Releases
BISDN Linux version 3.6
Basebox consists of baseboxd, an SDN controller, and BISDN Linux, a switch operating system.
baseboxd
Features:
- L2 Learning switch
- L3 Routing (IPv4 and IPv6)
- BGP
- OSPF
- EIGRP
- RIP
- Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Link aggregation (LAG) supported for modes ‘balance-rr’, ‘active-backup’ and ‘802.3ad’
- 802.1q and 802.1ad bridging
- IGMP/MLD Snooping
- Switch statistics available via OpenFlow
- gRPC interface to export switch statistics based on openconfig-interfaces
- Support source-MAC learning
- Support group modifications from OF-DPA3.0
- Tested on yocto 2.7 (warrior) (on-switch)
BISDN Linux
based on yocto 2.7 (warrior)
Features:
- Choice of SDN controller (on switch or off switch) configurable
- On-switch routing daemon (FRR) to run with baseboxd
- OF-DPA grpc endpoint and local command-line interface
- Supports port and SFP inspection via onlpdump and client shell
- OF-DPA 3.05 (including group modifications)
- Port mirroring (ingress/egress)
Documentation
- General documentation: https://docs.bisdn.de
- Example configuration scripts available on baseboxd github: https://www.github.com/bisdn/basebox/tree/master/examples