An integrated environment for open-source network softwarization

Network softwarization drives innovation both in software and hardware. This demo introduces a highly integrated environment that enables open source solutions for software defined network (SDN) in both hardware and software. This environment is built upon the NetFPGA platform for rapid prototyping of networking devices. It showcases tools (OSNT and OFLOPS) for evaluating the performance of networking devices, and demonstrates them using a pipelined multi-table OpenFlow enabled switch application. An open-source environment integrating both software and hardware that fully inter-operate, as demonstrated here, is essential for high-quality software defined networking solutions.