FIRST SONiC OS 400Gbit
FULLY MANAGED SWITCH

Decouples Hardware & Software

SONiC is built on the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI), which defines a standardized API. Larch Networks had pioneered to developed full SAI integration for Marvell ASIC based devices and present first SONIC oriented total hardware + software solution to the market.

SONiC Accelerates Software Evolution

SONiC is the first solution to break monolithic switch software into multiple containerized components. SONiC enables fine-grained failure recovery and in-service upgrades with zero downtime. It does this in conjunction with Switch State Service (SWSS), a service that takes advantage of open source key-value pair stores to manage all switch state requirements and drives the switch toward its goal state. Instead of replacing the entire switch image for a bug fix, you can now upgrade the flawed container with the new code, including protocols such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), without data plane downtime. This capability is a key element in the serviceability and scalability of the SONiC platform.

Containerization also enables SONiC to be extremely extensible. At its core, SONiC is aimed at cloud networking scenarios, where simplicity and managing at scale are the highest priority. Operators can plug in new components, third-party, proprietary, or open sourced software, with minimum effort, and tailor SONiC to their specific scenarios. Confirguration and management tools.

Monitoring and diagnostic capabilities are also key for large-scale network management. Microsoft continuously innovates in areas such as early detection of failure, fault correlation, and automated recovery mechanisms without human intervention. These innovations , such as Netbouncer and Everflow, are all available in SONiC, and they represent the culmination of years of operations experience.

Rapidly Growing Ecosystem

SONiC has gained wide industry support over the last year that includes major network chip vendors. SONiC system is fully open sourced on GitHub and is available to collaborators, researchers, students, and innovators alike. With the SONiC containerized approach and software simulation tools, developers can experience the switch software used in Microsoft Azure, one of the world’s largest cloud platforms, and contribute components that will benefit millions of customers. SONiC will benefit the entire cloud community, and we’re very excited for the increasingly strong partner momentum behind the platform.

Larch Networks had developed, provides and supports binary hardware abstraction components that allow SONiC system to run on the Marvell ASIC based line of Network Devices.