Metaswitch opens NFV code as Project Calico

UK-based network function virtualisation outfit Metaswitch has slung a chunk of its software into the open source world with the launch of Project Calico. The company says Project Calico, here, aims to take SDN principles to Layer 3 instead of Layer 2. The reason for this? Metaswitch claims that Layer 2-based OpenStack …

[Bronek Kozicki]

the question is ...

will it work with IPv6 ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: the question is ...

Not yet, but in the roadmap, according to http://www.projectcalico.org/technical/roadmap/.

More interesting, for me, is their software BGP reflector. If you've ever had a quote from Cisco for a RAM upgrade to a BGP router, you know why this is significant.