Fujitsu says it has demonstrated transport SDN interoperability as part of a series of tests sponsored by the Optical Internetworking Forum and the Open Networking Foundation. The two groups seek to accelerate adoption of OpenFlow and transport SDN technologies.
Fujitsu collaborated with other members of the ONF Optical Transport Working Group to develop the OpenFlow extensions that are being prototyped and tested in both CDPI (Control Data Plane Interface) and CVNI (Control Virtual Network Interface) forms. In the demo, Fujitsu used its FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (P-ONP) and demo controller, based on its Virtuora NC SDN Controller software.