Networking - project - (2026-07-13)

New to the Open Compute Project? Watch “OCP 101: How to Participate in the Open Compute Project” to learn how the community works — and join our mailing list, linked in the 101 video, to stay involved:    • OCP 101: How to Participate in the Open Co...   This OCP Networking call reviewed two new hardware contributions ahead of the incubation committee process. The first presentation covered a 102T Ethernet switch blade and rack system built on a Broadcom Tomahawk 6 ASIC, featuring hybrid liquid/air cooling, flyover copper cabling, and integration into liquid-cooled racks for backend network use cases. The second presentation introduced a modular smart switch DPU-sled design combining an NPU with pluggable DPU sleds, proposing to open-source the mechanical form factor, interface specs, and software/management stack (running SONiC and DASH APIs) to build a vendor ecosystem. Both contributors outlined next steps to complete formal specs and begin the OCP contribution process, targeting further detail by around October. Chapters: 0:00 Call setup and intro 4:13 Agenda and contributions overview 5:01 102T switch blade design 8:41 Blade internals and cooling 15:53 System architecture and control plane 22:31 Performance, optics, and racks 31:01 Switch design Q&A 33:24 Smart switch DPU sled overview 43:40 DPU sled software stack 48:29 Open APIs and ecosystem discussion