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# Supported SBIs and Network Elements

This section summarizes the SBI drivers supported by the TeraFlowSDN controller to interoperate with underlying network equipment and intermediate controllers.

- 5.1. Emulated
- 5.2. NetConf OpenConfig
- 5.3. gNMI OpenConfig
- 5.4. ONF Transport API
- 5.5. P4
- 5.6. Infinera IPM XR
- 5.7. IETF L2VPN
- 5.8. IETF ACTN
- 5.9. NetConf OpenConfig Optical
- 5.10. Optical TFS
- 5.11. MicroWave

## 5.1. Emulated

Documentation in progress

This driver is provided for testing and debugging purposes. It implements an accept-anything behaviour and maintains an in-memory database with configured rules. It implements support for synthetic telemetry streaming data that is activated/deactivated according to enabled/disabled device endpoints.

### Device Type:

- Software Emulated within TeraFlowSDN's Device component.

### Supported features:

- Configuration
- Monitoring (synthetic)

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

Not applicable.

### Reference:

None

## 5.2. NetConf OpenConfig

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Packet Router

### Supported features:

- Configuration of interfaces, L2/L3 VPNs, ACLs
- Monitoring of interfaces through polling

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- Infinera DRX-30 with ADVA NOS-OPX-B-21.5.1
- Edgecore AS7315-30X with ADVA NOS-OPX-B-21.5.1

### Reference:

- IETF RFC6241: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
- OpenConfig
- OpenConfig GitHub

## 5.3. gNMI OpenConfig

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Packet Router

### Supported features:

- Configuration of interfaces and IPv4 network instances with static routes
- Monitoring of interfaces through telemetry streaming

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- Nokia SR Linux v23.3.1

### Reference:

- OpenConfig
- OpenConfig GitHub
- OpenConfig gNMI
- OpenConfig gNMI GitHub

## 5.4. ONF Transport API

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- Configuration of L0 optical links
- Monitoring is not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- CTTC Open Line System controller

### Reference:

- ONF Transport API
- ONF Transport API GitHub

## 5.5. P4

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- Configuration of L2 packet connections
- Monitoring not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- BMV2
- Intel Tofino P4 switch

### Reference:

## 5.6. Infinera IPM XR

Infinera XR Pluggables through Infinera IPM controller

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- Configuration of L0 optical links
- Monitoring not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- Infinera Pluggable Manager (IPM) controller

### Reference:

## 5.7. IETF L2VPN

IETF RFC8466: A YANG Data Model for Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) Service Delivery

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- Discovery of underlyting topology
- Configuration of L2 VPNs
- Monitoring not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- TeraFlowSDN as child IP controller

### Reference:

- IETF RFC8466: A YANG Data Model for Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN) Service Delivery

## 5.8. IETF ACTN

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- Configure OSU Tunnels
- Configure Ethernet Transport Services

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- Huawei NCE-T SDN controller

### Reference:

- IETF draft-ietf-ccamp-client-signal-yang-10: A YANG Data Model for Transport Network Client Signals
- IETF draft-ietf-teas-yang-te-34: A YANG Data Model for Traffic Engineering Tunnels, Label Switched Paths and Interfaces

## 5.9. NetConf OpenConfig Optical

NetConf - OpenConfig for Optical Devices (EXPERIMENTAL)

WARNING: This driver is experimental and contains proprietary extensions on top of OpenConfig. Use with care.

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Optical Transponders
- Multi-granular Optical Nodes

### Supported features:

- Configure L0 optical connections
- Monitoring not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- Proprietary NetConf/OpenConfig agents

### Reference:

- IETF RFC6241: Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
- OpenConfig
- OpenConfig GitHub

## 5.10. Optical TFS

Documentation in progress

### Device Type:

- Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- L0 optical connections
- Monitoring is not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- TeraFlowSDN as child optical controller

### Reference:

## 5.11. MicroWave

Documentation in progress

This driver manages microwave radio links through an intermediate controller using the data model in IETF RFC8345 "A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies".

### Device Type:

- Radio links between routers through an Intermediate Controller

### Supported features:

- L2 radio links
- Monitoring not supported

### Tested Devices/Controllers:

- SIAE intermediate MW controller version SM-DC 8.3.2 managing SIAE AGS20 radio terminals

### Reference:

- IETF RFC8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies