As of Hydrogen release, ODL has 3 editions.
- Base
- Virtualization
- Service Provider
Base Edition:
ODL wiki claims that base edition is only for testing and experimentation purpose. On South-bound, Base edition supports OF1.x, OVSDB & Netconf
*run.sh* is the command to bring up this edition. OF1.x is established between the node and ODL controller. OVSDB does not show up. Ignoring the wiki claims for now, it is fair to assume that base edition is used only for Physical networks (a.k.a underlay). All flows are orchestrated using OF1.x and to work like traditional reactive controller.
Virtualization Edition:
According to wiki, Virtualization edition is for data centers. On southbound, supports OVSDB, OF1.x, Netconf, VTN, DOVE. It additionally has support for Openstack too.
*./run.sh -virt ovsdb* is the command to bring up with OVSDB. Apart from OVSDB one could use either VTN or Opendove.
With Soft-switch like OVS, ODL establishes both OVSDB & OF1.x, to install ports/tunnels/flows (Creation of Ports/tunnels/flows to be dealt in different post). As of Hydrogen release, ODLs working with HW switch is unclear. Expect ODL to evolve in this area as it partners with HW vendors.
Given the lean support of Hydrogen with HW, would probably make sense to use this edition as NVO solution for now.
Service Provider Edition:
Service Provider edition is for network operators. On southbound, it supports SNMP, BGP-LS, PCEP, and LISP etc.
Have not played much with this edition yet.
- Base
- Virtualization
- Service Provider
Base Edition:
ODL wiki claims that base edition is only for testing and experimentation purpose. On South-bound, Base edition supports OF1.x, OVSDB & Netconf
*run.sh* is the command to bring up this edition. OF1.x is established between the node and ODL controller. OVSDB does not show up. Ignoring the wiki claims for now, it is fair to assume that base edition is used only for Physical networks (a.k.a underlay). All flows are orchestrated using OF1.x and to work like traditional reactive controller.
Virtualization Edition:
According to wiki, Virtualization edition is for data centers. On southbound, supports OVSDB, OF1.x, Netconf, VTN, DOVE. It additionally has support for Openstack too.
*./run.sh -virt ovsdb* is the command to bring up with OVSDB. Apart from OVSDB one could use either VTN or Opendove.
With Soft-switch like OVS, ODL establishes both OVSDB & OF1.x, to install ports/tunnels/flows (Creation of Ports/tunnels/flows to be dealt in different post). As of Hydrogen release, ODLs working with HW switch is unclear. Expect ODL to evolve in this area as it partners with HW vendors.
Given the lean support of Hydrogen with HW, would probably make sense to use this edition as NVO solution for now.
Service Provider Edition:
Service Provider edition is for network operators. On southbound, it supports SNMP, BGP-LS, PCEP, and LISP etc.
Have not played much with this edition yet.
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