Founded April 8, 2013 | Headquarters San Francisco, Calif. | |
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Type Open Source project under The Linux Foundation Key people Neela Jacques, Executive Director Website | ||
The OpenDaylight Project is a collaborative open source project hosted by The Linux Foundation. The goal of the project is to promote software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). The software is written in the Java programming language.
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History
On February 8, 2013, a software defined networking site reported an industry coalition forming around SDN. The goal of the coalition was not known at the time, with most information consisting of rumors and insider discussions.
On April 8, 2013, The Linux Foundation announced the founding of the OpenDaylight Project as a community-led and industry-supported open source framework to accelerate adoption, foster new innovation and create a more open and transparent approach to Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The project’s founding memberswere Arista Networks, Big Switch Networks, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Ericsson, HP, IBM, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, NEC, Nuage Networks, PLUMgrid, Red Hat and VMware.
Reaction to the goals of open architecture and administration by the Linux Foundation have been mostly positive. While initial criticism centered on concerns that this group could be used by incumbent technology vendors to stifle innovation, most of the companies signed up as members do not actually sell incumbent networking technology. Of the Platinum members, Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, and Citrix would not be considered "incumbent" technology providers in the networking segment. Only Brocade, Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise would typically fall into that category.
Technology
OpenDaylight supports technology such as OpenFlow. The first code from the OpenDaylight project, named Hydrogen, was released in February 2014. Expected donations and projects for Hydrogen include an open controller, a virtual overlay network, protocol plug-ins and switch device enhancements.
A source code repository includes contributed source code from Big Switch Networks, Cisco and NEC. There is a dedicated Open Daylight wiki, and a mailing list available. These resources appear to currently be aimed at developers wishing to contribute to the project.
The software is written in Java.
Releases
The following lists the different OpenDaylight releases:
Members
There are three tiers of membership for OpenDaylight: Platinum, Gold and Silver, with varying levels of commitment. Each Platinum member must contribute 10 developers to the project while Gold members must contribute 3 developers. By 2015 April, Juniper and VMWare changed its contribution level to silver.