Open vSwitch Database (OVSDB)

The Juniper Networks Junos OS implementation of the Open vSwitch Database (OVSDB) management protocol provides a means through which Juniper Networks devices that support OVSDB can communicate with software-defined networking (SDN) controllers. Juniper Networks devices exchange control and statistical information with the SDN controllers, thereby enabling virtual machine (VM) traffic from the entities in a virtualized network to be forwarded to entities in a physical network and vice versa.