Open networking, from the cell site to the AI cluster

IP Infusion delivers complete, validated open networking systems. OcNOS runs on qualified open hardware from multiple vendors, and an open ecosystem of partners completes each design, from optics and controllers to subscriber management and DDoS protection.

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IP Infusion open network, end to end Radios connect to an OcNOS cell site router and homes connect through an OLT from the operator's access vendor; both feed a pair of OcNOS aggregation routers, which connect over 400G coherent optics to core routers and a peering router, and on to a data center leaf-spine fabric whose border leaf reaches a second site over a 400G ZR+ wavelength, and a rail-optimized AI cluster fabric in which each GPU position connects to its own leaf switch. Every router and switch runs OcNOS: OcNOS-SP from the cell site to the internet edge, OcNOS-DC in the data center and AI cluster. Partner products attach at defined points: the netElastic vBNG at aggregation, the Vegvisir Traffic Dictator SR-TE controller at the core, FastNetMon DDoS detection at the peering edge, and coherent optics from multiple vendors on the optical spans. The operator's controller, IP Maestro element management and open automation span the whole network, on 40+ open platforms from Edgecore, UfiSpace and Celestica built on Broadcom merchant silicon. Access Aggregation Core and peering Data center AI cluster Cell site router 5G mobile transport OLT Your access vendor Aggregation Metro Ethernet netElastic vBNG Subscriber management 400G ZR+ over DWDM Core Peering internet edge Vegvísir SR-TE controller PCEP, BGP-LS FastNetMon DDoS detection Flowspec Coherent ZR and ZR+ optics Multi-vendor interoperability Spine Your servers Site B 400G ZR+ EVPN-VXLAN fabric Data center fabric Spine Rail-optimized AI fabric A dedicated path per GPU position SP: routing from the cell site to the internet edge DC: data center and AI fabric Your controller, IP Maestro element management, NETCONF / YANG, gNMI and Ansible On 40+ open platforms from Edgecore, UfiSpace and Celestica, qualified with OcNOS, built on Broadcom silicon

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Read it left to right: from radios and homes, through OcNOS routers, to the internet and the data center. Hover over or tap any router or switch for its platforms and specs.

Solutions across the network

Follow the map zone by zone: what OcNOS does in each one, on qualified open hardware, and where a partner product completes the design.

Service provider

OcNOS-SP datasheet

Routers from the cell site to the internet edge, on OcNOS-SP

Qualified routers from
  • Edgecore Networks
  • UfiSpace
RadiosCell site routerOLTHomesYour access vendor

Access

Radios connect to OcNOS cell site routers. Homes connect through OLTs from your access vendor.

OcNOSSPCell site and access routing, with IEEE 1588v2 PTP and SyncE timing
Cell sitesOLTsvBNGAggregation pairto core

Aggregation

OcNOS aggregation routers collect access traffic and carry metro Ethernet services. The netElastic vBNG terminates subscriber sessions.

OcNOSSPAggregation routing and EVPN transport, with MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet
Subscriber sessions and CGNAT (vBNG)
InternetCorePeeringTraffic DictatorFastNetMon

Core and peering

OcNOS carries traffic across the core to peering and the internet. Traffic Dictator steers chosen paths, and FastNetMon spots attacks from sFlow so OcNOS drops them at line rate with BGP FlowSpec.

OcNOSSPFull-table routing, SR-MPLS and SRv6, and BGP Flowspec enforced at line rate
SR-TE path computation
DDoS detection
400G ZR+ in the routerYour DWDM line system

IP over DWDM

OcNOS routers light their own 400G wavelength over your existing DWDM line system, with no standalone transponder layer.

OcNOSSPRouting with 400G ZR and ZR+ coherent optics in the router
Optical transport platform
Open line systems and amplifiers
Service provider networking overview →

Data center and AI

OcNOS-DC datasheet

Switches for data center, cloud and AI fabrics, on OcNOS-DC

Qualified switches from
  • Edgecore Networks
  • UfiSpace
  • Celestica
Your serversSite B

Data center fabric

Your servers connect to OcNOS leaf switches, and OcNOS spine switches join the leaves into one fabric. A border leaf reaches a second site over a 400G ZR+ wavelength.

OcNOSDCEVPN-VXLAN leaf-spine with a distributed anycast gateway
Tenant ATenant B

Multi-tenant fabric

Many tenants share one fabric while their traffic stays apart, and tenants connect to each other only where you allow it.

OcNOSDCPer-tenant VRF and VNI, EVPN multihoming and controlled inter-VRF route leaking
GPU servers, one rail per GPU position

AI cluster

Each GPU connects to its own rail of OcNOS switches, so GPU-to-GPU traffic gets a dedicated path, from training to inference.

OcNOSDCLossless RoCEv2 with PFC, ECN and dynamic load balancing
Member of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium
TrainingGPU clusterInference sites

Neocloud

GPU training runs in one OcNOS fabric and inference runs at smaller edge sites, with coherent ZR and ZR+ optics linking the sites over IP over DWDM.

OcNOSDCThe training fabric and an EVPN-VXLAN fabric at each inference site

The ecosystem around OcNOS

Every zone above is built from the same partners: the silicon, the hardware and the optics, and the companies that deliver and support the network.

Silicon and hardware

  • Broadcom
  • Edgecore Networks
  • UfiSpace
  • Celestica

Optics

  • Furukawa Electric
  • Ciena
  • Smartoptics
  • Hisense
  • Coherent
  • NEC
  • Acacia
  • Amphenol
  • ECI Networks
  • ESTEL
  • FLEXOPTIX
  • Lumentum
  • Prolabs
  • Skylane Optics

Delivery and support

  • IP Infusion
  • 1Finity
  • NTT Data
  • Padtec
  • EPS Global
  • RocNet Supply
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Controllers and orchestration plug in over open interfaces

Once the network is built, you run it with IP Maestro, your existing controller or your own automation. OcNOS exposes open interfaces instead of requiring a proprietary controller.

Vegvísir Systems Vegvísir Systems

Traffic Dictator

SR-TE controller that computes constrained segment routing paths.

Designed and tested with OcNOS, published as a joint application note.

PCEP, BGP-LS

Traffic engineering solution Vegvísir Systems website
1Finity 1Finity

Virtuora Network Control

Multivendor network programmability, orchestration and multidomain automation.

IP Infusion IPoDWDM partner.

NETCONF, YANG

1Finity website
Smartoptics Smartoptics

SoSmart Controller

Control and orchestration for ROADM-based open optical networks.

IP Infusion IPoDWDM partner.

NETCONF, OpenROADM

Smartoptics website
IP Infusion IP Infusion

IP Maestro

Element management for OcNOS: inventory, configuration, upgrades and alarms.

Northbound REST API into an existing NMS or OSS.

NETCONF, REST

IP Maestro
OcNOS speaksNETCONF and YANGgNMI and OpenConfigPCEP and BGP-LSREST via IP MaestroAnsibleAutomation and APIs →

Qualified, not just supported

Every OcNOS System is lab tested by IP Infusion engineering, with the OcNOS build qualified per hardware model and ASIC stepping before it leaves the factory. IP Infusion stands behind the complete qualified system, including the validated hardware configuration. In production with 600+ operators across 60+ countries since 1999.

  1. Silicon

    Broadcom Jericho, Qumran, Trident and Tomahawk merchant silicon.

  2. Open hardware

    Routers and switches from Edgecore, UfiSpace and Celestica.

  3. OcNOS build

    Qualified per hardware model and ASIC stepping, preloaded.

  4. Optics

    Coherent optics with proven multi-vendor interoperability.

  5. Day 0

    Configuration baseline, ZTP onboarding, NETCONF and gNMI enabled.

  6. One product

    OcNOS Systems ship on one purchase order, with one support contract and one RMA path.

OcNOS-SP datasheetThe service provider feature set, software SKUs, supported platforms and the ordering guide.Get the datasheet OcNOS-DC datasheetThe EVPN-VXLAN and Ethernet for AI feature set, software SKUs, supported platforms and the ordering guide.Get the datasheet

Frequently asked questions

What open networking solutions does IP Infusion offer?
IP Infusion offers open networking solutions for service provider networks (IP core and peering, metro Ethernet and aggregation, 5G mobile transport, broadband access, IP over DWDM and traffic engineering), for data center and AI networks (AI fabric, neocloud networking, data center fabric and multi-tenant fabric), and for DDoS protection and network automation. Each one runs OcNOS on validated open hardware.
Does IP Infusion sell complete systems or only software?
Both. OcNOS Systems ship with OcNOS preloaded on open hardware from Edgecore (PRO) or UfiSpace (FAST), qualified per hardware model and ASIC stepping, with optics, support and RMA on one purchase order. OcNOS is also licensed as software for platforms on the Hardware Compatibility List, and as OcNOS for OEMs.
Which partners complete an IP Infusion open network?
OcNOS routers and switches are built on Broadcom silicon by Edgecore, UfiSpace and Celestica. Around them, netElastic provides the virtual BNG, FastNetMon provides DDoS detection, and Vegvísir Systems provides the Traffic Dictator SR-TE controller. 1Finity and Smartoptics are IP over DWDM partners, and OcNOS-SP has proven interoperability with coherent optics from multiple vendors, including Furukawa, Ciena, Smartoptics, Hisense, Coherent and NEC.
Which controllers and orchestrators work with OcNOS?
OcNOS exposes NETCONF and YANG, gNMI with OpenConfig, and PCEP with BGP-LS, so it runs under an operator's own controller or orchestrator without a proprietary controller. The Vegvísir Traffic Dictator SR-TE controller was designed and tested with OcNOS and published as a joint application note. IP Maestro, the element management system for OcNOS, connects to an existing NMS or OSS through its northbound REST API.
Does IP Infusion provide a BNG?
OcNOS runs the aggregation and edge routing under the subscriber edge, and the netElastic vBNG terminates PPPoE, IPoE and L2TP sessions with optional carrier-grade NAT. IP Infusion and netElastic deliver the two layers together, described on the open vBNG page.
Who supports an open network built with IP Infusion?
OcNOS Systems are delivered as one product on one purchase order, one support contract and one RMA path, covering software, hardware, optics and support. Partner products such as the vBNG, the DDoS detector and the SR-TE controller come from their own vendors, and each solution page states which part each supplier provides.
Can I try OcNOS before buying?
Yes. OcNOS-SP and IP Maestro are available as free virtual machines that run on EVE-NG, GNS3, VirtualBox, VMware vSphere and KVM, and a free cloud lab is available on the free software demos page.

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