Dell/EMC, SnapRoute reinforce OpenSwitch networking features

Looking to broaden the qualities of its open source stack, the #OpenSwitch project said #SnapRoute and #Dell #EMC will add new features to its network operating system. Specifically, the new contributions include:

SnapRoute’s open source network stack and management services, which support a modular, hardware independent NOS, accessible through a complete set of APIs.
Dell EMC’s OS10 Open Edition, which represents an open, disaggregated base subsystem incorporating hardware and platform abstraction layers for networking switching applications. On top of OS 10 base module run application modules which include traditional Layer 2/3 networking functions and other IP, fabric, security, and management and automation tools from Dell, Linux, third-parties and the open source community.
“OpenSwitch is now one step closer to providing the data center community with an open source network operating system that enables organizations to focus on developing innovative networking solutions, which can exploit Cavium’s extensible switch architecture to address rapidly changing market needs," said Albert Fishman, Linux Foundation OpenSwitch project marketing chair and senior technical marketing manager of Cavium Switching Platform Group.

HP formed OpenSwitch 2015 to develop a programmable open source network operating system for data centers. At the time HP said traditional networking is based on a closed, proprietary and vertically integrated model that does not let customers or developers innovate and tailor networks to meet business needs because there is no community-based access to NOS source code for modification. An open source NOS lets developers engineer networks to prioritize business critical workloads and functions, ease interoperability, and relieve customers of proprietary software licensing structures.

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SnapRoute and Dell EMC to Help Advance Linux Foundation's OpenSwitch Project

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - October 31, 2016) - The #OpenSwitch project today announced that #SnapRoute, Inc. and #Dell #EMC will deepen their contributions to the project to advance OpenSwitch as it continues to evolve and meet market requests for a complete open source network operating system (NOS). Today's enhanced contributions include: SnapRoute's open source network stack and management services, which enable a fully modular, hardware independent NOS, accessible through a complete set of APIs. Dell EMC's OS10 Open Edition, which represents a fully open, fully disaggregated base subsystem incorporating hardware and platform abstraction layers for networking switching applications. These contributions will function together to ensure organizations and the open source community have a complete open networking stack. Other OpenSwitch project supporting members and participating organizations include Barefoot Networks, #Broadcom, #Cavium, Inc., #Edgecore Networks, #ExtremeNetworks, #HewlettPackardEnterprise, #LinkedIn, #Marvell, #MellanoxTechnologies, #Nephos Inc., #P4.org, #Quattro Networks and #Terralogic. The OpenSwitch architecture, based on SnapRoute's networking stack contribution, adopts a modular protocol and software approach, allowing organizations to use only what is necessary, also enabling legacy architectures to continue to function. These additional contributions will further accelerate the OpenSwitch project and enable organizations to fully realize the value of an open source network operating system. "The OpenSwitch community continues to demonstrate its enthusiastic commitment to the creation of an open source network operating system," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The #Linux Foundation. "It's exciting to see a rapid influx of contributions to OpenSwitch, which are priming the project to support next-generation requirements and features." "Dell EMC is committed to leading within the open switching community to drive networking innovation and disrupt this historically proprietary industry," said Gavin Cato, senior vice president, Networking Development Engineering, Dell EMC. "By contributing Dell EMC OS10 Open Edition to the OpenSwitch community, in addition to our previous contributions within OCP, we're further unlocking the networking software stack with the power of open platform abstraction and disaggregation."

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Mellanox Introduces Open Composable Networks to Enable New Interconnect Speeds and Higher Efficiency for OCP Platforms

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Mellanox ® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today unveiled its next-generation Open Composable Networks ( #OCN ) platform at the Open Compute Project ( #OCP ) Summit. OCN delivers ground-breaking open network platforms for enterprises and service providers to unlock performance and unleash innovation with predictable application performance and the efficiency of Web-Scale IT. #Mellanox is showcasing OCN with a live demo of end-to-end 10/25, 50, 100 Gb/s network composed of LinkX cables, the new #ConnectX-4 Lx based OCP adapter cards, and the flagship Spectrum Ethernet switches capable of running multiple network operating systems (NOS) and applications, including #Cumulus #Linux, #OpenSwitch, #Metaswitch IP Routing, and Mellanox MLNX-OS, running on open software interfaces such as OCP Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) and Linux #Switchdev.

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