What is ONOS?
It provides the control plane for a software-defined network (SDN), managing network components, such as switches and links, and running software programs or modules to provide communication services to end hosts and neighboring networks.
ONOS is a tool in the Operating Systems category of a tech stack.
ONOS is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to ONOS's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses ONOS?
ONOS's Features
- High availability through clustering and distributed state management
- Scalability through clustering and sharding of network device control
- Performance that is good for a first release, and which has an architecture that will continue to support improvements
- Northbound abstractions for a global network view, network graph, and application intents
- Pluggable southbound for support of OpenFlow, P4Runtime, and new or legacy protocols
- Graphical user interface to view multi-layer topologies and inspect elements of the topology
- REST API for access to Northbound abstractions as well as CLI commands
- CLI for debugging
- Support for both proactive and reactive flow setup
- SDN-IP application to support interworking with traditional IP networks controlled by distributed routing protocols such as BGP
- IP-Optical use case demonstration
ONOS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to ONOS?
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