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Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Mon Oct 18 10:14:11 2010
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:13:35 +0100
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
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On 18/10/2010 14:27, Brandon Kim wrote:
> Good question Nick, what is a cloud switch? Is this like VSS in cisco
> where you have a virtual chassis?
The vss is virtual management software for a virtual switch. This box
looks like a piece of hardware that you can plug things into, so I'm just
wondering what makes this a cloud switch and some other piece of kit not a
cloud switch.
Nick
