Getting Started with Linux on Cumulus Networks

January 31, 2018

Cumulus Linux is a Linux distribution that is focused on layer 2 and layer 3 internetworking — switching and routing, respectively — using off-the-shelf whitebox switching hardware to accelerate the packet processing that would be done by software on traditional servers (see Figure 1). This allows networking hardware controlled by Cumulus Linux to achieve packet processing rates and functionality on par with traditional switching and routing vendors such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and others. It’s important to know that the high-performance switched Ethernet interfaces in Cumulus Linux are accelerated by hardware, and Cumulus has made the decision to prefix these devices with “swp” (short for switch port). Even if you went to another Linux distribution and renamed the “eth” ports with “swp,” they wouldn’t be accelerated because they’re missing Cumulus’ secret sauce.

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