Cumulus Networks at the DeltaWare ETS.

For any network admins who pay Cisco SmartNet or have a desire to go 10Gb or faster you have got to make it to the DeltaWare ETS next Tuesday the 25th to learn about Cumulus Networks Open Networking platform. What Cumulus is doing to networking is a game changer on the level of what VMware did to datacenters.

Kevin Witherstine, Systems Engineer at Cumulus Networks will take us through the major transformation happening in data center networking. How the freedom of choose in network gear is driving reductions in CapEx and OpEx. How-to automate and manage your network like a large web-scale company but with a small team.

So what is Cumulus Networks?

Cumulus networking, is Linux, that has a network focused Linux distro based on Debian. This allows everything you expect in networking, within a version of Linux called Cumulus Linux. This brings common functions like bridging, routing, VLANs, MLAGs, IPv4/IPv6, OSPF/BGP, access control, VRF, and VxLAN overlay into the platform.

Because your running Linux, you get your favorite tools for networking, like apt-get. Like most Linux, you get a board Hardware Ecosystem of global hardware partners.

I don't want to give away too much. See you there! Sign up here https://dwdsinc.com/events/ets-2016/