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ETSI Open Source MANO Release ONE Now Available

Delivering Superior Interoperability, Modelling and Installation Experience

of the OSM open source project, the h Multi-site Network Services, to
output of this modelling work will respond to operator requirements,
be contributed to ETSI NFV. Release allowing deployments that span
ONE also provides extremely flexible across multiple datacenters
virtualized network functions (VNF) h A one-step installer, based on
configuration and advanced networking containers and Juju modelling, to
management as well as improved simplify testing, customization and
ETSI’s Open Source MANO (OSM) group troubleshooting capabilities, with deployment of OSM
announced on 4 October 2016 the advanced logging. h Extended virtualized network
availability of its OSM Release ONE,
an open source Management “It’s a delight to see such a large number functions (VNF) and network service
and Orchestration (MANO) software and diversity of contributors”, says models, allowing Day-Zero VNF
stack closely aligned with ETSI NFV, Andy Reid, ETSI OSM vice chairman configuration
and focused on helping industry and Chief Researcher, Network Services, h OpenVIM code, included as part of
accelerate the implementation BT. “ETSI OSM is unique as it is an the OSM install, providing a reference
of network virtualization. The operators led group and has spent VIM for all-in-one installations with
OSM community aims to deliver a the early months working on cutting full support of Enhanced Platform
production-quality open source MANO code, having great freedom to progress Awareness. Uniquely, users are not
stack that meets the requirements of technical work”. required to have a pre-existing VIM
commercial NFV networks. installation in their premises before
“Communications Service Providers installing OSM.
Available less than six months since are embracing NFV to drive
the inaugural meeting of the OSM transformational change to their “The pace of the group’s work has been
community, Release ONE has been businesses,” said Gabriele Di Piazza, amazing, and as one of the fastest
engineered, tested and documented vice president of solutions, Telco NFV growing NFV and SDN open source
to allow for rapid installation in Group at VMware. “Open frameworks projects, OSM now proudly counts 46
operator labs worldwide that seek to such as OSM will help accelerate this members including many of the leading
create a scalable and interoperable transformation by providing an open global operators” says Francisco-Javier
open source MANO environment. standards-based approach to NFV that Ramón, ETSI OSM Chair and Head of
Release ONE substantially enhances can lead to improving the velocity of Network Virtualization Initiative at
interoperability with other components service innovation and reliability.” Telefónica, Global CTO.
(VNFs, VIMs, SDN controllers) and In order to ensure that OSM inter-
creates a plugin framework to make Highlights of the list of technical operates successfully with multiple
platform maintenance and extensions features in Release ONE include: types of VIMs and NFV Infrastructures,
significantly easier to provide and h Natively supported VIMs: VMware™, the OSM group is building a unique
support. OpenStack and OpenVIM network of remote labs offering
h Support for reference SDN
In addition, Release ONE improves Controllers, such as OpenDayLight different combinations of NFV
administrator and developer (ODL) and FloodLight Infrastructure and VIMs, connected
experience, both in terms of usability h A plugin model to facilitate the over a virtual network. Thus, OSM
and installation procedure as well addition of new types of VIMs and instances running at ETSI can interact
as enhances modelling of VNFs and SDN Controllers, thus minimizing with the remote labs, enabling
network services. In line with the goals developer effort integration and inter-operability
testing with all the VIMs and NFV
Infrastructures available.

MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress

21-24 March 2017, Paris, France

ETSI is pleased to endorse the 19th Edition of the MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress. The congress will
bring together major actors of service provision and enterprise network evolution from 65 countries.
ETSI will organize an ETSI NFV Track and an ETSI MEC Track during the event.
To know more: https://www.uppersideconferences.com/mpls-sdn-nfv/

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