| commit | ee4b2bc5cbba39e6950c00eeb1738e6a8f353f20 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Sergio Slobodrian <sslobodr@ciena.com> | Mon Jun 05 10:08:59 2017 -0400 |
| committer | Sergio Slobodrian <sslobodr@ciena.com> | Wed Jun 07 09:08:09 2017 -0400 |
| tree | 4b5b2e39b1cd50b8d410111bf4f66ed8d5dc97a8 | |
| parent | 87b2329e3725a684d7a5f69934467ebf98b73a24 [diff] |
Initial commit of the voltha installer. There are several things that need to be cleaned up but the installer is fully functional in test mode and creates 3 non-clustered VMs with identical voltha installs until such time as HA is ready. Once HA is ready, the scripts will be modified to deploy the full HA cluster. This update partially addresses Epic VOL-6. Made changes requested by the reviewers. Change-Id: I083239e1f349136d2ec1e51e09391da341177076
Voltha aims to provide a layer of abstraction on top of legacy and next generation access network equipment for the purpose of control and management. Its initial focus is on PON (GPON, EPON, NG PON 2), but it aims to go beyond to eventually cover other access technologies (xDSL, Docsis, G.FAST, dedicated Ethernet, fixed wireless).
Key concepts of Voltha:
Control and management in the access network space is a mess. Each access technology brings its own bag of protocols, and on top of that vendors have their own interpretation/extension of the same standards. Compounding the problem is that these vendor- and technology specific differences ooze way up into the centralized OSS systems of the service provider, creating a lot of inefficiencies.
Ideally, all vendor equipment for the same access technology should provide an identical interface for control and management. Moreover, there shall be much higher synergies across technologies. While we wait for vendors to unite, Voltha provides an increment to that direction, by confining the differences to the locality of access and hiding them from the upper layers of the OSS stack.
While we are still at the early phase of development, you can check out the BUILD.md file to see how you can build it, run it, test it, etc.
Contributions, small and large, are welcome. Minor contributions and bug fixes are always welcome in form of pull requests. For larger work, the best is to check in with the existing developers to see where help is most needed and to make sure your solution is compatible with the general philosophy of Voltha.