SoSmart is a modular software suite for SDN-based management of Smartoptics products in an open, multi-layer and multi-vendor optical networking environment. The management suite has a new and modern software architecture with open APIs that enable a high level of management flexibility, modularity, multiple integration possibilities and openness.
The Smartoptics SoSmart Software Suite for open network management includes the following building blocks:
SoSmart Manager – A management application for optical network provisioning, also including FCAPS functions and operated via an advanced GUI.
SoSmart Controller – An open source SDN controller based on TransportPCE.
SoSmart Planner – An optical planning and simulation tool with the same GUI as SoSmart Manager using open-source module GNPy for path simulations.
Seamless management over open APIs
The software Suite interworks seamlessly with DCP network elements as each have data models based on Yang and support the Open ROADM APIs, which are made accessible via the NetConf protocol. This open approach has two important advantages: DCP network elements may be directly controlled by other SDN controllers supporting the Open ROADM API and NetConf, and the SoSmart Software Suite can be extended to also control other optical network elements with relevant open APIs.