An innocuous Cisco blog post appears to have inadvertently revealed the networking giant’s plans to extend support for the software for open networking in the cloud (SONiC) standard beyond hyperscale customers.
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Spotted initially by The Register, the blog post penned by networking engineering SVP Will Eatherton states that Cisco’s N9000 data center switch line is “expanding” to include a SONiC foundation.
The N9000 was unveiled back at Cisco Live EMEA, powered by its Silicon One G300 ASIC. The addition of SONiC sees Cisco look to “extend flexibility” for data center customers operating either AI or non-AI clusters.
“Today, SONiC runs at large scale on Cisco platforms across hyperscaler AI clusters, cloud providers, and service providers, demonstrating that it is ready for production roles well beyond early trials,” Eatherton wrote.
