Networking/ONIE
Open Network Install Environment
Created by Cumulus Networks, Inc. in 2012, the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) Project is a small operating system, pre-installed as firmware on bare metal network switches, that provides an environment for automated operating system provisioning.
Incubated and adopted by the Open Compute Project in 2013, the ONIE project enables a bare metal network switch ecosystem where end users can choose among different network operating systems. ONIE enables switch hardware suppliers to manage their operations based on a small number of hardware SKUs. This in turn creates economies of scale in manufacturing and distribution enabling a thriving ecosystem of both network hardware and operating system alternatives.
Testing and Certification
- Testing and Certification Overview
- ONIE Hardware Status
- ONIE Compatible Network Operating System Status
Current ONIE Hardware
| Device | Vendor | Description | USB Support | DC Available | Reverse air-flow available | PXE Support | ONIE Provided | ONIE Sample in Lab | ONIE Certified | ONIE Certified Version | NOS - Open Source | NOS - Commercial | Configuration Management Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS4600_54T | Accton | 48 Port 1GB with 4 SFP+ 10GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | UTSA | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | |
| AS5600_52x | Accton | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| AS5610_52x | Accton | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | UTSA | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | |
| AS5712_54x | Accton | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 6 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| AS6701_32x | Accton | 20 QSFP+ 40GB Ports plus optional 6 or 12 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| 7448 | Agema | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | UTSA | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | |
| S4810-ON | Dell | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| S6000-ON | Dell | 32 Port QSFP+ 40GB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| 3200 | Penguin | 48 Port 1GB with 4 SFP+ 10GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| 3200XL | Penguin | 32 Port QSFP+ 40GB | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| 4804x | Penguin | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | ||
| LB9A | Quanta | 48 Port 1GB with 4 SFP+ 10GB Ports | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | UTSA | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | |
| LY2(R) | Quanta | 48 Port SFP+ 10GB with 4 QSFP+ 40GB Ports | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | UTSA | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine | |
| LY6 | Quanta | 32 Port QSFP+ 40GB | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | NO | N/A | BigSwitch, Cumulus | Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CFEngine |
Current Network Operating System (NOS) List
| Vendor | OS | Base | Intel / Fulcrum | Broadcom | Mellanox |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcatel-Lucent | Service Router Operating System (SROS) | VxWorks | NO | YES | NO |
| Arista Networks | Extensible Operating System (EOS) | Fedora | YES (7500 Series only) | YES | NO |
| Big Switch Networks | Switch Light | Debian | NO | YES | NO |
| Broadcom | ICOS (FASTPATH) [1] | NO | YES | NO | |
| Brocade | IronWare | NO | YES | NO | |
| Cisco Systems | IOS | NO | NO | NO | |
| Cisco Systems | NXOS | MontaVista | NO | YES | NO |
| Cisco Systems | iNXOS | MontaVista | NO | YES | NO |
| Cisco Systems | IOS-XE | NO | NO | NO | |
| Cisco Systems | IOS-XR | QNX | NO | NO | NO |
| Cumulus Networks | Cumulus Linux | Debian | NO | YES | NO |
| Dell | Force 10 Operating System (FTOS) | NetBSD | NO | YES | NO |
| Ericsson | SmartEdge Operating System (SEOS) | NetBSD | |||
| Extreme | ExtremeXOS | BusyBox | NO | YES | NO |
| FBOSS | NO | YES | NO | ||
| HP | Comware | NO | YES | NO | |
| Juniper | JunoOS | FreeBSD | NO | YES | NO |
| Mellanox | MLNX-OS | NO | NO | YES | |
| Pica8 | PicOS | Debian | NO | YES | NO |
| Pluribus Networks | Netvisor OS | Solaris | YES | YES | NO |
| Wind River / Intel | Intelligent Network Platform | vxWorks | YES | NO | NO |
Documentation
For a deep dive read these pages:
Contact Us
Send questions, bugs, patches, comments and ideas to opencompute-onie@lists.opencompute.org.
Join the mailing list: http://lists.opencompute.org/mailman/listinfo/opencompute-onie.
Browse the archives http://lists.opencompute.org/pipermail/opencompute-onie.
Join us on IRC:
- #ocp-onie on freenode.net
- #ocp-onie on webchat.freenode.net
Download the Code
The ONIE git repository is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/opencomputeproject/onie.
Current Release Tag: 2014.05