SONiC https://azure.github.io/SONiC/
On Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 10:09 AM Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > What free, opensouce, network operating systems currently exist that run > on whitebox broadcom or other merchant silicon switches? > > I know Cumulus is very popular, but I don't believe they have a free > version that runs on whitebox switches right? Only on a virtual machine > from what I can tell. > > I think if one of these vendors would release a free and truly opensource > network operating system, with the option for paid support if needed, then > whitebox switching would really take off. This would be similar to the > Redhat model, but for the networking world. > > Right now, the cost of the whitebox plus a paid network operating system > seems to equal the same cost as a discounted Juniper, Cisco, or Arista. I > am not seeing the savings on paper. > > If we could just buy the whitebox hardware, and have a free operating > system on there, then financially whitebox switches would be half the cost > of a similar Cisco switch after discount. > > Am I missing something? > > >
