> From [email protected] Mon Oct 18 09:13:13 > 2010 > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:13:35 +0100 > From: Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> > To: Brandon Kim <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch > Cc: [email protected] > > On 18/10/2010 14:27, Brandon Kim wrote: > > Good question Nick, what is a cloud switch? Is this like VSS in cisco > > where you have a virtual chassis? > > The vss is virtual management software for a virtual switch. This box > looks like a piece of hardware that you can plug things into, so I'm just > wondering what makes this a cloud switch and some other piece of kit not a > cloud switch.
Maybe it has to do with whether the magic smoke is on the inside or the outside of the box. <grin>
