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We work with cutting-edge innovations, exploring disruptive open technologies to unlock their business value, adapt and apply them to solve end user problems, and contribute to the community. We share our knowledge and experience through this blog.

Feb 29, 2024

The Path to Owning a Vendor-Neutral SONiC Distribution

Explore the details of transitioning from proprietary network operating systems to open-source SONiC, understanding key considerations in making the right move.

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Jan 31, 2024

Revolutionizing Open Networks: Exploring the Power of SONiC NOS

In this article, we aim to guide enterprises and service providers in determining whether SONiC, a popular open-source network operating system, is a viable choice for enhancing their on-premises data center and private cloud networks.

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Dec 01, 2023

Community SONiC Porting: Make This Open NOS Work on Your Hardware

Explore the intricacies of enabling Community SONiC on networking hardware. In this article, we will guide you through the installation specifics and address common challenges to ensure a seamless integration.

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Sep 04, 2023

How to Сhoose a SONiC-Based Product Development Partner

Production-ready open-source software like SONiC enables businesses to unlock the full potential of open and disaggregated networking, offering exceptional cost-efficiency for hardware and software bundles, scalability, and performance, as well as an expanded hardware feature set for OEM vendors. Yet, fully unlocking its potential requires deep expertise and market-leading know-how. In this blog post, we...

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May 15, 2023

SONiC-DASH: Testing a DASH-Enabled Networking Solution in 4 Stages

Leveraging our experience in the early exploration and development of the emerging SONiC-DASH networking technology, we have created this blog post series to highlight the key aspects of building a DASH-based solution. Part 3 of our series describes DASH’s API testing for a DPU platform.

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Jan 23, 2023

SONiC-DASH: Integration for a DPU in 4 Steps

In this blog post series, we are exploring the emerging SONiC-DASH networking technology, including its use cases, its integration with DPUs, and the specifics of DASH testing. Part 2 of our series describes DASH’s enablement for a new DPU platform in 4 key steps.

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Dec 15, 2022

SONiC-DASH: VNET-to-VNET and More Networking Use Cases

In this blog post series, we will explore the emerging SONiC-DASH networking technology, including its use cases, how to integrate it with a DPU, and the specifics of DASH testing. Part 1 of our series describes DASH's key use cases, with a closer look at VNET-to-VNET.

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Oct 21, 2021

Thin NOS Approach with Open vSwitch for New Hardware Products

To transform a new chip or white box into a fully functional networking appliance, switching hardware vendors must enable the switch’s control plane, which is a recurring challenge in the industry.

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Apr 19, 2021

How to Test Network Features on Any Linux-Based Switch Using Mininet

In this article, we will share ready-to-use, practical and powerful open-source tools that can be used with both emulated and real equipment to start Linux networking test automation.

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Feb 20, 2021

SAI Challenger: The SONiC-Based Framework for SAI Testing and Integration

This article describes a re-imagined approach for SAI's functional and integration testing, based on SONiC's native infrastructure.

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