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Hardware Requirements¶
Netris Controller¶
We recommend two Ubuntu 24.04 servers with the below specs. Netris controller can also run on other Linux OSes or on a shared Kubernetes cluster.
Use Case |
CPU Cores |
RAM |
SSD/NVME |
Network |
Leaf/Spine 1-30 switches |
4 |
32 GB |
300 GB |
2x 1GbE+ NIC |
Leaf/Spine 30-100 switches |
8 |
32 GB |
600 GB |
2x 1GbE+ NIC |
Leaf/Spine 100-300 switches |
16 |
64 GB |
1 TB |
2x 10GbE+ NIC |
Leaf/Spine 300+ switches |
32 |
128 GB |
2 TB |
2x 10GbE+ NIC |
Spectrum-X 1-8 SUs |
16 |
64 GB |
1 TB |
2x 10GbE+ NIC |
Spectrum-X 16-32 SUs |
32 |
128 GB |
2 TB |
2x 10GbE+ NIC |
Spectrum-X 32+ SUs |
64 |
256 GB |
10 TB |
2x 10GbE+ NIC |
Netris SoftGate HS (The Horizontally Scalable version)¶
A minimum of 4 dedicated servers are required for an HA (highly available) active-active SoftGate HS cluster. Two SoftGates will forward stateful traffic (SNAT), and two others will forward the stateless traffic (DNAT, 1:1 NAT, Layer-4 Load Balancing, etc.) Each group (stateful and stateless) can be scaled horizontally by deploying more servers as CPU & RAM utilization necessitates.
Server specs:
Minimum |
Recommended |
|
CPU (Modern Intel/AMD X86) |
16 Cores |
32 Cores |
RAM |
128 GB |
256 GB |
NIC prod |
2x 10GbE |
2x 25GbE |
NIC OOB |
1x 1GbE |
1x 1GbE |
Disk |
300 GB |
300 GB |
OS |
Ubuntu 24.04 |
Ubuntu 24.04 |
Supported Switch Hardware¶
Nvidia¶
Manufacturer |
Model |
ASIC |
Ports |
NOS |
Caveats |
Supported |
Nvidia |
SN2010 |
Spectrum |
18 x SFP28 25GbE + 4 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN2100 |
Spectrum |
16 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN2201 |
Spectrum |
48 x RJ45 + 4 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN2410 |
Spectrum |
48 x SFP28 25GbE + 8 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN2700 |
Spectrum |
32 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN3420 |
Spectrum 2 |
48 x SFP28 25GbE + 12 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN3700C |
Spectrum 2 |
32 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN3700 |
Spectrum 2 |
32 x QSFP56 200GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN4410 |
Spectrum 3 |
24 x QSFP28-DD 100G + 8 x QSFP-DD 400GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN4600C |
Spectrum 3 |
64 x QSFP28 100GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN4600 |
Spectrum 3 |
64 QSFP56 200GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN4700 |
Spectrum 3 |
32 x QSFP-DD 400GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN5400 |
Spectrum 4 |
64 x QSFP-DD 400GbE + 2 x SFP28 25GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
|
Nvidia |
SN5600 |
Spectrum 4 |
64 x OSFP 800GbE + 1 x SFP28 25GbE |
Cumulus Linux |
✔ |
Dell¶
Manufacturer |
Model |
ASIC |
Ports |
NOS |
Caveats |
Supported |
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5212F-ON |
Broadcom Trident III |
12 x 25G SFP28 + 3 x 100GbE QSFP28 |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5224F-ON |
Broadcom Trident III |
24 x 25G SFP28 + 4 x 100GbE QSFP28 |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5232F-ON |
Broadcom Trident III |
32 x 100GbE QSFP28 |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5248F-ON |
Broadcom Trident III |
48 x 25G SFP28 + 4 x 100GbE QSFP28 + 2 x 200GbE QSFP28 |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5296F-ON |
Broadcom Trident III |
96 x 25G SFP28 + 8 x 100GbE QSFP28 |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch S Series S5448F-ON |
Broadcom Trident IV |
48 x QSFP-DD 100GbE + 8 x QSFP-DD 400GbE |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch Z Series Z9664F-ON |
Broadcom Tomahawk IV |
64 x QSFP-DD 400GbE |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
|
Dell |
PowerSwitch Z Series Z9432F-ON |
Broadcom Trident IV |
32 x QSFP-DD 400GbE |
Dell-SONiC |
✔ |
EdgeCore¶
Manufacturer |
Model |
ASIC |
Ports |
NOS |
Caveats |
Supported |
EdgeCore |
DCS201 (AS5835-54X) |
Broadcom Trident III |
48 x 10G SFP+ + 6 x 100G QSFP28 |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
DCS202 (AS5835-54T) |
Broadcom Trident III |
48 x 10G RJ-45 + 6 x 100G QSFP28 |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
DCS203 (AS7326-56X) |
Broadcom Trident III |
48 x 25G SFP28 + 8 x 100G QSFP28+ 2 x 10G |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
AS7726-32X |
Broadcom Trident III |
32 x 100G QSFP28 + 2 x 10G SFP+ |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
DCS510 (AS9716-32D) |
Broadcom Tomahawk 3 |
32 x 400G QSFP-DD |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
DCS511 (AS9737-32DB) |
Broadcom Tomahawk 4 |
32 x 400G QSFP56-DD |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
|
EdgeCore |
AIS800-64O |
Broadcom Tomahawk 5 |
64 x OSFP800 |
EC-SONiC |
✔ |
Arista¶
Manufacturer |
Model |
ASIC |
Ports |
NOS |
Caveats |
Supported |
Arista |
7020R |
Qumran |
24 x 10G + 2 QSFP100; 32 x 10G + 2 QSFP100; 48 x 100/1000Mb + 6 SFP+; 48 x 100/1000Mb + 6 SFP+ |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7050X3 |
Broadcom Trident III |
32 x QSFP100; 48 x SFP25 + 12 x QSFP100; 48 x SFP25 + 8 x QSFP100; 48 x 10G-T + 8 x QSFP100 |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7050X4 |
Trident-4 |
32 QSFP-DD 400G + 2SFP+; 32 OSFP 400G + 2SFP+; 48 SFP-DD 100G + 8 QSFP-DD 400G; 48 DSFP 100G + 8 QSFPDD 400G; 24 QSFP56 200G + 8 QSFPDD 400G + 2SFP+; 48 QSFP28 + 8 QSFP-DD 400G + 2SFP+ |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7060X4 |
Trident-4 |
32 x QSFP-DD 800G + 2 x SFP+; 32 x QSFP-DD 800G + 2 x SFP+; 32 x OSFP 800G + 2 x SFP+; 64 x QSFP-DD 400G, 2 x SFP+; 32 x QSFP-DD + 1x SFP+; 56x QSFP100, 8 x QSFP-DD 400G + 1x SFP+ |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7060X5 |
Tomahawk 4 |
32 x QSFP-DD 800G + 2x SFP+; 32 x QSFP-DD 800G + 2x SFP+; 32 x OSFP 800G + 2x SFP+; 64 x QSFP-DD 400G + 2x SFP+; : 32 x QSFP-DD + 1 x SFP+; 56x QSFP100, 8 x QSFP-DD 400G, 1x SFP+ |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7280R3A |
Jericho2 |
144 x 100G or 36 x 400G |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7280R3 |
Jericho2 |
24 x 400G; 96 x 100G; 25G + 8 x 100G |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7358X4 |
Trident-4 |
128 x QSFP or 32 x OSFP / QSFP-DD |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7358X4 |
Trident-4 |
128 x QSFP or 32 x OSFP / QSFP-DD |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7368X4 |
Tomahawk 3 |
128 x 100G or 32 x 400G |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7300R3 |
Trident-4 |
256 wire-speed 40GbE ports |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |
|
Arista |
7500R3 |
Jericho, Jericho2 |
Up to 288 wire-speed 400G ports |
EOS |
Dec/2024 |