Watch a 13-minute conference talk from the OCP Summit 2023 where Microsoft experts Prince Sunny, Guohan Lu, and Lihua Yuan explore the revolutionary Smart Switch form factor powered by SONiC. Learn about the software architecture behind Smart Switch and its integration with SONiC and DASH, examining diverse use cases from data centers to edge computing. Discover how this innovative solution redefines network scalability and performance through detailed explanations of hardware concepts, topology, packet flow, high availability features, pairing mechanisms, active standby configurations, and NPU requirements. Gain valuable insights into the future of intelligent networking as the speakers walk through the motivation, proposals, and practical implementations of this cutting-edge technology.
Building Limitless Networks with Smart Switch and SONiC Architecture
Open Compute Project via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Agenda
Hardware Concept
Motivation
Use Case
Proposal
High availability
topology
packet flow
pairing
Active standby
NPU requirements
Sonic Architecture
Call to Action
Outro
Taught by
Open Compute Project
