantern release is intended to contribute to the open eco-system which is crucial to SDN development in the industry.
"Widespread adoption of OpenFlow-based SDN solutions requires the development of open solutions for both software and hardware," said Dan Pitt, executive director of the Open Networking Foundation. "Our mission at ONF is to accelerate the adoption of open SDN so we are excited to see our member companies propelling solutions to market that anticipate and meet end-user needs for open SDN solutions.""As a switch silicon and whitebox solution vendor in SDN," Said Tao Gu, VP of business development of Centec Networks, "Centec firmly believes that open is one of the mainly benefit of SDN and have long devoted into developing open SDN solution. Centec is planning to continue the open source roadmap in SDN, such as the support to OpenFlow 1.3, OF-Config 1.1 and an OpenStack Neutron plug-in to integrate physical switches into the OpenStack environment, with more SDN optimized development systems." Read More Centec Fuels Open Development with "Lantern", the Industrial First Open Source Hardware Based SDN Switch Implementation
