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Huawei’s newly-announced CloudEngine 16800 data center switch is based on Broadcom’s merchant silicon, according to a published report from AvidThink’s Roy Chua. In terms of capacity, the Huawei CloudEngine 16800 data center switch boasts the industry’s highest density 48-port 400GE line card per slot, yielding an overall 768-port 400GE switching capacity. AvidThink notes that the […]
The battle against complexity is the biggest problem facing networking today – and the biggest problem for the IT industry overall — said Rami Rahim, CEO of Juniper Networks, at the company’s NXTWORK event in Las Vegas. Engineering simplicity is now “the guiding star” for everything going on inside the company, according to Rahim, because […]
Cumulus Networks announced support for switching platforms powered by the new Broadcom Trident 3 (TD3) ASIC. Key capabilities: Simplified EVPN operations: built-in simplicity on different technological layers, thus reducing human errors and downtime. Scale and robustness in data and control plane: The EVPN solution on Trident 3 supports VXLAN routing/tunneling in a single pass at […]
Arista Networks introduced a family of multi-function leaf and spine platforms powered by Barefoot Networks’ Tofino series of P4-programmable Ethernet switch chips. The new Arista 7170 Series switches, which run the Arista EOS (Extensible Operating System) SDK, can boost server performance by offloading Hypervisor vSwitch networking functions such as tunnel termination, security policy enforcement and […]
Innovium, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced $77 Million in Series D funding for its high-performance switching silicon for data centers. The new funding round included investment from Greylock Partners, Walden Everbright, Walden Riverwood Ventures, Paxion Capital, Capricorn Investment Group, Redline Capital, S-Cubed Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. This brings total funding in the […]
Barefoot Networks, a start-up developing user-programmable switching chips, introduced a network monitoring system designed to provide visibility into every packet in a network. The Barefoot Deep Insight software, which can run on commodity servers and in a network powered by switches based on Barefoot’s “Tofino” programmable switch chip, can interpret, analyze and pinpoint packet telemetry. […]
NGENIX, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, a leading Russian telecom provider, has deployed a 100Gb/s Ethernet Spectrum switch based on the Linux Switchdev driver to support their next generation content distribution network service. Mellanox said this is the first major deployment of an open Ethernet switch based on the Switchdev driver that has been accepted and […]
Apstra, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, released its Apstra Operating System (AOS) 1.1.1 and an integration with Wedge 100, Facebook’s second generation top-of-rack network switch. Apstra said its distributed operating system for the data center network will disaggregate the operational plane from the underlying device operating systems and hardware. Sitting above both open […]
Barefoot Networks, a start-up developing user-programmable switching chips, announced partnerships with Taiwan-based network switching equipment firms Edgecore Networks and WNC. The first switches based on Barefoot’s Tofino chip are expected to debut this quarter. The chip began sampling in Q4 2016. Barefoot’s programmable Tofino switch chip processes packets at 6.5 terabits per second while providing […]
Aiming for new high volume markets and appliances at the edge of the carrier network, Broadcom announced two new product families in its StrataDNX switch portfolio. The new devices range from 30Gbps to 300Gbps and offer similar capabilities and programming models as Broadcom’s flagship devices. The newly announced StrataDNX switch family includes the following device […]
Barefoot Networks, a start-up developing user-programmable switching chips, announced $23 million in additional Series C funding, bringing total Series C investment to $80 million and total investment in Barefoot to over $150 million. The new funding was led by Alibaba and Tencent. Barefoot also confirmed that its Tofino chip is on track for delivery to […]
LinkedIn opened a massively scalable, next-generation data center in Oregon. The facility, which is hosted by Infomart, is now fully live and ramped. The location benefits from a direct access contract for 100% renewable energy, network diversity, expansion capabilities, and talent opportunities. LinkedIn expects to achieve a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.06 during full […]
Facebook unveiled Backpack, its second-generation modular switch platform developed in house at Facebook for 100G data center infrastructure. It leverages Facebook’s recently announced Wedge switch. Backpack is designed with a clear separation of the data, control, and management planes. It uses simple building blocks called switch elements. The Backpack chassis is equivalent to a set […]
Mellanox Technologies released a standard Linux kernel driver for its Open Ethernet, Spectrum switch platforms. The driver enables standard Linux Operating Systems and off-the-shelf Linux-based applications to operate on the switch, including L2 and L3 switching. Mellanox Technologies’ Open Ethernet switch platforms, which currently support multiple operating systems, such as Cumulus Linux, MLNX-OS and more, […]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a new strategic partnership with Arista Networks to provide secure Hybrid IT solutions built on their software-defined data center infrastructure portfolio. Specifically, beginning in November, HPE will begin selling Arista’s switching products directly to HPE customers and partners. This partnership expands on the existing HPE Converged Architecture agreement that focused on […]
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has selected Juniper Networks to provide the networking infrastructure for a new supercomputer that will be used by researchers to predict climate patterns and assess the effects of global warming. The new supercomputer, which will be installed at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC), will enable more accurate and […]
In a blog posting, Cisco’s Mark Chandler confirmed that the office of the U.S. Trade Representative has stated that the International Trade Commission’s import ban and cease and desist order covering all Arista products that infringed three core Cisco patents is now in effect. In the statement, Chandler said Cisco is prepared to bring an […]
LinkedIn is launching a new Open19 project that aims to establish a new open standard for servers based on a common form factor. LinkedIn believes a new spec could lead to lower cost per rack, lower cost per server, and optimized power utilization in its hyperscale, cloud data centers. The project is open and industry […]
