SONiC

SONiC(Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) is an open-source network operating system based on Linux that runs on switches from multiple vendors and ASICs. SONiC offers a full-suite of network functionality that has been production-hardened in the data centers. It offers users the flexibility to create the network solutions they need while leveraging the collective strength of a large ecosystem and community. The open-source SONiC project is available at GitHub (https://github.com/Azure/SONiC/wiki)

Enterprisie SONiC Distribution by QCT

Enterprise SONiC Distribution by QCT is a hardened, open distribution of SONiC with production-ready enterprise feature enhancements that targets at Data center leaf and spine deployment. Enterprise-ready features includes layer 2 and layer 3 protocols, QoS capabilities, and management protocols. Enterprise SONiC Distribution by QCT helps users run their business with the innovation, scalable and flexible network solutions.  Enterprise SONiC Distribution by QCT is tested and validated across QuantaMesh switches, supporting a range of speeds from 1GbE to 100GbE.

Decouples Hardware and Software           

- Reduce operational burden with installation of free operating system

- Opportunities to select between many of hardware and platform vendors

- Enable complete flexibility and scalability for cloud networks

- Boosting technology evolution for containerized software

Unified Management

Enterprise SONiC distribution by QCT adopts open and industry standards manageability framework to improve agility and visibility. The standardized ecosystem provides economic benefits for a data center fabric solution.

Technical Support and Service

Enterprise SONiC distribution by QCT has been tested and hardened to ensure production-ready deployment on QuantaMesh platforms. QCT provides technical support for the software and keep regularly update based upon the latest community SONiC release.

Enterprise SONiC Distribution by QCT Example Topology

Enterprise SONiC distribution by QCT supports large scale data center deployments. It can be deployed in a layer 2 and layer 3 Clos fabrics. A overlay architecture allows end users to place servers and virtual machines anywhere in the network and remain connected to the same logical Layer 2 network, enabling the virtual topology to be decoupled from the physical topology. This decoupling allows the data center network to be programmatically provisioned at a per-tenant level.