On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:28:12 +0300 Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:15:22PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:58:18 +0300 > > Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > ? Open Switch (OPX) doesn't turn commodity hardware in[to] a low-tier > > switch - it runs on high-tier switches, instead of the proprietary > > switch Osss that are more commonly used. It's not an emulator. Perhaps > > you're thinking of Open vSwitch (OVS)? > > I need to learn to pay attention while reading. You're correct, I'm > mistaken. :) You actually know this stuff, and so make the occasional careless mistake. I'm reading up on it and writing emails as I go along ... Celejar