Asterfusion has announced the official launch of full series of access& aggregation network switch for new generation cloud campus network in this Q4, which embrace the design concept of openness, simplification and energy saving. It is equipped with the self-developed AsterNOS network operating system based on the SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud),which aims to facilitate the transformation of open campus network services.
Bottlenecks of Traditional Campus Network
With the development of cloud computing, the scale of the campus network is also expanding.
In the traditional campus network, the broadcast storm of the Layer 2 network not only threatens the performance of the network, but also limits the further expansion of the network scale.
Meanwhile,roaming across different offices, floors, and buildings can also cause network disruption.
In addition, the STP protocol leads to the waste of network bandwidth. And the complexity of operation and maintenance caused by private stacking technology , which all bring trouble to the campus network.
“Customers often tell Asterfusion that what they need is a a more open, simpler operation and maintenance, no interruption, no flooding, more secure network.
Based on these needs,Asterfusion launches innovative layer 2 layer 3 network switches featuring with open , simple operation and management, convenient networking, high security, no flooding,low construction cost, which is designed for helping enterprise users build an open, intelligent, secure ,cost -effective network system.
Asterfusion New Generation Open Cloud Campus Network Solution
Minimalist O&M
Support Zero-touch provisioning,replacing manual operations with protocol automation, reducing business online time from weeks to hours.
More security
Terminals are invisible to each other by default, and can intelligently track and automatically synchronize terminal security access authorization.
One Network for Multiple Purposes
One physical network supports multiple” logical “networks,which helps enterprise save network infrastructure costs .
Seamless Roaming of Wireless/Wired Terminals:
Highly reliable mobile network for free mobility and seamless access; wireless access points’ switching in milliseconds, keep IP address unchanged, applications constant, security capability remains.
Minimalist Operation and Maintenance
Asterfusion campus network switches use a single configuration template for the entire network,through Zero-touch provisioning greatly shorten the equipment online time；no matter how many devices are connected to the network, the configuration modification of a single device is automatically synchronized to the entire network, effectively simplifying the complexity of daily operation and maintenance.
What is Zero Touch Provisioning?
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) is a way to set up devices that automatically configures devices using switch feature. ZTP helps IT staff quickly deploy network devices in large-scale environments, eliminating much of the manual effort to add them to the network. It’s usually found in devices such as network switches, routers, wireless access points, and firewalls. It allows the IT team to install network equipment without human intervention. In the case of large scale configuration of many devices, manual configuration not only takes time and is prone to human error,while ZTP is faster and colud reduce the chance of human error and ensuring configuration consistency.
More Security
Each port of the Asterfusion switch is a broadcast domain, and each terminal is isolated at Layer 2 and invisible to each other by default,in a result, viruses spread by ” broadcast “no longer have a foothold, effectively preventing malicious attacks on the network. In addition, access control will be performed for each MAC address, and the security policy of terminal roaming will be dynamically synchronized, so that the campus network can completely solve the problem of broadcast storms.
One Network for Multiple Purposes
Asterfusion campus network solution uses one physical network to host multiple” logical “networks. For example ,different enterprises in the same campus, different departments in the same company, and different services in the same physical network can be regarded as different virtual tenants .Multiple virtual tenants share a physical network, and tenants are isolated at Layer 2 without affecting each other,achieving “one network for multiple purposes” and help enterprise users reducing OPEX effectively.
Seamless Roaming of Wireless/Wired Terminals
Asterfusion open and agile campus solution, help enterprise users face the challenges brought by mobility easily. All terminals are in the same network segment and automatically go online with 32-bit Host routing through ARP To Host. The downlink IPs of all Leafs are the same IP, realizing a unified distributed gateway.When roaming, the MAC and routing entries of the whole network devices are updated by a distributed routing algorithm. After roaming, through ARP To Host to quickly go online in microseconds. Meanthile, the IP address remains unchanged, and ACL, SNP and other entries are globally synchronized, enabling services to travel freely.
Accelerating the Pace of Open Campus Network
In addition, all managed open switches all come with Asterfusion in-house developed open AsterNOS software, which is an open source SONiC based, production-ready and feature rich NOS. It is a modular design and container-based application architecture, with a key-value database (Redis) based message publish and subscribe mechanism, and unified SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) interface, which make it stand out from many open source network operating systems.
What is SONiC (Network Operating System)
SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) is a free and open source network operating system based on Linux and developed by Microsoft and the Open Compute Project.
SONiC includes the networking software components necessary for a fully functional L3 device and was designed to meet the requirements of a cloud data center.It allows cloud operators to share the same software stack across hardware from different switch vendors.
AsterNOS is a ready to use, commercial enterprise SONiC distribution. It has been improved from the basic aspects of functional features, product quality, component maintenance, etc., and combined with various typical application scenarios to do enough test verification, defect repair and other work.
Click to See what is the difference between Community SONiC and AsterNOS.
Asterfusion is currently the only company in the market to support a full range of campus network switches with a commercial version of SONiC . Our mission is “Re-engineer the cloud networks” , enable the flexibility and convenience of open networks sweep across data centers and campus networks.
Three-layer Elastic Network without Loops, De-stacking
Asterfusion’s campus network solution makes all terminals forwarded through Layer 3 routing, completely eliminating Layer 2 broadcast domains and loops & broadcast storms in the network .
Through avoid using the STP technology, it saves device port resources and improves device interface utilization. At the same time, ECMP is adopted for traffic forwarding to save device port resources and improve forwarding efficiency instead of using stacking technology.
Asterfusion New Generation Open Campus Network Achitecture
Asterfusion’s cloud-based open campus network solution enables the campus network from big chassis to small box , which can flexible horizontal scale-up; helps enterprises reducing OPEX through discarding STP and stacking (no flooding ), and supports multiple uses in one network , naturally supporting WiFi6……which can provide high-quality office access networks for enterprises with scales ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of people, as well as WiFi and wired access solutions for smart campuses.
| Model | Description |
|---|---|
| CX204Y-48S-M | 48x10G/1G SFP+, 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-48GT-M | 48x1GBase-T, 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-24GT-M-S | 24x1GBase-T, 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-24GT-M-SWP2 | 24x1GBase-T with 16xPoE+ (30w) and 8xPoE++(60w), 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, 370w PoE budget, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-24GT-M-SWP4 | 24x1GBase-T with 16xPoE+ (30w) and 8xPoE++(60w), 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, 7400w PoE budget, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-48GT-M-S | 48x1GBase-T, 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX204Y-48GT-M-SWP4 | 48x1GBase-T with 40xPoE+ (30w) and 8xPoE++(60w), 4x25G SFP28, fixed 1xPSU, 740w PoE budget, fixed 3xFANs, side-to-side airflow |
| CX206Y-48GT-M-H | 48x1GBase-T, 6x25G SFP28, hot-pluggable 2xPSU, hot-pluggable 3xFANs,front-to-power airflow |
| CX206Y-48GT-M-HWP4 | 48x1GBase-T with 40xPoE+ (30w) and 8xPoE++(60w), 6x25G SFP28, hot-pluggable 2xPSU, 740w PoE budget, hot-pluggable 3xFANs, front-to-power airflow |
| CX206Y-48GT-M-HWP8 | 48x1GBase-T with 40xPoE+ (30w) and 8xPoE++(60w), 6x25G SFP28, hot-pluggable 2xPSU, 1480w PoE budget, hot-pluggable 3xFANs, front-to-power airflow |
| CX206P-48S-M | 48x10G/1G SFP+, 6x100G SFP28, hot-pluggable 2xPSU, hot-pluggable 3xFANs,front-to-power airflow |
Modern campus networks are challenged by the explosive growth of mobile services and cybersecurity threats. Asterfusion campus solutions are designed to provide IT operators and end users with an open, flexible and convenient network experience while delivering optimized operational efficiency, security, scalability and cost-effectiveness.
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