When the ONF published the OpenFlow 1.3 specification in March 2012 there were a few more IPv6 functions added. OpenFlow 1.3 added the ability to rewrite packet headers via flexible match support ...

But the number of fields OpenFlow checks keeps increasing, from 12 with OpenFlow 1.0 up to 41 with OpenFlow 1.4. The spec keeps getting more complicated as it gets extended into different use cases.

The OF-DPA v2.0 reference platform enables service providers to provision, control, and instrument network switch elements through a standardized instruction set, based on the OpenFlow specification, ...

Highlights of the OpenFlow Release Specs. Version 1.1 – Multi-table pipeline processing, MPLS, QinQ. Version 1.2 - IPv6 and additional extensibility.

Meru Networks® , a leader in intelligent Wi-Fi networking, today announced that the Open Networking Foundation , a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software ...

Chip maker Broadcom has announced a new specification along with software and APIs to improve the performance of OpenFlow switches and to make it easier for hardware vendors to build products.

OpenFlow was an early SDN star, a proof of concept from Stanford that demonstrated a new way to program a network. Many even conflated SDN and OpenFlow, as if one could not exist without the other.

NoviWare provides the industry’s broadest support of the OpenFlow specification, including all OpenFlow 1.3 and 1.4 actions, instructions and match fields, and key OpenFlow 1.5 features.

TCAM (Ternary Content Addressable Memory) is widely used in supporting the wildcard matching rule according to OpenFlow™ specifications, resulting in high power, cost, and limited number of entries.