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Open vSwitch

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Production quality multilayer virtual switch for cloud infrastructure automation

About Open vSwitch

Open vSwitch is a multilayer virtual switch designed to enable scalable network automation through programmatic extensions while supporting standard management protocols such as NetFlow, sFlow, and IPFIX. It operates both as a software switch within hypervisors and as a control stack for switching silicon, making it versatile for various virtualized environments. The platform-independent C codebase allows easy porting across multiple virtualization platforms including Xen, KVM, Proxmox VE, and VirtualBox, as well as integration with virtual management systems like OpenStack, openQRM, OpenNebula, and oVirt.

The solution is targeted at enterprises requiring robust, distributed virtual switching capabilities across physical servers, supporting large-scale production environments. Open vSwitch is packaged with major Linux distributions and supports FreeBSD and NetBSD, ensuring broad platform compatibility. Its complementary OVN project adds native virtual network abstractions such as L2/L3 overlays and security groups, enhancing network virtualization capabilities. Each release undergoes extensive testing to ensure stability and performance in demanding enterprise cloud infrastructures.

Key Capabilities

✓Multilayer virtual switching with programmatic extension
✓Support for standard management protocols and interfaces
✓Distributed switching across multiple physical servers
✓Integration with major virtualization platforms and hypervisors
✓Native support for virtual network overlays and security groups

Integrations

OpenStackopenQRMOpenNebula

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