Dell SONiC integration is GA
For network builders enabling AI, Hybrid Cloud, Public Cloud, Enterprise Cloud, and SaaS
We’ve been collaborating with Dell’s team for a while, and we’re excited to share that Netris now natively supports Dell switches with the Dell SONiC operating system.
Read the Netris 4.2.0 Release Notes.
Demo videos, webinars, and other helpful materials will follow. Right now, you are welcome to reach out to Dell and Netris if you’re interested in building and operating a private or public cloud using Dell SONiC switches and Netris network automation and abstraction software.
The common use cases are:
Alternative, Sovereign, and Vertical Cloud Services Provider
Most IT infrastructure provider companies are shifting to building public cloud service offerings, sometimes referred to as Alternative Cloud, Vertical Cloud, Sovereign Cloud, or Confidential Computing. Such public cloud platforms all need cloud networking abstraction, also known as VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) abstraction. Netris is the first company to provide purpose-built cloud networking abstraction and automation software to enable cloud builders and operators. From now on, Netris is available for Dell SONiC switches.
Netris’s fabric-manager functionality provides network automation and a VPC abstraction layer for the switch fabric. Netris’ SoftGate data plane provides cloud networking functions similar to Internet gateway, NAT gateway, and Elastic Load Balancing when compared to well-known cloud providers. Netris is multi-tenant and is designed with scalability and public cloud enablement in mind.
Private Cloud for Enterprise Data Center and SaaS providers
Some workloads have to run on your own infrastructure due to cost, privacy, latency, or strategic reasons. Data and egress-traffic-intensive SaaS providers want the minimal cost of infrastructure (minimal COGS) – so they build their own infrastructures. Large Enterprises have strategic requirements to host and process data locally.
In the era of AI and exponentially growing data, most forward-thinking organizations want to build their private infrastructure for hyper-automation, scalability, and agility — like a cloud but on your own terms — Netris software provides the networking automation and abstraction part of the cloud. This private cloud functionality is now available for Dell SONiC switches with our latest software version.
No NSX-T, not a problem
Netris’ fabric-manager functionality provides network automation and an abstraction layer for the physical switch fabric and integrates with Vmware vSphere to automatically provision underlying VXLANs and VLANs. So with Netris, once you create a virtual network in Vmware vSphere – there’s no need to ask network engineers to touch or configure network switches – Netris configures the physical switches automatically, creating the necessary VXLANs and VLANs to support what has been defined in Vmware vSphere virtual networking.
Netris also provides NAT, L4 Load Balancing, Border Routing, and site-to-site VPN network functions that commonly substitute VMware NSX-T. These functions are made available through SoftGate, a Linux-based data plane for Netris’ cloud networking functions. SoftGate usually runs on two servers and can handle up to 100Gbps / 25Mpps traffic.
Additionally, Netris integrates and works well with Kubernetes. So, if you need to run some workloads on Vmware and some on Kubernetes, Netris makes the networking part easy and automated. Even if you need your containers to communicate with your VMs and have network access control, Netris has got you covered.
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