x86 switches?!?
Testing more network switch vendors to find the least sucky. This one boots into GRUB and NetBSD and also is this a switch or a server?!pic.twitter.com/C9PN9ZtU1h
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Yup. Dell. I'm not sure how I feel about this. So far the cheapest. Unboxing impressions are good though. We'll see how it operates.
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what are the odds of something like this being a security risk omg
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This is via a local access serial console, so it's not security relevant.
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We have a router that is an atom c2xxx series cpu. I am no longer surprised, I guess.
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I wonder why x86? Does your Dell switch support some fancy routing/filtering? What chipset are they using to implement the network ports?
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I think these are all Broadcom based switching ICs. It does do L2/L3 modes. Then again every switch seems to run Linux/BSD these days...
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Oh, it gets better. The newest OS release is actually Linux based, not NetBSD. Multi-OS switches!
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… we'll expect a full teardown blog post :D
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Yeah. Pretty common these days but usually the CPU is PowerPC or ARM. First time I see x86.
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