Open Souce Network Operating Systems

Thu May 3 07:29:39 UTC 2018

Feedback about Cumulus has been positive :

https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg66192.html

if i am not mistaken, they have added lots of networking enhancements to
the OS, they have videos on youtube that will paint the picture.

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Thanks for the information. Do you have a recommendation of which
> distribution of Linux to use for this? Is there one that is more network
> centric than another?
>
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Peter Phaal <peter.phaal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> My understanding if Free Range Routing is a package of software that
> runs
> >> in linux, but not a full and true NOS right?
> >>
> >
> > Why not consider Linux a NOS? Installing Free Range Routing adds control
> > plane protocols: BGP, OSPF, ISIS, etc.
> >
> >
> >> I looked into Cumulus Linux, but it seems to only run on the supported
> >> hardware which is while box switches. Can you run Cumulus Linux on a X86
> >> server with intel NICs? Can you run Cumulus on a raspberry pi?
> >>
> >
> > Cumulus Linux is basically Ubuntu with Free Range Routing pre-installed
> > along with a daemon that offloads forwarding from the Linux kernel to an
> > ASIC. CumulusVX is a free Cumulus Linux virtual machine that is useful
> for
> > staging / testing configurations since it has the same behavior as the
> > hardware switch.
> >
> > On X86 servers with Intel NICs, just run Linux. Cumulus Host Pack can be
> > installed to add Free Range Routing and other Cumulus tools on the
> server.
> > Alternatively, you can choose any Linux control plane, automation, or
> > monitoring tools and install them on the hosts and Cumulus Linux switches
> > to unify management and control, e.g. Bird, collectd, telegraf, Puppet,
> > Chef, Ansible, etc.
> >
> > Linux distros (including Ubuntu) are available for non-X86 hardware like
> > Raspberry Pi etc.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Ideally I think I am looking to a Linux operating system that can run on
> >> multiple CPU architectures, has device support for Broadcom and other
> >> Merchant silicon switching and wifi adapters.
> >
> >
> > If you consider Linux as the NOS then it already meets these
> requirements.
> >
>