Cumulus Linux ends Broadcom support – Now What?
NVIDIA has ended support for Broadcam ASICs following its acquisition of Cumulus Networks and Mellanox. For organizations facing the challenge of what to do next, Pica8 delivers a turnkey, Linux-based NOS with seamless interoperability with your existing Broadcom and network switches.
Don't lose your investment in Broadcom switches
With over a decade designing, deploying, and supporting HPC, data center, and enterprise networks, Pica8 delivers the freedom, flexibility, and scalability of truly flexible networking to the enterprise. Built on an unmodified Debian Linux kernel, our proven NOS makes it easy to develop and integrate network applications while running on multi-vendor switches or in a virtualized SDN environment.
Full support for Broadcom StrataXGS switch solutions
Runs on multi-vendor switches with full support for multi-gig & PoE hardware
EVPN-VXLAN fabric for modern campus & data center networks
Network monitoring & telemetry capabilities with gNMI, SNMP & sFlow
Automate end-to-end network lifecycle management
Zero-trust integration with NAC Policy Managers
Flexible licensing options without the vendor lock-in
Industry-leading, 5-star enterprise support
End-to-end network automation at scale
Zero-Touch Provisioning
Scale easily and securely from anywhere with automated provisioning and policy enforcement to save hours of manual labor.
Configuration Management
Push updates, patches, and bug fixes to a single or group of switches to save labor, prevent downtime, and maintain network security.
Backups & Compliance
Automate configuration backups, operation logs, and compliance checks against a "golden config" with intelligent rollback to minimize errors.
License Management
Identify, alert, install & update switch licenses before they negatively affect your network.
"Pica8's response to our support questions has been really refreshing, after having dealt with one of their larger competitors."
"PicOS is a great solution, and the team supporting it is even better."
"You [Pica8] always have a good answer for us, and the turnaround time on questions has been even better than expected."
Industry-leading 24/7/365 enterprise support
Pica8 offers its customers the best service and technical support in the industry. Our industry-leading service promise ensures prompt and personalized support that no big-box providers can match.
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Pica8 delivers flexible networking to the world's leading enterprises
“We wanted to stay supported on Broadcom and fix interoperability issues. In the future, Gulf Medical plans to integrate with Pica8's AmpCon Network Controller for push-button automation and zero-touch provisioning.”
“We wanted to stay supported on Broadcom and fix interoperability issues. In the future, Gulf Medical plans to integrate with Pica8's AmpCon Network Controller for push-button automation and zero-touch provisioning. As well as utilize Pica8's Ansible Playbooks to customize automation.”
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