Rare project developers

[Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>]

I was expecting to use a APS2556X1T for PolKA / Segment Routing.
What limitations does it have? Considering the SDE 9.7.0 BSP.
It seems that APS2556X1T and APS6064X are reaching end of sale, so do you 
guys know if they will continue receiving SDE/BSP updates?

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De:  <> 
Em nome de Alexander Gall
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 11 de maio de 2022 03:55
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Assunto: Re: [RARE-users] [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]

On Fri, 6 May 2022 19:53:16 +0200, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> The whole team is proud to announce the first release of RARE/freeRtr NOS 
> on :
> - Wedge 100BF-32X
> - Wedge 100BF-32QS
> - Wedge 100BF-64X
> - APS6064X

Also the APS2556X1T (with rather shaky support of the gearbox ports as per 
their buggy old BSP).

--
Alex

> This release is a first of its kind. It boasts:
 
> - an OpenSource routing NOS with feature rich features such as MPLS, 
> Segment Routing, SRv6 and related service (IPv4 and IPv6 L3VPN, VPLS 
> EVPN etc.)
> - OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP IGP with SR extension support
> - Unique in-house IGP: LSRP, PVRP  with SR extension
> - BGP (v4 and v6) with an long list of address family support
> - a unique and innovative forwarding paradigm called Polka (kudo to 
> UFES ;) )
> - an extensive list of specific tailored profile (the RARE/freeRtr can 
> act as P/PE,BNG,BRAS, CGNAT, traffic cleaner and more !)
> - an innovative software life cycle management leveraging Nix package 
> manager paradigm.
-> it is possible to upgrade and rollback without any hitch at the 
-> software distribution level
>       (think of an "apt upgrade" with the possibility to "apt 
> downgrade #n » at the router level)
> - multicast BIER
> - AMT gateway/relay
> - unicast 2 multicast translator
> - the possibility to run on TOFINO(*) ASIC unlock 32x100GE traffic 
> switching
> - A one liner ONIE image installation
> - and more …

> (*) It is not included in this release but RARE/freeRtr also runs on DPDK, 
> XDP, libpcap dataplane solution.

> More information at: 
> http://docs.freertr.org
> http://blog.freertr.org
> http://rare.freertr.org

> Last but not least: freertr.org

> For those you wants to start their journey:
> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/

> A large kudos to mc36 and Alex for their extraordinary and amazing work.

> For the future: 
> * New features
> * new dataplanes
> * but also TOFINO2 supports that will pave the road to 400G network 
> path

> We sincerely hope that you would enjoy a great experience with this release 
> !

> Feel free to engage with us via:
> -  for users
> -  for developers
> - IRC via #freertr @ hackint
> - Discord via RARE/freeRtr guild (upon invitation)

> Happy networking,

> All the best
> Frederic--