[c-nsp] SDx open standard?

[James Bensley]

On Sun, 15 Mar 2020 at 13:08, Alex K. <nsp.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was thinking, throughout last design sessions with my customers, those
> vendors are really pushing hard for  their "SDN something" solutions
> adoption.
>
> SD WAN, SD access, Software defined everything, are all closed standards,
> aren't they? I was wondering why will we abandon the model for open
> standards, which had served as so well for many-many years? There's no real
> world product, be it network-device-white-box or SDx controller,
> implementing an open standard, isn't it?
>
> Sure, 99.99999% of those offerings, are really suitable for enterprises
> only and maybe (just maybe) a data center. And while network-as-a-service
> is really a thing for service providers only, I was thinking, is it really
> a good thing, to base your network, be it enterprise or other, on closed
> standard?
>
> So what do you think? I'm genuinely interested in our community thoughts on
> that. Is there is, an open software defined network standard or is it
> really a good thing, to sell your soul to a single vendor, for years to
> come?

Hi Alex,

Nobody has mentioned it yet so I will; this is going through the IETF
BESS working group right now, I think this is the kind of thing you're
asking about:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dunbar-idr-sdwan-port-safi-06

Cheers,
James.