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[Alexander Gall <>]

Hi Eoin

On Wed, 6 Jul 2022 16:13:57 +0000, Eoin Kenny <> said:

> We now have or BF2556X-1T. It boots to an ONIE shell. Is there an 
> installation guide for freeRouter on the BF2556X-1T?

The ONIE installation is the same for all platforms, i.e.

onie-shell# onie-nos-install 
http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin

This RARE release also supports the "gearbox ports" (the first 16
ports or so that also support 1G operation), at least to some
extent. However, this platform has not been tested very well with that
image.

Be warned that it takes over one minute for the gearbox hardware to
initialize when freerouter is started. Just in case you try to
configure something right after startup and notice it doesn't work :)

-- 
Alex


> Thanks
> Eoin

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> Hi Eoin

> The BF2556X-1T is already supported, it was just missing in Frédéric's
> list :)

> Regards,
> Alex

> On Tue, 17 May 2022 15:27:40 +0000, Eoin Kenny <> said:

>> Hi RARE team,
>> Great to see freeRouter/NOS support for the boxes below. Are there any 
>> plans to support the BF2556X-1T?

>> You have a review of the BF2556X-1T here, so it sounds like you might be 
>> working on it:
>> https://wiki.geant.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148091012


>> Regards
>> Eoin

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>> Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]

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>> Hi,

>> 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

>> 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