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Linux runs the control plane. The programmed routes go into hardware on the bigger systems, and either way there is no Linux kernel routing involved at all.
by topranks 8y ago
Linux runs the control plane.
The programmed routes go into hardware on the bigger systems, and either way there is no Linux kernel routing involved at all.
- jwbensley 8y agoI didn't say that Linux was involed in the forwarding plane or any routing. I was responding to Yihazi's comment that shell scripts are likely in use somewhere. This entire thread is in relation to the control-plane as that is where Cisco use Erlang. Scroll up much? Edit: If I'm not mistaken I think Linux is actually used in some platforms for routing the out of band management interface, but not transit traffic.