SONiC: Open Source NOS in Data Center

SONiC as open source NOS empowers us to use uniform Operating System, Network Monitoring & Management tools and Life-cycle Management tools, across heterogeneous hardware platforms from multiple vendors, as opposed to proprietary NOS and customized tools per hardware vendor. There has been significant ongoing contribution towards the code and feature development in the open source community. Adoption is increasing as well and expanding beyond the cloud providers. While it is progressing to get more matured, it comes with its own challenges in order to operationalize it and to get the most out of it. High-level Agenda -------------------------------- What is SONiC Reasons / Drivers Timing & What Aligned to make it possible Maturity: Increasing User Base Broader vendor community participation Monitoring Goals of minimizing the features needed for the fabric Testing Experiences / User Experiences / Based on our Use Case Features / Configurations Supported Workload Operationalizing Management Automation Summary & Next Steps