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Open Networking Benefits

Open networking is helping to transform the way IT is deployed and used by many types of businesses. Open networks are
based on networking hardware whose designs are fully open-sourced, with a choice of independent open software for NOS,
SDN, virtualization and cloud orchestration.
For years, hyperscale data center operators have been enjoying the benefits of open networking: automated and
accelerated provisioning of network capacity and services, greater control over the development of enhanced network
services, flexibility to work with best-in-class suppliers, reduced network equipment expenses, and reduced operating
expenses. These open network benefits are now available for many more network use cases.
Public and private cloud data centers of all sizes are being deployed with network fabrics built from open TOR and spine
switches. Open networks are addressing telecommunications service provider requirements for new central office
architectures, managed services delivery, monitoring and analytics networks, and Internet exchanges. Enterprises are
deploying open network solutions outside their data centers, in distribution facilities, Power-over-Ethernet networks for
wireless access and security applications, and campus networks.

Edgecore Networks, Leadership in Open Networking

Together with its technology and integration partners, Edgecore Networks delivers leading open networks solutions for
cloud data center, telecommunications and enterprise customers.

Edgecore is an Accton company, leveraging the network technology, development and manufacturing capabilities of
Accton Technology, the leading network ODM.
Edgecore supplies Facebook and other hyperscale cloud operators with open network switches that meet the most
demanding performance, scale and reliability requirements.
Edgecore is a leader in the OCP Networking Project, with a full set of open switches based on its OCP-accepted design
contributions: a 10GbE TOR switch which was the first switch ever accepted by OCP, a cost-optimized 40GbE switch, and
two 100GbE switches based on switch silicon from different vendors allowing network operators to increase capacity
with infrastructures based on 25G and 100G.
Edgecore has contributed to OCP new classes of open hardware platforms to extend open networking to additional use
cases in the data center, and beyond to the service provider edge and the enterprise access network. Those platforms
include the Open Modular Platform supporting up to 512-ports of 100GbE for data center spine and core network
applications, high-buffer switches for data center interconnect and service provider edge applications, and the
industry’sfirst open WiFi Access Points and PoE access switches to bring open networking to enterprise access networks.
Edgecore switches support the broadest set of commercial and open source software choices in the industry, providing
customers with alternatives to meet their specific requirements.
Edgecore’s value added distributor, integrator, and reseller partners provide a full set of services and IT infrastructure to
support the requirements of cloud service providers, big data companies, telecom operators, and enterprises.
Edgecore has contributed the first 400G open networking switch to OCP to lead the open networking innovation.

Commercial Networking Operating System Options

All Edgecore open network switches support the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) for automated loading of
compatible NOS software. Edgecore switches support the broadest set of commercial and open source NOS and SDN
software choices in the industry, providing customers with alternatives to meet their specific requirements, and offering
network management and cloud orchestration flexibility for enterprises, data centers, and telecommunication service
providers.

For more Commercial Networking Operating System information, please visit

https://www.edge-core.com/partners.php?id=1

www.edge-core.com