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White Boxing

A white box is a switch/router manufactured from commodity components that allows different Network Operating Systems (NOSs) to be run on the same piece of commodity hardware, decoupling the NOS software from the hardware. White boxes, first deployed widely in data centres, offer an impressive forwarding capacity for a very low price. Although current NOS platforms do not provide all the features required by NRENs, the white box approach has the advantage of improving an NREN’s level of independence from router vendors and could thus change the way NRENs manage their network deployments.

The work reported here is a study of white box usage in the NREN context with the perspective of deploying them in production. However, the business decision to go into production is not only based on technical considerations and total cost of ownership but also on internal organisational constraints (such as team workload, capacity to hire staff, strategic plan, etc.). 

For more information contact us at:

gn4-3-wp6-t1-wb@lists.geant.org





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Deliverable: D6.3 White Box Evaluation, 30 Oct. 2019

This deliverable reviews whether new types of white box devices can be used by the research and education community and for which use cases. 
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White Paper: White Box Total Cost of Ownership, 20 April 2020
White box technology offers an opportunity for network operators in the NREN and R&E community to gain a certain level of independence from vendors as it prevents lock-in to a specific hardware or software vendor or platform. Beyond the strategic interest in a white box approach, there is an expectation of a reduction in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a white box router or network device. This document describes the different components of that cost and gives guidance on how to calculate the TCO.
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White Paper:  White Box CPE, 24 April 2020
This document describes a white box technology pilot run for a high-school network in Normandy, France. It shows how a white box x86 server can be used as a CPE router, including the requirements, design and results obtained from the devices installed in the production network. It also explores the concept of NFV for potential future implementations.
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