Hardware-based switches

  • Zodiac FX: The Zodiac FX is the world's smallest and most affordable OpenFlow enabled switch. It provides many of the features of an enterprise-grade switch; yet, it's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, making it perfect for research and education. It currently supports OpenFlow version 1.0 and version 1.3.
  • Pica8 (P3297, P3930): Pica8's open switches are ideal for cloud or virtualized data centers that require flexibility and adaptability. These switches seamlessly integrate with today's data center applications on traditional network architectures, while allowing the exploration of new Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies, such as OpenFlow. Pica8 white box switches run PicOSTM, an open network OS that runs standards-based Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols with industry-leading OpenFlow 1.4/Open vSwitch (OVS) 2.0 integration.

OVS runs as a process within PicOS and provides the OpenFlow interface for external programmability. PicOS utilizes proven high-performance hardware with a switching fabric capacity of 1.28 Tbps and options for 10 GbE copper and fiber connectivity.

  • Hewlett Packard 2920: The HP 2920 Switch Series consists of four switches: the HP 2920-24G and 2920-24G-PoE+ switches with 24 10/100/1000 ports and the HP 2920-48G and 2920-48G-PoE+ switches with 48 10/100/1000 ports. Each switch has four dual-personality ports for 10/100/1000 or SFP connectivity. These switches support traditional technologies coupled with OpenFlow® support for SDN. The 2920 series of switches are most suitable for high-performance networks present in enterprise networks.
  • IBM Programmable Network Controller: The IBM Programmable Network Controller provides an OpenFlow-based fabric with centralized control of network flows and unlimited virtual machine (VM) mobility implemented in enterprise-class software. The controller automatically discovers the OpenFlow topology and maps physical and virtual traffic flows across any OpenFlow-based data center network environment. The IBM PNC helps provide a highly reliable, edge-to-edge system network fabric that can be defined for multi-tenant environments. Granular policy enforcements ensure isolation across multiple tenants. Administrators can use the IBM PNC to attach policies that direct overall network operations.
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