[olug] New MS software switch built using Linux.

[Rob Townley]

Software Defined Networking for your virtual Ethernet adapters can be $less
because then the  software switch runs as a VM.

Price tag of true hw for Software Defined Networking has always scared me
off but I did talk to UnixSurplus last year at DefCon when they have
dramatically reduced pricing, so mention DefCon.  Similar SW is $4000
more.  The guys I talked to were by no means experts, but you might call
for advice anyway

unixsurplus (mention DEFCON pricing). .

Copied from their webpage:
Just call us at 877.UNIX.123 (877.864.9123) or email websales@
<websales at unixsurplus>unixsurplus.com <websales at unixsurplus>.

That switch looked like a good deal, but  do lots of research before
buying.  Can they be optimized for LAN and SAN based needs? One question I
have is why more of them are not BSD based instead of Linux.

On Sunday, September 20, 2015, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> What hardware are you guys using for these Linux switches?
>
> Now that and I have 10 GbE SFP+ and or 40 GbE  QSFP cards in all my home
> stuff I need to find a reasonably priced switch.
> Here is the official compatibility list.
> http://opennetlinux.org/hcl
>
> This is the least expensive one I could find.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEFCON-Accton-Edge-Core-AS5600-52X-Switch-48-port-10
> GBE-4x-40GBE-QSFP-2xPS-/151811682747
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEFCON-Accton-Edge-Core-AS5600-52X-Switch-48-port-10%0DGBE-4x-40GBE-QSFP-2xPS-/151811682747>
> I don't really want to spend more than $1000 on a switch that I am
> basically
> using as an educational toy.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of T.
> J. Brumfield
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 1:30 PM
> To: Rob Townley <Rob.Townley at gmail.com>; Omaha Linux User Group
> <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] New MS software switch built using Linux.
>
> Their software stack is built on top of a new Linux distro they made. But
> is
> their software switch truly open source?
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > There are many open source switch projects based on Linux, now one
> > from Microsoft.
> >
> > Tweet from Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich)
> >
> > Mark Russinovich (@markrussinovich) tweeted at 1:04 PM on Fri, Sep 18,
> > 2015:
> > Yes, you heard right: we've developed Azure Cloud Switch, an open
> > networking switch controller, on Linux http://t.co/UyZ7O5ECCH
> > (https://twitter.com/markrussinovich/status/644934934273003520?s=03)
> >
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