[195555] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 100G - Whitebox
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=a9r=c3=b4me_Nicolle)
Mon Aug 21 08:40:28 2017
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From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=c3=a9r=c3=b4me_Nicolle?= <jerome@ceriz.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:40:23 +0200
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Hello Mike,
Le 20/08/2017 =C3=A0 17:45, Mike Hammett a =C3=A9crit :
> Looking at cost effective options brings us to whitebox switches. Obvio=
usly there's a wide range of hardware vendors and there are a few OSes av=
ailable as well. Cumulus seems to be the market leader, while IPinFusion =
seems to be the most feature-rich.=20
You may want to take a look at this paper before choosing your NOS :
https://hal-univ-tlse3.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01276379v1
This described an OpenFlow SDN approach to dumb-down whitebox switches
as to fully avoid broadcast traffic, while performing as well as a
complex VPLS fabric.
This design is operating consistently on the Toulouse Internet Exchange
since 2015 using Pica8's gear.
So maybe a CLI and feature-full NOS will better suit your needs, but for
an IXP, the programmatic approach has demonstrated to be working just fin=
e.
Best regards,
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J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle
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