Packet Forwarding
Open Network Linux supports multiple switch fabric APIs including: OF-DPA, OpenNSL and SAI.
Open Network Linux is compatible with most forwarding agents including: FRRouting, Quagga, BIRD, Facebook FBOSS, Google gNOS and Azure SONiC.
Open Source Platform Services
Open Network Linux provides the OS and platform management parts of the ONF's CORD and Stratum projects.
For a list of ONL supported hardware platforms, see the Hardware Compatibility List.
Recent Updates
- April 2019: Kernel update 3.16 LTS to 3.16.64, 4.14 LTS to 4.14.109
- March 2019: Presentations at OCP Global Summit 2019
- Jeff Townsend Architecture and Design of ONL
- Steven Noble & Wataru Ishida SONiC + ONL - Open Source NOS with Broader Platform Support
- December 2018: Move armhf and armel to Stretch (Debian 9)
- October 2018: Added new sytems from Accton, DNI, Inventec and Mellanox
- June 2018: Kernel update 3.16 LTS to 3.16.56, 4.14 LTS to 4.14.49
- March 20th, 2018: Google, Facebook and BSN demonstrate multiple next-gen network operating systems based on Open Network Linux at OCP Summit
- March 12th, 2018: Announced as founding member of the ONF's Stratum project
- March 2018: Launched the ONL Certification site
- January 2018: Multiple new Delta, Mellanox, Quanta and Accton switches along with Spectre and Meltdown patches
- August 2017: Quanta IX1 and IX2 Added to ONL
- Sep 2017: Added support for Accton AS5912x/AS5912xk
- July 2017: Netberg platforms added to ONL
- March 2017: Delta Networks platforms added to ONL
- January 24th, 2017: Steve Noble and Kyle Forster present at Facebook's Disaggregate 2017
- December 16th, 2016: Rob Sherwood who brought the conept of Open Network Linux to the OCP is moving to Facebook more here. Rob will continue to be a evangelist for ONL.
- December 14th, 2016: Support for Mellanox Switches (SN2700, SN2100 and SN2410) added.
- July 27th, 2016: Added installed mode for permanent installation of ONL on hardware. ex: latest-deb7-amd64-installed.installer will install to disk while latest-deb7-amd64-swi.installer will install using a software image (swi), the default behavior.
- June 28th, 2016: Added support for Accton AS5512 (Nephos/MediaTek switch), updated disk partitioning and started providing OpenNSL packages.
- May 27th, 2016: Added support for Wedge 100: updated Wedge purpose built image to support Wedge 100 and provided ONIE installer for Wedge 100.
- February 20th, 2016: Added support for Dell Z9100-ON and updated documentation on building to include example from clean Debian 8 install.
- January 31st, 2016: Added binaries and updated documentation for the OCP OpenNetworkLinux repository. Binary links are named latest-2.0-AMD64.installer and latest-2.0-PPC.installer
- January 28th, 2016: OpenNetworkLinux has officially moved to the Open Compute Project github repository at github.com/opencomputeproject/OpenNetworkLinux
- January 4th, 2016: Added support for Accton 7712, 7716, 5812, 5812, Interface Masters Niagara 29xx, WNC sst1
- October 26th, 2015: Added support for Quanta LY6 and LY8 Rangeley based switches
- October 2, 2015: Added support for Edge-Core AS5712, fixes for persist.
- May 19, 2015: Added Support for Dell S6000-ON and Dell S4048-ON switches
- March 12, 2015 Blog: Attention World: The Network is Now Open!
- March 10, 2015 Open Network Linux formally accepted into Open Compute as a Project
- November 24, 2014: Announce: Open Route Cache and ONL Platform code committed to ONL
- May 8, 2014: Gave an ONL Update at Open Compute Engineering Workshop in San Antonio
- April 16, 2014: Hosted Webinar on Open Network Linux, SDN, and the Indigo OpenFlow agent.
- April 4, 2014: Added preliminary support for Accton and DNI boxes.
- March 20, 2014: This website goes live!
- March 3, 2014: Rob Sherwood presents ONL tutorial at Open Network Summit 2014: Watch Video
- January 27, 2014: Presentation and Demo at Open Compute Project: Read slides from talk.
- January 26, 2014: Code released on github.com/opennetworklinux/ONL
- November, 2013: Initial Proposal at Open Compute Project Engineering Workshop in San Antonio: Read slides
Open Network Linux provides the OS and platform management parts of the ONF's CORD and Stratum projects.
For a list of ONL supported hardware platforms, see the Hardware Compatibility List.
Recent Updates
- April 2019: Kernel update 3.16 LTS to 3.16.64, 4.14 LTS to 4.14.109
- March 2019: Presentations at OCP Global Summit 2019
- Jeff Townsend Architecture and Design of ONL
- Steven Noble & Wataru Ishida SONiC + ONL - Open Source NOS with Broader Platform Support
- December 2018: Move armhf and armel to Stretch (Debian 9)
- October 2018: Added new sytems from Accton, DNI, Inventec and Mellanox
- June 2018: Kernel update 3.16 LTS to 3.16.56, 4.14 LTS to 4.14.49
- March 20th, 2018: Google, Facebook and BSN demonstrate multiple next-gen network operating systems based on Open Network Linux at OCP Summit
- March 12th, 2018: Announced as founding member of the ONF's Stratum project
- March 2018: Launched the ONL Certification site
- January 2018: Multiple new Delta, Mellanox, Quanta and Accton switches along with Spectre and Meltdown patches
- August 2017: Quanta IX1 and IX2 Added to ONL
- Sep 2017: Added support for Accton AS5912x/AS5912xk
- July 2017: Netberg platforms added to ONL
- March 2017: Delta Networks platforms added to ONL
- January 24th, 2017: Steve Noble and Kyle Forster present at Facebook's Disaggregate 2017
- December 16th, 2016: Rob Sherwood who brought the conept of Open Network Linux to the OCP is moving to Facebook more here. Rob will continue to be a evangelist for ONL.
- December 14th, 2016: Support for Mellanox Switches (SN2700, SN2100 and SN2410) added.
- July 27th, 2016: Added installed mode for permanent installation of ONL on hardware. ex: latest-deb7-amd64-installed.installer will install to disk while latest-deb7-amd64-swi.installer will install using a software image (swi), the default behavior.
- June 28th, 2016: Added support for Accton AS5512 (Nephos/MediaTek switch), updated disk partitioning and started providing OpenNSL packages.
- May 27th, 2016: Added support for Wedge 100: updated Wedge purpose built image to support Wedge 100 and provided ONIE installer for Wedge 100.
- February 20th, 2016: Added support for Dell Z9100-ON and updated documentation on building to include example from clean Debian 8 install.
- January 31st, 2016: Added binaries and updated documentation for the OCP OpenNetworkLinux repository. Binary links are named latest-2.0-AMD64.installer and latest-2.0-PPC.installer
- January 28th, 2016: OpenNetworkLinux has officially moved to the Open Compute Project github repository at github.com/opencomputeproject/OpenNetworkLinux
- January 4th, 2016: Added support for Accton 7712, 7716, 5812, 5812, Interface Masters Niagara 29xx, WNC sst1
- October 26th, 2015: Added support for Quanta LY6 and LY8 Rangeley based switches
- October 2, 2015: Added support for Edge-Core AS5712, fixes for persist.
- May 19, 2015: Added Support for Dell S6000-ON and Dell S4048-ON switches
- March 12, 2015 Blog: Attention World: The Network is Now Open!
- March 10, 2015 Open Network Linux formally accepted into Open Compute as a Project
- November 24, 2014: Announce: Open Route Cache and ONL Platform code committed to ONL
- May 8, 2014: Gave an ONL Update at Open Compute Engineering Workshop in San Antonio
- April 16, 2014: Hosted Webinar on Open Network Linux, SDN, and the Indigo OpenFlow agent.
- April 4, 2014: Added preliminary support for Accton and DNI boxes.
- March 20, 2014: This website goes live!
- March 3, 2014: Rob Sherwood presents ONL tutorial at Open Network Summit 2014: Watch Video
- January 27, 2014: Presentation and Demo at Open Compute Project: Read slides from talk.
- January 26, 2014: Code released on github.com/opennetworklinux/ONL
- November, 2013: Initial Proposal at Open Compute Project Engineering Workshop in San Antonio: Read slides