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Former Cisco data center guru illustrates birth of first open hardware modular switching platform

Finally in the below video, former Cisco engineering manager Omar Baldonado adds further "color" as to why Facebook developed the 6-pack switch:

New York City:   Mon, 2/16/15 - 11:59pm    View comments
 

Yuval BacharCiscoCisco alumni are changing the "face" of networking with exciting new innovation that directly challenges Cisco in the data center.
 

For example, the former Senior Director of Cisco's Data Center Architecture & Strategy, Yuval Bachar, gave the following Facebook presentation on the birth of the first open hardware modular switching platform:
 

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6-Pack
 

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We looked at the data center evolution
 

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From Wedge to 6-pack
 

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Stacked 12
 

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And 6-pack was born
 

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6-pack Highlights
 

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Why did Facebook build 6-pack?
 

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What is 6-pack?
 

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6-pack is a special switch
 

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Really special
 

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System
 

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System data path block diagram
 

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Line Card
 

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Fabric
 

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Software
 

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What's next?
 

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Summary
 

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Yuval Bachar Blog Email Yuval Bachar at Facebook
 

Finally in the below video, former Cisco engineering manager Omar Baldonado adds further "color" as to why Facebook developed the 6-pack switch:
 


 

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