The page documents the list of available VNFs, the network function being virtualized, basic features and other attributes. The first table contains only open source VNFs, and the second table contains proprietary VNFs which are free for the OPNFV project to use. Links to some upstream efforts around open source VNF / service use cases:
Open Source VNFs
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1 | Clear Water IMS | IMS Control Plane | Clear Water is an open source implementation of IMS (the IP Multimedia Subsystem) designed to provide voice, video and messaging services. Clear water handles only control plane traffic for sessions. | Open source, All in one and Scalable VNF | Available in AMI and OVI formats, Supports Openstack, All In one Install is limited to fixed domains and is recommended not to use this, Multi-instance VNF Image requires Chef integration, however, scripts are provided by Clear Water for IMS deployment | Martin Taylor(Martin.Taylor@metaswitch.com) |
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2 | vFW | Virtual Firewall (canonical VNF) |
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3 | vAAA | Virtual AAA (canonical VNF) |
| Open Source (BSD) |
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4 | Emerginov | IMS control planned - like | integration of open source solutions (HTTP/SIP proxies, Media serveur,..) managed by Puppet | Open Source |
| Morgan Richomme (morgan.richomme@orange.com) |
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5 | Linux | "Linux" | Linux (Centos or Ubuntu based) VNF to perform ping tests | Open Source |
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6 | vRouter/vCPE | OpenWRT | OpenWRT is frequently used as virtual CPE | Open Source |
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7 | vIDS | Snort | Intrusion Detection System | Open Source |
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| 8 | Traffic Control | vCDN | Content Delivery Network | Open Source | Traffic Control on github | |||
| 9 | OpenSIPS | vSBC, SIP server | Open SIP Server, which is adaptible and can be used as a vSBC | OpenSIPS website |
Proprietary VNFs available to OPNFV for testing purposes
No | VNF | Use Case | Brief Description | Pros | Cons | Contact | Details |
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1 | Brocade VRouter 5400 | vPE | Brocade, VYATTA Virtual Router |
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2 | Cisco systems CSR 1000V | vPE | Cisco Systems, cloud router |
| Licensed |
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3 | ConteXstream |
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4 | PaloAlto Networks |
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5 | Metaswitch Perimeta SBC | IMS Control and Data Plane | Metaswitch Perimeta Session Boarder Controller, (SBC) handles both the Signalling and media traffic associated with the RTP sessions and streams. | Exercise user plane with high rate, small packets. Provides standard set of benchmarking number likes number of calls supported in SR-IO, vSwitch, etc environment, potential for Platform performance testing for small packets | Licensed | TBD |