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RE: Comparison of freeware open source switch software?
From: "Raymond Burkholder" <ray () oneunified net>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 12:12:16 -0400
If you're only interested in stuff that goes on iron, openvswitch is out - it's pure software meant to run on hypervisors
Not necessarily true anymore. Look for SwitchDev, which is incorporated into the Linux kernel , is undergoing continuous improvement, and allows the kernel to offload forwarding rules to the hardware. This allows open source software like Open vSwitch and Free Range Routing to work natively/directly with hardware. http://www.mellanox.com/page/press_release_item?id=1983 https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/ Raymond Burkholder. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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