Thanks for your input. I get the point with the closed ASICs. I wasn´t aware of that and it explains why there is even no OpenWRT, pfsense etc. support for this devices....
sad. best Thomas 2017-07-17 11:45 GMT+02:00 Reyk Floeter <r...@openbsd.org>: > Yes, I'm very interested in this but there is no "open" hardware. > > As Mischa mentioned, all of the platforms need vendor drivers > and AFAIK all of them are gigantic and non-free *. > > OpenFlow is an alternative to control switches in a standard way > without direct access to the switch chipsets, but it is a long way to > get switchd(8) to this point. And it has limitations, of course. > > *) let me know if I'm wrong. > > Reyk > >> On 17.07.2017, at 11:00, miraculli . <miracu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi misc, >> >> I just read about a trending topic: SDN and Open Networking. >> The principal idea behind Open Networking is to allow the customer >> to install a custom OS to switch-hardware. >> The main software player in this business seems to be a penguin OS >> called: Cumulus >> There is also a overview of devices that are able install a custom OS: >> >> https://cumulusnetworks.com/products/hardware-compatibility-list/ >> >> Is there any experience using OpenBSD in this domain and with this >> kind of hardware? >> >> Thanks >> Thomas >> > -- +49.179.1448024 Karl-Kunger-Straße 68 D - 12435 Berlin
