BOSTON, Oct. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OCP
Engineering Workshop -- Accton Technology
Corporation, the leading developer and manufacturer of open network
switches, today announced that it will open source through the Open
Compute Project (OCP) the design of the AS7500-32X 100 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) open network switch, the first switch design
contributed to OCP based on the Cavium (NASDAQ: CAVM) XPliant
switch ASIC.
The AS7500-32X Cavium-based switch design uses the same physical
switch packaging, including x86 CPU processor modules, power
supplies, fans and enclosure, as the AS7700-32X 100GbE switch
design which Accton contributed to the OCP in March. This
consistent design provides customers the choice of switching
silicon options in one open switch platform, thereby reducing
service and support costs and speeding development and deployment
of common software applications across 100GbE switch offerings.
"Cloud data center operators, telecommunications service
providers and enterprises are all planning the deployment of next
generation 25GbE and 100GbE infrastructures that can support
increased capacity and services delivery with the automation,
choice and control that open infrastructures provide," said
George Tchaparian, GM Data Center
Networks at Accton Technology and CEO at Edgecore Networks.
"Accton's contribution of our second 100GbE switch design to
OCP, and the industry's first OCP contribution based on the Cavium
XPliant switch ASIC, will further expand open network choices for
use cases ranging from cloud data center fabrics and data center
interconnect to central offices, Internet Exchanges, monitoring and
analytics networks, and web-scale enterprises."
Features and Availability
Accton's subsidiary, Edgecore Networks, is now offering
prototype units of the AS7500-32X 100GbE open network switch for
evaluation and software development. Edgecore Networks will exhibit
its open network switches at VMworld Europe 2015 in Barcelona in booth E146 from October 12-15, and at the SDN & OpenFlow
World Congress in Dusseldorf from
October 12-16.
The Edgecore AS7500-32X switch has thirty-two QSFP28 ports in a
1U form factor, with each port supporting 100GbE, 2x50GbE, 40GbE,
4x25GbE or 4x10GbE connections. The AS7500-32X design is based on
the Cavium XPliant switch ASIC, with a choice of CPU daughter
modules based on Freescale™ T2080 processor,
Intel® Atom® C2538 processor, and Intel
Xeon® D processor. The design supports options
required in data center environments with AC, -48VDC or 12VDC power
inputs, power-to-port or port-to-power airflow direction, and
mounting in standard 19" rack or in an OCP Open Rack with the Open
Rack Switch Adapter.
The Edgecore AS7500-32X switch supports the following OCP open
source software:
- Open Network Install Environment (ONIE), the universal Network
Operating System (NOS) loader, which enables automated loading of
compatible commercial and open-source NOS software;
- Open Network Linux, an open-source reference OS platform for
organizations developing and customizing switch software
applications;
- Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI), a standard interface to
ASICs from multiple vendors, allowing greater portability and
faster introduction of NOS and application software for open
switches.
Supporting Quotes
"Accton is a strong contributor to OCP, with earlier
contributions of 10GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE switch designs, and as a
charter member of the UNH-IOL Open Networking Test Services
Consortium which publishes interoperability test results for OCP
networking equipment. We welcome Accton's contribution of this
additional 100GbE switch design, the first design submitted to OCP
based on the Cavium XPliant switch ASIC, which further assures
network operators that the open community is providing more
technology choices as they increase the capacity of their web-scale
infrastructures. Further, as it supports OCP software such as ONIE,
Open Network Linux, and the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI),
this new switch is truly advancing the disaggregated hardware and
software vision of the OCP Networking Project. We are looking
forward to discussing and reviewing Accton's latest contribution
within OCP's networking community." –
Omar Baldonado and Carlos Cardenas, OCP Networking
Co-Chairs
"Cavium has worked closely with Accton on the design of the
AS7500-32X open network switch and is pleased to see its
contribution to OCP. The combination of the leading
performance and programmability of the Cavium XPliant switch ASIC,
the availability of open source software tools to speed switch
software development, and Accton's opening of the switch design
will allow customers to migrate to 25 GbE and 100 GbE open network
infrastructures with advanced automation and analytics
capabilities." —
Eric Hayes, VP/GM Switch Platform
Group, Cavium
"We're excited to see this contribution by Accton of its second
100 GbE switch design to the Open Compute Project, and pleased to
collaborate with Accton to enable Open Network Linux support on
this Cavium XPliant based switch. This is further proof of
the power of the open network community to deliver an increasing
set of choices to customers as they implement open network
infrastructures." —
Rob Sherwood, CTO, Big Switch
Networks
"Open networking is accelerating and the eco-system is getting
richer with more choices. Accton is a leader in open
networking hardware, offering broad choice of switch configurations
and now silicon options. This enables an open market for
networking and ultimately provides customer value." —
William Choe, VP Products and
Alliances, Cumulus Networks®
"Accton's AS7500-32X switch offers a powerful new option for
data center administrators looking to build open network solutions
based on an open and standard Linux ecosystem. Our PicOS network
operating system is an important part of the overall open network
ecosystem, bringing both Layer 2/Layer 3 networking as well as
OpenFlow-based SDN to network architects." —
James Liao, CEO, Pica8
Inc.
About Accton Technology
Accton Technology Corporation
is a global premier provider of networking and communications
solutions for top tier networking, computer, and telecommunications
vendors. Leveraging its advanced hardware engineering, software
applications and system design capability, Accton collaborates with
its strategic partners to architect, develop and manufacture
innovative, leading-edge network products. Accton's evolving core
technology and its highly-qualified global workforce enable it to
deliver superior distributed virtual network solutions that are
affordable and robust. For more information about Accton and its
subsidiaries, visit www.accton.com.
About Edgecore Networks
Edgecore Networks Corporation
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation, the
leading network ODM. Edgecore Networks delivers wired and
wireless networking products and solutions through channel partners
and system integrators worldwide for the Data Center, Service
Provider, Enterprise and SMB customers. Edgecore Networks is
the leader in open networking providing a full line of 1GbE, 10GbE,
25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE and 100GbE open and OCP switches that offer
choice of NOS and SDN software for data center, telecommunications
and Enterprise network use cases. For more information, visit
www.Edge-Core.com.
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herein is subject to change without notice. Accton and Edgecore
Networks shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or
omissions contained herein.
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