PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pica8, a leading provider of advanced, open networking software, today announced that it has ported its popular Linux-based PICOS® network operating system (NOS) to Dell EMC’s high-end S4100-ON series of open networking enterprise 10G Ethernet switches. Already proven in multiple Fortune 100 enterprise deployments, PICOS will now support Dell EMC’s S4148T-ON, S4112T-ON, S4148F-ON, S4128F-ON, and S4112F-ON enterprise campus aggregation switches. All of these switches support the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) standard that allows PICOS to easily load onto the platforms for deployment.
With this porting effort, Pica8 now offers an open NOS for these switches that includes a large enterprise feature set capable of matching legacy infrastructure vendor offerings in the campus aggregation networks of Fortune 1000-class companies.
Running PICOS, both the Dell EMC S4100-ON aggregation switches and the Pica8-supported Dell EMC N3000-ON access switches can now be deployed in a modern leaf-spine campus/branch office architecture and managed as a single, logical switch with a single IP address via Pica8’s optional PicaPilot™ automated switch orchestration and management application.
Not only does this new Dell EMC/Pica8 pairing help slash the cost and complexity of existing Layer 2/Layer 3 enterprise networks, but PICOS also brings an integrated, Open Intent-Based Networking (OIBN) capability to every switch port in a network via Pica8’s CrossFlowTM, a Pica8-only feature that allows for concurrent control of all switch ports by both L2/L3 and SDN/OpenFlow. This gives customers granular control of security, policy, and visibility in a live L2/L3 network without impacting ongoing data traffic.
“A natural consequence of the maturation of open networking for large enterprise campus networks is that as customers prepare to globally deploy these systems, their focus shifts from putting the software through its paces to hardware, where layering on the requirement for world-class service, support, and sparing capability for their deployments takes precedence,” said Jeff Paine, senior vice president of marketing at Pica8. “In this context, having Dell EMC as a trusted top-tier open networking hardware partner with a world-class logistics and supply chain simply “de-risks” the entire enterprise shift to modern, open white box networking.”
PICOS on Dell EMC N3000E-ON and S4100-ON series switches offers enterprises a modern network replacement alternative for vast numbers of aging and expensive legacy access-edge and aggregation-layer switches in enterprise campus and branch office environments, where many of these legacy platforms were last upgraded during Y2K concerns. Running on Dell EMC’s top line of advanced open enterprise switches, Pica8’s NOS provides not only the required L2/L3 features, such as support for voice VLANs; old and new VoIP phones; OSPF; network access control (NAC); QoS; secured remote access (Radius, TACACS), and more.
With list prices starting at $860 (USD) for a 24-port perpetual license for the Dell EMC hardware, Pica8’s PICOS Enterprise Edition NOS for Dell EMC’s S4100-ON series of open switches is available now for immediate deployment in enterprise campus, branch and remote office networks.
About Pica8
Pica8 pioneered the modern disaggregated open networking alternative to tightly coupled legacy switches and routers by releasing the industry’s first Debian-based Linux network operating system (NOS), PICOS®, running on a wide variety white box and brite box switches, back in early 2012. Today, over 1,000 customers in 40+ countries depend on Pica8’s unique ability to manage every port in a network with both L2/L3 and open intent-based networking control planes. This tight coupling of control planes enables real-time granular control of enterprise applications; deep and dynamic traffic monitoring; and even attack mitigation to now take place directly on the switches themselves. This proven, mainstream alternative to proprietary legacy infrastructure can be ordered directly from Pica8, from Dell EMC field sales, and through a variety of strategic global partners. For more information, visit www.pica8.com, email us at sales@pica8.com, or follow us on LinkedIn or on Twitter @pica8.
Media Contacts:
Holly Hagerman, Connect Marketing – (801) 368-6928
Jeff Paine, SVP Marketing, Pica8 – (650) 575-4037