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SDN-Enabled Corporate Wi-Fi
North-Bound API for Data Center Networking Solution
Firmware development for high capacity data center switch product family with support of programmable interfaces
The project included integration of customer’s legacy
Networking equipment product family with innovative SDN technologies, to radically decrease O&M costs, increase performance, and provide advanced data center Network management.
customer profile
Leading manufacturer of high performance network equipment and ASICs.
challenges
- Development of large-scale product with highly complex system architecture
- Need to enable support for multiple hardware platforms (product family).
Technical Highlights
- Implemented SDN controller compatibility
- Enabled multiple virtual switch operation modes
- Developed a XMLRPC-based custom North-Bound API
- Enabled automated template-based code generation, proving change control and API data model consistency.
business value
- Reduced software engineering cost via successful implementation of single software platform for several customer-specific products
- Implemented flexible and easy-to-maintain North-Bound API, thus minimizing O&M effort and complexity
- Enabled backward compatibility via implementation of traditional management interfaces (SNMP, CLI, netconf, WebUI, Chassis and Rack management).
