SONiC Insights

What is SONiC?

SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) is an open-source network operating system based on Linux. It disaggregates network hardware from software, allowing users to choose the best-of-breed hardware and software components. SONiC is commonly used in data centers and cloud environments to build scalable and flexible network infrastructure, offering features like routing, switching, and network management.

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What other technologies are related to SONiC?

SONiC Competitor Technologies

Cumulus Linux

Cumulus Linux is a network operating system that competes with SONiC as an alternative OS for network switches.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 49% (129) of relevant job posts

DENT

DENT is a Linux Foundation project building a disaggregated network OS, similar to SONiC, but focused on the enterprise edge.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 93% (65) of relevant job posts

OpenSwitch

OpenSwitch was an open-source network operating system project that aimed to be a competitor to other NOS solutions. Although now defunct, it was a competitor during its lifetime.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 72% (65) of relevant job posts

Cumulus

Cumulus is a network operating system vendor that competes with SONiC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 21% (148) of relevant job posts

Arista EOS

Arista EOS is a network operating system that competes with SONiC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 15% (103) of relevant job posts

Cisco NXOS

Cisco NX-OS is a network operating system that competes with SONiC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 20% (62) of relevant job posts

EOS

EOS is Arista's network OS, and is a competitor to SONiC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 5% (86) of relevant job posts

JUNOS

Juniper JUNOS is a network operating system that competes with SONiC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 3% (124) of relevant job posts

SONiC Complementary Technologies

Switchdev

Switchdev is a Linux kernel driver model that allows treating Ethernet switches as network interface cards (NICs). SONiC relies on switchdev to interact with the underlying switch ASIC.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 86% (54) of relevant job posts

FRR

FRR (Free Range Routing) is an IP routing protocol suite for Linux and Unix platforms which provides routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, ISIS, etc. SONiC uses FRR as one of its routing protocol daemons.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 29% (114) of relevant job posts

SAI

SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) is a standardized interface that allows a network operating system to program the forwarding plane of a network ASIC. SONiC uses SAI to abstract the underlying hardware.

mentioned alongside SONiC in 15% (181) of relevant job posts