Re: [Beowulf] Ethernet switch OSes

2021-04-23 Thread Alex Chekholko via Beowulf
Hi Greg, all, I haven't done this in a few years but when I last bought generic Quanta 40G "whitebox" switches, they had a "free" base OS that you could use; I think it was typically limited in features but it was fine for me as I just wanted dumb L2 switches anyway. What does your vendor suggest

[Beowulf] Ethernet switch OSes

2021-04-23 Thread Greg Lindahl
I'm buying a 100 gig ethernet switch for my lab, and it seems that the latest gear is intended to run a switch OS. Being as cheap as I've always been, free software sounds good. It looks like Open Network Linux is kaput. It looks like SONiC is doing pretty well. And there are several commercial