Software achieves Linux compliance

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 25, 2008

When a company purchases a Linux operating system registered with the CGL 4.0 specification it receives all features deemed mandatory by NEPs and telecommunications carriers.

MontaVista Software's Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 complies with the Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification and is Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) logo certified.

MontaVista is the only Linux distribution to comply with the three key requirements issued by the industry's major standards bodies, demonstrating that MontaVista Linux CGE interoperates with industry software and hardware and meets the rigorous demands of today's carrier infrastructures.

Dan Cauchy, Senior Director of Market Development, Carrier and Mobile Platforms, MontaVista Software said "The CGL specification is a set of standards designed to ensure a consistent Linux platform that meets the stringent demands of today's network equipment providers".

When a company purchases a Linux operating system registered with the CGL 4.0 specification it receives all features deemed mandatory by NEPs and telecommunications carriers.

To conform to the CGL 4.0 specification, MontaVista CGE 5.0 met all of the 129 Priority 1 requirements mandated by the Carrier Grade Workgroup of the Linux Foundation.

Full Priority 1 conformance must meet requirements in seven areas, including availability, clustering, serviceability, performance, standards compliance, hardware support and security.

In addition, MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition became the first carrier grade software to be certified by the Linux Foundation as being in compliance with Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0, which ensures interoperability between applications and the MontaVista Linux operating system.

MontaVista Linux CGE is the only Carrier Grade Linux that is certified by the IPv6 Forum as being ready for IPv6, the successor to the current version of the internet Protocol.

Carrier grade products require extremely high degrees of reliability, scalability and performance to provide an uninterrupted flow of the enormous volume of high-bandwidth data and voice needed for today's multimedia communications.