http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/content/at_a_glance_c45-708540.pdf
http://www.networkcomputing.com/software-defined-networking-comparisons/
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Cisco entered offerings in our controllers, applications and switches categories under the umbrella of its Cisco ONE Portfolio. The Cisco Open Networking Environment SDN controller supports version 1.0 of the OpenFlow standard alongside the Cisco onePK spec. VM support includes ESX, HyperV and KVM via Nexus 1000V. Applications are under the Monitor Manager NSM system. Switches/vswitches are based on onePK and support C, Java and Python APIs. More Detailed Product Information |
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HP offers a complete portfolio of OpenFlow hardware and software, the heart of which is the HP Virtual Application Networks SDN controller. Available as either a software virtual appliance or 2U, quad-core hardware box, it supports OpenFlow versions 1.0 and 1.3 and includes published northbound APIs to enable third-party SDN applications. Four applications are already available: HP Sentinel Security, Virtual Cloud Network portal, Microsoft Lync UC&C and the IMC VAN SDN Manager. HP also has more than 40 OpenFlow-compliant switches, ranging from entry-level products to its just-announced modular 12900 data center core switch, which sports a 36 Tbps switching backplane and up to 16 slots for a maximum of 768 10GbE or 64 100GbE ports. More Detailed Product Information |
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Juniper's EX9200 Programmable Switch supports OpenFlow 1.3 and comes in four models. The 6U EX9204 delivers four slots, the EX9208 offers eight slots in an 8U chassis and the 16U EX9214 sports 14 slots. Southbound API support includes Puppet and NetConf; support for the OpenStack Quantum plug-in is planned. The EX9200 can simultaneously handle IP, MPLS, CAPWAP termination, GRE, VPLS, policy/forwarding decisions and new SDN protocols. More Detailed Product Information |
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Netsocket Virtual Network is compatible with OpenFlow 1.0 and Microsoft's vSwitch and Hyper-V, users of which can get started now at no cost. Hardware requirements are straightforward: 64-bit X86, 1 core, 1 GB RAM. The system supports Openstack and RADIUS for user authentication More Detailed Product Information More Detailed Product Information |
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Nuage Networks' Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) is based on OpenFlow and is agnostic in terms of physical switches supported. Hypervisor support is likewise broad and includes KVM, Xen, ESXi and Hyper-V. Nuage partners for services support include F5 Networks, Palo Alto More Detailed Product Information |
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Enterasys has offerings in three of our four catgories. Its OneFabric line lacks OpenFlow support, but the controller sports an integrated GUI for end-to-end network management and an open northbound API. Its entire switch line is SDN-compatible, and support extends to switching, routing and wireless networking gear. More Detailed Product Information |
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Extreme Summit X440 Series The Summit devices run ExtremeXOS implementations of OpenFlow APIs and come in 10 variants with aggregated bandwidth ranging from 64 Gbps to 134 Gbps. The devices are OpenStack compatible through the Extreme Networks Quantum plug-in. TRILL support is due in Q4. More Detailed Product Information |
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NEC's ProgrammableFlow Controller line is built on OpenFlow 1.0, with OpenFlow 1.3 on the roadmap, and sports a list of compatible software ranging from DoS attack mitigation to QoS to VRRP. NEC has committed code to the open source Open Daylight program and demonstrated interoperability at Interop, PlugFest and ONS with Arista, Brocade, Centec, Dell, Extreme and IBM gear. The PF5240 hybrid switch was named Best of Interop in Infrastructure in 2011 and was the first OpenFlow hybrid switch offered on a commercial basis. More Detailed Product Information |
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Tail-f embraces both top-down and bottom-up approaches to SDN, with support for OpenFlow (1.0 now, 1.3 later this year) and transaction-safe northbound APIs across OpenFlow and legacy devices. More Detailed Product Information |
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Big Switch has offerings in three of our four catgories. Its well-known OpenFlow-based controller is available as a physical or virtual appliance that works with a long list of switches from most major hardware vendors. The Big Virtual Switch (network virtualization)and Big Tap (unified network visbility) applications integrate with the controller, and the Switch Light is a software platform for merchant-silicon-based physical and virtual switches within hypervisors. More Detailed Product Information |
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Embrane heleo is a platform for software-defined network services for load balancing, firewall, VPN termination and SSL offload. Virtual appliances run on any X86 server and can quickly scale up and down to meet demand. Management and provisioning are via the Embrane Elastic Services Manager. Embrane uses REST for communication up and down the stack and between the Elastic Services Manager and virtual appliances. More Detailed Product Information |
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Pica8's open switches are white-box devices that run the company's open PicOS NOS. PicOS supports OpenFlow 1.2 and Open vSwitch .1.9. The switches are available in four configurations, with a maximum switching fabric capacity of 176 Gbps for 1 GbE and 1.28 Tbps for 10 GbE platforms. More Detailed Product Information |
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Plexxi has entries in three areas with its Switch, Control and API offerings. The Plexxi 1U optical switch comes in two models, the 1 and 1x, with 64 and 72 10 Gbps ports, respectively. The controller runs on Linux and uses the Plexxi Affinities standard REST interface northbound and JMS for southbound control. The Plexxi Affinity Topologies application works as part of Plexxi Control and supports vSphere, vCloudDirector, OpenStack and KVM. More Detailed Product Information |
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