Accton Contributes the Industry's First Open Design of 100 Gigabit Ethernet Switch to Open Compute Project. Edgecore to Make Facebook Wedge Design Available as Commercial Switch Product. Accton/Edgecore Work in OCP Broadens Appeal of Open Networks
| SAN JOSE, March 10, 2015 OCP Summit - Accton Technology Corporation, the leading developer and manufacturer of open network switches, today announced that it will open source through the Open Compute Project (OCP) two new data center switch designs - the industry's first open design of a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch to enable continued capacity growth of web-scale infrastructures, and a cost optimized 40GbE switch design for deployment of current open infrastructures based on 10GbE and 40GbE. Accton’s subsidiary, Edgecore Networks, will market products implementing these designs as part of its open network switch product line that allows data center operators to deploy cost-effective and flexible public and private cloud infrastructures. 'Last year, Accton submitted the design of a 10GbE top-of-rack switch to OCP, which became the first network design fully approved by OCP,' said Frank Frankovsky, President and Chairman of Open Compute Project Foundation. 'We welcome Accton’s additional contributions of the 40GbE and 100GbE switch designs, and its leadership work within the OCP network community on conformance and interoperability testing, which are important steps to make open switching solutions more broadly deployable by customers.' Edgecore announced today the Wedge-16X top-of-rack switch, the first commercial product offering of the Wedge design that Facebook contributed to OCP. The Wedge16-X with sixteen 40GbE QSFP+ ports will be manufactured by Accton and available from Edgecore as a bare-metal switch in Q2, the industry's first network product designed specifically for web-scale infrastructures by a data center operator. 'Cloud data centers require open network infrastructure solutions that scale to meet application requirements, lower equipment costs through choice of standard switch hardware, and increase the flexibility and pace of innovation through a broad choice of NOS and SDN software platforms,' said George Tchaparian, CEO, Edgecore Networks, and GM Data Center Networks, Accton Technology. 'Accton's contributions of next-generation switch designs to OCP and our collaboration with Facebook for design validation and manufacturing of Wedge, plus Edgecore's open network product line and work with operators, software partners, integrator partners, and industry organizations all demonstrate our commitment to make open networking benefits a reality for more and more customers.' Accton and EdgeCore Leadership in Open Network Ecosystem Accton and Edgecore collaborate with partners and industry organizations to make open, disaggregated network solutions more easily validated and deployed by web-scale, enterprise and telecom organizations. Edgecore announced today the following initiatives that validate Edgecore switches for interoperability, ease of installation, and support with leading Network Operating System (NOS), SDN software, optical transceiver and cabling options.
Edgecore Networks Delivers Robust Open Network Solutions Edgecore's data center switches support leading NOS options, including Switch Light OS™ from Big Switch Networks, CumulusÒ LinuxÒ, and Pica8Ò PicOSTM. Edgecore's full portfolio of open network solutions is available through channel partners worldwide, including leading OCP Solution Providers such as AMAX, Hyve Solutions, and ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation. Edgecore is a sponsor of the OCP Summit in San Jose on March 10-11, and will be exhibiting Accton’s new switch design contributions to OCP as part of Edgecore's portfolio of data center switches. Edgecore will also be exhibiting at Cloud Expo Europe in London on March 11-12. Accton Switch Design Contributions to OCP OCP fully approved in October the Accton submission of a 10GbE TOR switch-- the Edgecore AS5712-54X-- the first network design approved by OCP. Accton is contributing new hardware designs to OCP of the following 40GbE and 100GbE open network switches.
Supporting Quotes 'Open networking is a significant component in increasing business agility while driving down costs when combined with OCP infrastructure. We are very excited about Accton's and EdgeCore's recent switch contributions and their potential impact to operating and scaling large-scale data centers efficiently.' – Julia Shih, Director of Strategic Alliance, AMAX 'We're excited to see the rate that Accton is bringing new switch hardware to the Open Compute Project and their support of the open source movement with Open Network Linux- it's proof that the open model is greasing the skids for bringing networking innovation to customers.'- Rob Sherwood, CTO, Big Switch Networks 'Broadcom welcomes the contributions to the Open Compute Project of two new switch designs by Accton, which leverage the market-leading performance and functionality of the StrataXGS® Trident II and Tomahawk™ Switch Series. These open networking platforms give customers greater choice in deploying data center fabrics migrating from 10GbE to 40GbE to 100GbE.'- Eli Karpilovski, Director of Product Marketing, Broadcom Corporation 'The Accton contribution of hardware designs to OCP for 10G, 40G and 100G switches furthers the goals of the open compute movement. By enabling a network technology stack that includes open hardware and an open operating system such as Cumulus Linux, Accton is fueling the proliferation of data center networking solutions that provide customers with greater choice and vastly improved economics.' Reza Malekzadeh, VP of Business, Cumulus Networks About Accton Technology Accton Technology is a global premier provider of networking and communications solutions for top tier networking, computer, and telecommunications vendors. Leveraging its advanced hardware engineering, software applications and system design capability, Accton collaborates with its strategic partners to architect, develop and manufacture innovative, leading-edge network products. Accton's evolving core technology and its highly-qualified global workforce enable it to deliver superior distributed virtual network solutions that are affordable and robust. For more information about Accton and its subsidiaries, please visit www.accton.com. About Edgecore Networks Edgecore Networks is a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology Corporation. Edgecore delivers network solutions through channel partners worldwide that keep information moving and connections strong for SMB, enterprise, data center, and service provider customers. For more information, visit www.Edgecore.com. Media Contact: Bill Burger, Accton Technology, bill_burger@accton.com, 508-485-5193 Big Switch Networks and Switch Light OS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Big Switch Networks, Inc. CUMULUS, the Cumulus Logo, CUMULUS NETWORKS, and the Rocket Turtle Logo (the 'Marks') are trademarks and service marks of Cumulus Networks, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of Cumulus Networks. The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark on a world-wide basis. All other trademarks, service marks, registered marks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners. |