Free Open Source Network Operating Systems

Sun Mar 10 14:07:50 UTC 2019

Luke,

Does VYOS run on bare metal broadcom switches though? I know it runs on
X86, but I wan't aware it could run on bare metal switches. I don't see a
hardware compatibility list on their website either.

On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 10:32 AM Luke Marrott <luke.marrott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Been a long time since I’ve messed with it but Vyatta may be worth looking
> at.
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> https://vyos.io/
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> On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 09:09 Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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?
>>
>>
>> --
> :Luke Marrott
>
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