The document discusses the OpenDaylight Project, an open source SDN platform. It provides an overview of OpenDaylight's goals of developing open source SDN code, increasing adoption among vendors and users, and building a thriving community. Key aspects covered include OpenDaylight's controller platform and north/south APIs, its growing community of contributors and committers, integration with OpenStack, potential uses for NFV, and resources for getting involved.

1. The OpenDaylight
Project
OpenDaylight at NLUUG - November 2014
@OpenDaylightSDN #OpenSDN
Christopher Price - @chrispriceab
www.opendaylight.org

2. What is OpenDaylight?
www.opendaylight.org
Sponsors
Goals
Code
Adoption – Vendor, User, Industry
Community – Diverse, Thriving
Delivered & in progress
Controller platform
North bound APIs
South bound protocols (OpenFlow/OVSDB,
BGP, PCEP, LISP, NETCONF,..)
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3. www.opendaylight.org
Adoption
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4. Community Snapshot
 28 Projects ++ lithium
 256 Contributors
 Committer diversity – 6 companies
represented in Service Chaining proposal
 Community labs – 1 in US, 1 in APAC
 https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Main_Page
www.opendaylight.org
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5. Community activity in stats!
www.opendaylight.org
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https://www.openhub.net/

6. Project Framework
www.opendaylight.org
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7. Major Architectural Feature:
Service Abstraction Layer
www.opendaylight.org
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(AD-SAL)
https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/OpenDaylight_Controller:MD-SAL:FAQ

8. More about the MD-SAL
www.opendaylight.org
 https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/OpenDaylight_Controller:MD-SAL:MD-SAL_
App_Tutorial
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9. Hydrogen Code
www.opendaylight.org
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10. ODL and OpenStack
www.opendaylight.org
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Dashboard/API
(Horizon)
Compute Storage
Images/Identity/
..
Networking
(Neutron)
Open vSwitch Nodes
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11. www.opendaylight.org
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12.  Well… networking is important!
 What makes ODL right for NFV?
 Transparent / Open / Meritocratic / Technology centric
 Southbound technology diversity
 Abstractions for ease of VIM integration
 Native NFV centric functionality
 Policy and governance abstractions
 Service Function Chaining
 Native Network Abstraction
www.opendaylight.org
ODL and NFV
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13. What’s in the pipe?
www.opendaylight.org
 Virtual Public Networks (VPuN)
 VPN Service
 Fibre Channel SAN
 Logical Switch Abstraction
 OpenDaylight Intel® DPDK vSwitch
 Python OpenDaylight Client
 Dynamic Flow Management
 SDN Simulation Platform
 Data Persistence
 XMPP Plugin
 SubscriberAwareness
 Source Group Tag eXchange Protocol  CAPWAP-Support
 Device Driver Framework
 Openflow Hybrid Mode
 Safer Link Discovery
 Link Aggregation Control Protocol
 Time Series Data Repository
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14. www.opendaylight.org
Meaning…
 More networking!
 With the chance for:
 WiFi resource and endpoint management
 Improved simulation tools
 Machine to machine capabilities
 Better datacenter integration
 Increased scale and capacity
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15. Developer Resources
 Pull the code and review documentation at wiki.opendaylight.org
 Connect with active developers in the community on the
#opendaylight IRC channel at freenode.net
 Join the conversation through lists.opendaylight.org and
ask.opendaylight.org
 Propose a new project at
wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Project_Proposals:Main
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16.  Download a pre-baked techtorial VM:
 https://wiki.opendaylight.org/images/HostedFiles/OpenDaylight-Techtorial-1.ova
 Check out the tutorials and info sessions on
You-Tube:
 http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2Fopendaylightproject&d.d2s
 Or simply, pull / hack / push the code…
 https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/GettingStarted:Pulling,_Hacking,_and_Pushing_All_the_Code_from_t
www.opendaylight.org
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How to get started?
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17. OpenDaylight User Group (ODLUG)
 Regional, self-organized, informal associations that
meet globally to discuss OpenDaylight
 Share knowledge, recruit and onboard new
developers, discuss best practices and technical
challenges, as well as create awareness
www.opendaylight.org/software/opendaylight-user-groups-odlug
www.opendaylight.org
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