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ONIE Project Update

Nat Morris

14th May 2013 @ RIPE68, Open Source Working Group

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Summary – what is ONIE?

Similar approach to installing OS on server

BIOS + PXE = U-Boot + ONIE (Open Network Install Environment)

Supported hardware (HCL) preloaded with ONIE

ONIE available on GitHub• http://onie.github.io/onie/

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U-Boot and ONIE

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Hardware Vendors

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Operating System Vendors

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UTSA OCP Certification Laboratory and ONIE

The UTSA OCP Lab will … Collaborate on test plans Help develop test suites Help HW vendors certify their ONIE

implementation Benefit OS vendors Improve the quality of the ONIE project

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ONIE Ongoing development

Support Multiple CPU Architectures PowerPC - ready today x86 – ready today X86 Virtual machines Planning for ARM and MIPS Maintain ONIE behaviors across architectures

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