RG-INC-PRO, Ruijie Intent Network Commander & SDN Network Controller
Fit for MANs, campus networks, and other scenarios
Models
Series
Highlight Features
- Managing and controlling the entire network by using open and standard protocols
- Powerful programmability, allowing customized network resources
- All-in-one hardware and software delivery system, greatly enhancing network flexibility
- Using NFV to realize unified control of the entire network
- Active/Standby and cluster deployment modes for a more stable network
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.
RG-INC of the EMB Edition revolutionizes building-side switches by integrating functionalities of the building-side switch, server, and controller into a single device. It provides comprehensive support for Simplified Optical Ethernet (SOE) solution management, enabling deployment of SOE switches in small- and medium-sized campus networks, as well as facilitating access, provisioning, and O&M of SF series SOE switches.
Product Highlights
Adopting open and standard protocol standards to manage and control the entire network
Strong programmability, allowing network resources to be customized
Active/Standby and cluster deployment modes, delivering a more stable network
Effectively managing access terminals to ensure secure access
Network-wide automation, enabling fast provisioning
Access policy mobility for devices on a network based on IP address-user mapping
Network-wide traffic visualization and rapid fault location measures for rapidly restoring the production network
Customizing a dedicated virtual network for flexible and efficient resource allocation
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and replacement as well as optic link detection
Adaptation to the SOE Solution, SD-WAN Solution, and SDN Solution
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.
Documents
Specifications
Software Specifications
| Item |
Description |
| Operating system |
CentOS 7 |
| Browser |
Chrome, Firefox, and others |
| Java VM |
Java 1.8 (64-bit) |
| Southbound API |
OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 SNMP 2.0 NETCONF over Telnet |
| Northbound API |
RESTful API The reverse RESTful API help document provides online interface description for keyword query. |
| OpenFlow |
Meter table, group table, multi-table, and auxiliary connections |
| OpenFlow-compatible switches |
RG-N18000 series cloud architecture network core switches RG-S7800C series campus core switches RG-S6150-X series next-generation converged 10GE switches RG-S5760-X series next-generation high-performance GE switches RG-S5310-E series next-generation GE switches RG-S5300-E series next-generation GE switches RG-SF2920 Series SOE switches Other OpenFlow-compliant switches |
| OpenFlow 1.3 Packet_In(*) |
≥ 100 kbps |
| OpenFlow 1.3 Packet_Out(*) |
≥ 100 kbps |
| Secondary development interface |
Hundreds of RESTful APIs |
(*) indicates that this parameter is verified under a specific test environment.
Note: The capacity and network size supported are subject to the license purchased. The installation and concurrency of flow tables vary with the specific solution. The values listed in the preceding tables are maximum values.
Technical Specifications
| RG-INC |
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| Feature |
Description |
| Basic Network Services and Functions |
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| GUI display |
Alarm display on the home page |
| Topology display on the home page |
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| Configuration wizard for building networking |
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| Displaying the numbers of controllers, alarms, logical devices, hosts, and license information on the GUI |
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| Fast theme switching on the home page |
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| Cluster management |
Active/Standby and cluster deployment modes for controllers |
| User management |
Saving network configurations on the GUI |
| Cluster management |
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| Log management and batch export |
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| Configuring alarm types |
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| Security management |
Allowlist configuration on the controller |
| IP address restriction for device access control |
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| Remote debugging |
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| Switching management |
Adding, deleting, and batch importing network devices |
| Network device management, port statistics, flow statistics, and port status management |
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| Configuring the flow table and the group table for network devices |
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| Component management |
Activating separate function components |
| Online upgrade of separate function components |
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| Viewing the flow table |
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| Device discovery |
Discovery of upstream devices in compliance with OpenFlow and SNMP v2.0 |
| Topology discovery |
Description of the topology of interconnected devices |
| Host discovery |
Discovery of physical hosts and virtual hosts |
| IP |
IPv4 |
| ARP |
Proxy ARP |
| Network interconnection |
Layer 2 forwarding (tagged and untagged VLANs supported) |
| Layer 3 forwarding |
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| DHCP |
dynamic IP address assignment |
| Network monitoring |
Port/Switching failure |
| Physical link flow control |
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| Advanced Network Services and Functions |
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| Traffic visualization |
Network topology |
| Site (hosts and VMs) |
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| End-to-End network path analysis |
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| Flow statistics |
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| Port statistics |
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| Automated O&M |
Zero-touch provisioning |
| Zero-touch replacement |
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| Optical link fault diagnosis |
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| Access control |
Predicting the validity of client access |
| Binding of client IP addresses, MAC addresses, port numbers, VLANs, and ACLs |
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| Automatic collection of client IP addresses, MAC addresses, and uplink ports, and batch import of other device details |
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| Real-time display of IP address usage |
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| Policy mobility |
Automatically obtaining access policies by users based on IP addresses |
| Service VLAN |
Multi-network integration, logical isolation, and on-demand call of network resources |
| Service chain |
Creating a logical security resource pool consisting of physical and virtual security devices, which can be called as needed |
| Deploying security devices in transparent and routing modes |
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| Intelligent on-demand bypass of devices after a device in a security resource pool fails |
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| Login and logout of devices in a security resource pool without Internet disconnection, and without changing the original physical network topology in the egress area |
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| On-demand flow import based on Layer 2 to Layer 4 flow characteristics (any data flow can be forwarded in traditional or OpenFlow mode) |
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| Authentication |
802.1X WPA3 Enterprise, captive portal, MAC address authentication |
| Dynamic segmentation and user isolation |
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| Full authentication monitoring and data reporting |
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| Active-active backup |
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| User Interface |
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| Web UI |
Web UI management interface |
| External APIs |
RESTful API |
*Note: Except for basic network functions, advanced network functions are subject to the software license. The values listed in the preceding tables the maximum values.
Order Information
Software
| Model |
Description |
| RG-INC-PRO-BASE |
RG-INC PRO Edition Software, excluding nodes |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-NMC |
RG-INC switching INC Service Component License |
License
| Model |
Description |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-PFOL |
RG-INC PRO Edition Policy Mobility License |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-ACTL |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Admission Control and Access Control License |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-SCHAIN |
RG-INC PRO Edition Service Chain Component License |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-CLUSTER |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Cluster Control License |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-AMAINT |
RG-INC PRO Edition Automated O&M License |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-DEVICE-50 |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Device Management Node License Each license supports up to 50 devices. |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-DEVICE-100 |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Device Management Node License Each License supports up to 100 devices. |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-DEVICE-500 |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Device Management Node License Each license supports up to 500 devices. |
| RG-INC-PRO-SW-DEVICE-1000 |
RG-INC PRO Edition Switching Device Management Node License Each license supports up to 1,000 devices. |
| RG-INC-PRO-AUTH |
INC Authentication Component |
| RG-INC-PRO-AUTH-License-1000 |
INC Authentication User License for Concurrent Online Users 1000 |
| RG-INC-PRO-AUTH-License-5000 |
INC Authentication User License for Concurrent Online Users 5000 |
| RG-INC-PRO-AUTH-License-20000 |
INC Authentication User License for Concurrent Online Users 20000 |
| RG-INC-EMB-SW-AMAINT-500 |
RG-INC PRO Edition Automated O&M Management Node License Each license supports up to 500 devices. |
