Open Networking Foundation (ONF) Executive Chairman Dan Pitt in September 8, 2015 ONF Member Workday officially announced, Huawei, ZTE, H3C, Digital Network (DCN) and other four companies formally through five SDN switch by the BII - OpenFlow v1.3 conformance certification testing center for testing and certification of global SDN, becoming the world's first through OpenFlow v1.3 protocol conformance certified equipment.

SDN southbound interface protocol standard OpenFlow conformance certification as the only certification currently SDN market testing equipment meets the OpenFlow standard, unanimously approved by the industry. Through the testing and certification, not only to shorten the product development cycle, but also increase user confidence and accelerate product deployment, and enhance market competitiveness. This time, Huawei CE6851-48S6Q-HI, ZTE ZXR10 M6000-S, H3C S6800, H3C S5130 and DCN DCRS-7604 as the world's first certified by OpenFlow v1.3 protocol conformance switch products, will no doubt enhance the global SDN industry maturity, and to promote the deployment of SDN application process. The OpenFlow v1.3 protocol conformance certification by all tests are completed in support of ONF OpenFlow OFsuite next official test tool. OFsuite by the Global SDN testing and certification center dominated the world's first completely covered ONF OpenFlow v1.3 test specification test tool that provides comprehensive automated testing support for the application OpenFlow v1.3 consistency certified equipment. Meanwhile, OFsuite also has a wealth of monitoring and diagnostic features, convenient during testing equipment modifications and upgrades.

ONF Executive Chairman Dan Pitt expressed, "SDN is not just a technology, it will have an important impact on the future network structure. In the past few years, more and more Chinese companies began to study and use of SDN technologies, added the next generation Internet key technology innovation tide, Chinese enterprises in the global SDN process of industrial development plays an increasingly important role. "

Li Zhen Global SDN testing and certification center, said: "The first ONF Openflow v1.3 product certification issued to the SDN industry released a significant signal, SDN degree of product standardization is a big step forward, SDN products began large-scale deployment of . from China four of five equipment manufacturers to get the world's first Openflow v1.3 certification, China SDN Professional Committee of mutual cooperation, an important outcome of joint efforts to pay, but also to the global SDN industry to make a model and set an example. the future we will have more to achieve OpenFlow v1.3 certified products into the market, to promote the development and improvement of the entire ecosystem of the industry. "