SONiC - The Future of Networking OS

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An open source network OS that runs on heterogeneous switches and claims real scale — Microsoft reports 650,000 devices running SONiC; Dell ships hardware with SONiC preinstalled. Architecture is modular (protocols in Linux Docker containers) and uses SAI switch abstraction to bridge silicon vendors. Recent releases add IPv6 and TLS 1.3, AI-driven security and diagnostics, about 37–38 new features in 2024, a ~20% increase in test coverage and a ~98% master pass rate, improving stability.

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