From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Mon Oct 18 09:13:13 2010 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:13:35 +0100 From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> To: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com> Subject: Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch Cc: nanog@nanog.org

On 18/10/2010 14:27, Brandon Kim wrote:

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Good question Nick, what is a cloud switch? Is this like VSS in cisco where you have a virtual chassis?

The vss is virtual management software for a virtual switch. This box looks like a piece of hardware that you can plug things into, so I'm just wondering what makes this a cloud switch and some other piece of kit not a cloud switch.

Maybe it has to do with whether the magic smoke is on the inside or the outside of the box. <grin>