Tag: NOS

Cumulus Linux promotion.

12% off on all Cumulus Linux subscriptions till December 31 of 2015! Enjoy 🙂

Cumulus Linux license delivery explained

The most common question about Cumulus Linux license delivery is the schedule. Is it possible to deliver immediate, or next business day or whatever? Can we forward it without delays?   This is how the process looks like: 1. Cumulus Linux license belongs to the particular customer. 2. To issue license code, they need the […]

Cumulus VX – how to test open networking approach at no cost.

Beside remote access to the lab, there is a new way to evaluate open networking world – Cumulus VX. Now you can dive into the world of open networking, experiment and design deployment scenarios without hurting time to production and develop new applications without real hardware on site. What is Cumulus VX (Virtual eXperience)? A […]

One month late news – OpenNSL from Broadcom.

It’s a pity that we missed such a great announcement – Broadcom is bringing opportunities to open networking world with Open Network Switch Library (OpenNSL) available on GitHub. OF-DPA is here for a while for those who wants to develop a scalable implementation of OpenFlow 1.3 on Broadcom switch devices, and now the same became possible […]

Open Invention Network membership.

Modern world tends to be open, and patent trolls are a huge threat for this. The last decade has seen an enormous rise in software patent suits from them. To protect companies from that threat, a shared defensive patent pool was formed as the Open Invention Network organization. Strong support from the industry allows to […]

Cumulus Linux 2.5.1 is available!

Hi all.   Good news everyone: now Cumulus Linux 2.5.1 is available. This new Cumulus Linux release adds support for new platforms to hardware compatibility list (HCL): Now Cumulus officially support Quanta T3048-LY9 – switch, that bring high performance of Trident 2 to world of BASE-T connections. It have 48 10G BASE-T and 6 40G QSFP+ […]

Cumulus Linux 2.5.0 is available!

Cumulus Linux 2.5.0 is a major product release that offers key feature sets for the mainstream enterprise, along with a set of pre-tested and pre-validated solutions, thoroughly documented in a series of validated design guides. Specifically, it adds the following new functionality: MLAG – Active-active Layer 2 topologies with multi-Chassis Link Aggregation VRR – Active-active first […]

Cumulus Networks is simplifying its pricing options

Effective January 1, 2015, Cumulus Networks is changing priclng model for Cumulus Linux by offering 24×7 support to all of its customers, and eliminating the need for customers to make a support level choice. Now price depends on only from platform (1G, 10G, 40G) and subscription term. Additionally, Cumulus Networks is adding a 5-year subscription term, which is priced to reflect […]

Intel Alta FM6000 development assistance

In our previous material about Intel ONS we mention about flexibility and performance of Intel FM6764 silicon. Now we announce SW developer kit availability! It is based on Quanta IZ1 (outdated) switch with Intel Ethernet Switch FM6764 (Alta), Intel Core i3-2115C processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and 32GB SSD. Software support include the Intel Ethernet […]

White box switches: Understanding the basics

White box switches and their associated operating systems are poised to make an impact on the networking industry during 2014. White box Ethernet switches offer IT the advantages of flexibility, lower Capex and potentially lower operating costs as compared to traditional “black box” Ethernet switch options. White box switch adoption will be led by large […]