Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC)

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Cisco has teamed up with Microsoft to present our unique vendor and operator perspectives on Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) enablement. Join our team for the first in a series of collaborativley-authored blogs on building and operating next generation networks with SONiC.

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A modern, cloud-scale data center network requires resilient server-to-server communication. When faced with a rapid increase in the number of devices on the network, Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) can help in the most demanding cloud networks.

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What are the factors to SONiC adoption? How is it evolving in the open network operating system (NOS) ecosystem? Where is Cisco with the SONiC platform validation and support?

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Learn how SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) allows cloud operators to share the same software stack across hardware from multiple vendors. See how the SONiC Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) enables ASIC and hardware abstraction and network operating systems portability.

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On November 9th and 10th, we had the opportunity to showcase our commitment at the 2021 Open Compute Project Global Summit with a demo scaling a next generation data center with SONiC VXLAN on the Cisco 8000 for customers wanting a fully integrated system with the silicon, platform, and IOS-XR from Cisco, or wants to run SONiC on Cisco hardware (Cisco 8000), or wants a Silicon only offering.

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Discover how we are leveraging Cisco 8000 unique capabilities to implement SONiC on modular routing platforms, an industry-first.