Product Overview
RG-Intent Network Commander (INC) of the PRO Edition is Ruijie Networks' cutting-edge network platform, built upon the principles of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and embracing the open network strategy. This platform exemplifies openness, virtualization, and intelligence at its core.
RG-INC of the PRO Edition excels in managing SDN-based campus networks, providing comprehensive control over client access management, O&M, egress resource management, and service network planning, among other aspects. It can replace the traditional campus network deployment model. Leveraging southbound interface protocols such as OpenFlow and NETCONF, RG-INC realizes unified management of network-wide devices, thus achieving rapid deployment, resource integration, unified planning, and on-demand call. With its Java OSGi modular architecture, RG-INC supports extensions through software package-based upgrades, online component enhancements, and concurrent running of multiple versions. Furthermore, it offers multiple open northbound APIs to extend various applications, catering to diverse service deployment requirements in scenarios such as data centers, metropolitan area networks (MANs), and campus networks.
Product Features
Openness
RG-INC can realize network-wide device management and control by using open and standard protocols and standards. It supports open standards developed by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF). By pushing flow tables through the OpenFlow protocol, it can control all network forwarding devices that support SDN on a network. It supports the OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 and is backward-compatible.
RG-INC uses open northbound RESTful APIs. RESTful APIs are easy to call and use and complies with the standard HTTP protocol. The caller and the callee are loosely coupled, which is easy compared with the traditional complex calling process (such as SDK library function loading and identification, not limited by the programming platform and language). Therefore, the RESTful APIs of RG-INC enables the SDN controller to easily interwork with and call cloud platforms, network operation/O&M platforms, and big data analysis platforms.
Programmability
RG-INC is highly programmable and provides a series of call interfaces, making it easy to interwork with the upper platform through detailed call case simulation and learning. By calling northbound APIs provided by the Ruijie SDN controller, users can customize network resources and program multiple applications to define the entire network.
High Availability
RG-INC supports active/standby, cluster, and other deployment modes, and supports up to three controllers. The cluster deployment mode ensures network stability when a single SDN controller fails. If multiple controllers form a cluster, as long as there is one controller running on the network, the network will be controllable and manageable. If all controllers fail, the original flow table can still be used to ensure communication among all switches that support OpenFlow. That is, the failure of the control plane will not affect normal communication on the data plane.
