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You can run commodity / white box switches in regular old mode, with routing protocols etc. Just because you have a Broadcom chip doesn’t mean you need to use
by topranks 7y ago
You can run commodity / white box switches in regular old mode, with routing protocols etc.
Just because you have a Broadcom chip doesn’t mean you need to use some new-fangled centralized / crontroller based control plane.
- Silhouette 7y agoSure. My point was just that the more free/open alternatives to newer technologies in the industry aren't necessarily advanced enough yet to displace coughing up whatever it takes to buy big name brands and their big budget support contracts so everything comes from one place.