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Engineering notes, scaling guides and case studies on open networking — SONiC switching, VPP routing, optics and OpenWiFi.
SMPTE ST 2110 Network Design Guide: PTP Timing, Multicast Control and Redundancy on SONiC
Broadcast production is moving from SDI-based workflows to fully IP-based architectures. We supports this transition with SONiC-based switches for two typical environments: OB vans…
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RoCEv2 vs. InfiniBand in AI Fabrics: Architecture, Benchmark & Selection Guide
As GPU clusters scale from hundreds to tens of thousands of accelerators, the interconnect fabric — not raw compute — increasingly decides how much…
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AsterNOS SRv6 DCI Cross-Domain Interconnection: Option A/B/C Architecture & Selection Guide
In traditional enterprise and cloud-provider networks, the data center (DC) internal network (typically built on a VXLAN overlay) and the external wide-area network (WAN,…
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NPB GRE/VXLAN Tunnel Encapsulation: Overview and Configuration
As traffic analysis deployments grow more complex, directly connecting backend analysis tools to an NPB (Network Packet Broker) is often impractical. This article covers…
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Edge Router vs. Border Router: The Complete Guide to the Differences
In vendor slide decks and technical white papers, Edge Routers and Border Routers are frequently conflated—often with vendors slapping both labels onto the very…
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Next-Gen Data Center Fabric: Transitioning from EVPN-VXLAN to End-to-End SRv6
Over the past decade of cloud evolution, EVPN-VXLAN served as the standard foundation for data center virtualization and multi-tenancy. It broke the 4,096 VLAN…
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NETCONF, RESTCONF, and gNMI: How AsterNOS Implements Model-Driven Network Automation
CLI relies on text matching. SNMP can't write configuration. Those are the two structural failures that model-driven management fixes. AsterNOS unifies three protocols —…
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Asteraix CME102: Marvell OCTEON 10-Powered COM Express Type 7 Module for Open Networking
COM Express (Computer-on-Module Express) is a compact standard specification for computer modules. It packs a computer's most core components — CPU, memory, chipset, and…
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Beyond Virtual IP Failover: How AsterNOS-VPP Delivers Dual-WAN Stateful High Availability
Using VRRP Sync Group and HA Sync to protect enterprise edge connectivity during router failover
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