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Re:Using Linux would prevent these Cisco mishaps! by swv3752 · 2015-06-26 08:28 · Score: 2 · on Cisco Security Appliances Found To Have Default SSH Keys

http://cumulusnetworks.com/blo...
http://www.datacenterknowledge...
http://opennetlinux.org/
http://www.opencompute.org/
http://www.wired.com/2013/03/b...

Get with the times, the Big Iron Networking gear (like usead at Google and Facebook) are switches running Linux.

Re:Using Linux would prevent these Cisco mishaps! by Phishcast · 2015-06-26 08:26 · Score: 2 · on Cisco Security Appliances Found To Have Default SSH Keys

Here's one, Cumulus Networks. A lot of Cisco switching gear is Linux underneath with a more familiar Cisco CLI.

Re:OpenDaylight by houstonbofh · 2014-05-12 06:18 · Score: 1 · on HP Joins OpenDaylight Project

Cisco notably doesn't support it except sort of in their own unique 100% proprietary manner, so for 99% of businesses, this is a no-go right from the start.

And HP is different? Looking at the sponsors I just see a big collection of "Embrace and extend" proprietary companies. Cumulus Networks looks a lot more open... http://cumulusnetworks.com/

Re:Already happening - slowly by kijiki · 2013-10-20 19:01 · Score: 3, Insightful · on Your Next Network Operating System Is Linux

It is open source, except for a userspace device driver for the forwarding ASIC. Without the driver, everything works the same, you just don't get hardware accelerated forwarding, only the normal kernel softward forwarding.

You can get the patches against Debian Wheezy here:
http://oss.cumulusnetworks.com/

The biggest difference vs EOS is that if you want to add a route to the routing table in EOS, you have to use sysdb-specific commands/APIs. With Cumulus Linux, you use "ip route add" or any other program that knows how to add routes to the Linux kernel using netlink or legacy methods. Same with ACLs, EOS has proprietary commands/APIs, Cumulus Linux uses iptables.

Also, A random Linux program will install and work fine on Cumulus Linux, whereas it usually takes a (small, but real) amount of work to make that happen on EOS. I've even installed and run Firefox from the Debian repo onto a switch, and it worked fine.

- nolan
CTO/Cofounder, Cumulus Networks

Keep buying Cisco by gmuslera · 2013-06-25 04:08 · Score: 1 · on Chinese Media Calls For Boycott of Cisco

And a lot of other brands... if those are the routers where you can replace the original firmware with a more free, openly auditable alternatives like DD-WRT, Tomato, OpenWRT or others. Or even put Cummulus in supported models. Or if you go to a more generic pc like alternative, directly putting linux or some BSD flavors.

Re:so sick of this shit. by johanwanderer · 2013-06-19 05:59 · Score: 1 · on Cumulus Releases GNU/Linux For Datacenter Routers

Cumulus' product appears to be a full blown debian port that runs directly on expensive 48 port switches. Seems pretty useful to me. Feel free to point out alternatives.

FTFY...
Last I look, a Quanta 1GB switch is in the 3K range, and the 10GB switch is in the 11K range.

Here is the list of supported switches: http://cumulusnetworks.com/support/hcl/

Re:so sick of this shit. by Tailhook · 2013-06-19 05:26 · Score: 3, Insightful · on Cumulus Releases GNU/Linux For Datacenter Routers

giving neither a link to the source nor direct credit. I dont see GPL anywhere on the site.

There are multiple direct source links here, each with related licenses called out. The GPL licence is mentioned multiple times on that page.

nor direct credit

Direct credit appears in several places, including here.

"The Cumulus Linux software distribution is based on Debian. It provides the same Linux capabilities as Debian with the addition of networking packages."

None of this is more than 1 or 2 clicks into the public site. Stop making stuff up.