Hi. On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:51:52AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > I'm curious, although I don't know much about, and have little > > > experience with, enterprise hardware. Am I correct in my understanding > > > that it is actually possible to run (more-or-less) Debian on a switch > > > by using OpenSwitch (OPX) on an Open Networking switch. > > > > It's possible. Does not mean that typical enterprise is doing it. > > OpenSwitch and SDNs in general are big data center toys. > > OPX is SDN? My understanding was that it was simply an open source > replacement for the proprietary switch OSs that are more commonly run > on switch hardware.
Call it as you like. Managed switch emulator, replacement for switch firmware or whatever. It's a software-only (or mostly if we count DPPK) solution that can turn commodity hardware in a low-tier switch. Add several of those and you have an SDN. Reco
