Edgecore Networks, the leader in open networking,
today announced its contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP) of
the design of a 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400G) data center switch, the
industry's first 400G open design, that will enable public and private
network operators to increase dramatically the capacity of their
infrastructures.
"Four years ago, Edgecore contributed the industry's first
OCP-ACCEPTED network product, a 10G top-of-rack switch," said
George Tchaparian, CEO, Edgecore Networks. "Since then, we have
contributed over 15 network product designs as open networking
technology and deployments grew to include 25G/100G data center fabrics,
deep-buffer data center interconnect switches, service provider access
infrastructures, open modular chassis, and campus/branch/wireless
networks. Now, Edgecore is introducing the industry's first 400G
open network switch, enabling network operators to respond to growing
demands for network capacity, and increasing the bandwidth of open
network switches by a factor of 40 over the past four years."
Edgecore is contributing to OCP the specification and design package for
the AS9716-32X open network switch, which provides 32 x QSFP-DD ports
each capable of 400G operation, in a 1U form factor. The AS9716-32X
switch is based on the Broadcom StrataXGS Tomahawk III
Switch Series and incorporates an Intel Xeon
Processor D control plane processor.
"Hyperscale cloud service providers led the way for the adoption of
OCP-certified equipment with telco and tier-2 CSPs now moving to scale
deployments with top drivers such as customization, power efficiency,
and cost reduction," said Cliff Grossner, Ph.D., senior research
director and advisor of cloud and data center research practice for IHS
Markit, a global business information provider. "Production shipments of
400GE DC Ethernet switch ports will commence in 2019, and we forecast
revenue to reach approximately $1.6 billion by 2022, signaling a strong
need for 400GE Ethernet switching. Edgecore's contribution of their 400G
switch design to OCP is one indication of the OCP community moving to
address that need."
As with all Edgecore open network switches, the 400G switch supports OCP
software standards, including ONIE, Open Network Linux, the Open Optical
Monitoring (OOM) API, and the Redfish hardware management API. Edgecore
will work with commercial software partners and open software
communities to enable commercial and open source Network Operating
System (NOS) options for the 400G switch.
Edgecore Leadership in Open Networking
At the OCP U.S. Summit in San Jose on March 20-21, Edgecore will exhibit
the AS9716-32X open network 400G switch. In addition, Edgecore will
exhibit the following leading open network solutions with partners at
the OCP Summit and at Cloud Expo Europe in London on March 21-22:
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The industry's first cell site router designed as an open network
product, meeting NEBS and outdoor plant standards for mobile backhaul
networks;
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High-density 100G deep-buffer switch designed to bring open network
benefits to service provider aggregation networks;
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Cassini AS7716-24SC open packet transponder, integrating 100G packet
switching and coherent optical ports, exhibited in the Edgecore booth,
and demonstrated by IP Infusion with their OcNOS network OS;
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ASXvOLT16 virtual 10G PON OLT designed in conformance with the AT&T
Open XGS-PON 1RU OLT specification contributed to the OCP Telco
Working Group;
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OCP-ACCEPTED AS7816-64X 100G open network switch providing 64 x 100G
ports, based on Broadcom StrataXGS Tomahawk II Switch Series,
supporting SONiC and commercial software options; and
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Open WiFi Access Points, whose designs Edgecore has contributed to OCP
and which are powering the OCP Summit network with Mojo Networks NOS
software demonstrating open WiFi networks at scale.