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NVIDIA Cumulus Linux
The industry's most innovative networking operating system allows you to automate, customize, and scale your data center.
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux
Automate, customize, and scale your data center with the industry's leading hardened open networking operating system.
- ALERT: Cumulus Linux 4.2 is the final release to support Broadcom ASICs. Please contact us for options and recommendations for Broadcom-based platforms.
World's First White Box NOS
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux is a highly scalable network operating system that offers access to its source code, allowing users to troubleshoot, optimize, and get community support quickly, meaning you no longer have to depend on a third party for troubleshooting and support. The NOS integrates the power of Linux, providing a unified stack and strong community backing, even for those unfamiliar with Linux, thanks to its simplified command line interface (CLI). The platform enables swift provisioning of large-scale data centers through Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and makes the task of setting up and troubleshooting cabling less daunting with its Prescriptive Topology Manager (PTM). Configuration is simplified with automation-ready code and BGP Unnumbered, and it offers advanced capabilities for EVPN and Layer 3 connectivity. Built for the future from its inception, Cumulus Linux pioneered disaggregation and automation, providing holistic visibility, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management via NVIDIA Cumulus NetQ. NetQ also gives users container networking tracking and visibility, directly integrating with Kubernetes API, enabling real-time access to Linux networking events across the data center fabric.
Enhanced Flexibility & Standardization
Experience more flexibility by creating open, stable networks facilitated by standards-based protocols coupled with the freedom of Linux. Reduce complexities and get complete interoperability across your entire network with Linux, making your operations more efficient and manageable.
Reduced Costs & Increased Efficiency
Significantly lower your TCO by utilizing existing Linux-based management tools and your current staff. Enhance efficiency by assigning more switches per engineer, ultimately lowering costs and optimizing resources.
Fast Delivery & Advanced Automation
Accelerate delivery by leveraging native integration and best-of-breed tools for monitoring, automation, analytics, and more. Achieve comprehensive end-to-end automation for continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows, enabling a faster, more streamlined operation.
Superior Network Security
Ensure better network security with industry-standard security features and additional layers of security exclusive to Cumulus Linux. This combination provides a secure, robust, and reliable networking environment, safeguarding your business’s crucial data and operations.
With Cumulus Linux, experience increased flexibility by creating open, stable networks using standards-based protocols, complemented by the freedom of Linux.
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux Benefits
More Flexibility
Create open and stable networks enabled by standards-based protocols and combined with the freedom of Linux.
Increased Automation
Comprehensive end to end automation for continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows.
Reduced Cost
Significant OpEx savings by using existing Linux-based management tools and staff, and having ability to assign more switches per engineer.
Better Network Security
Get industry-standard security features and additional levels of security exclusive to Cumulus Linux.
Faster Delivery
Leverage native integration and best-of-breed tools for monitoring, automation, analytics, and much more.
Standardization
Reduce complexities and benefit from complete interoperability across your entire network with Linux.
NVIDIA Cumulus Networks Resources
NVIDIA NetQ
A toolset for real-time visibility, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
NVIDIA Cumulus Linux NOS
A flexible, open network operating system for Spectrum switches.
What Makes Cumulus Linux Unique?
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Cumulus Linux™ is now the flagship NOS of the NVIDIA Spectrum™ Ethernet platform, delivering the operational efficiency needed for AI, cloud, and simulation.
Why Hardware Nation?
Since 2017, our expert network engineers have successfully deployed solutions with Cumulus Linux, Pica8, IP Infusion, and SONiC. We understand the challenges and risks of open networking. Our deep ecosystem ties with vendors like Edge-Core, Arista, NVIDIA, Celestica, Dell, and UfiSpace ensure your SONiC adoption is seamless.
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SONiC NOS can be a game changer for your organization, but realizing its full value requires a trusted partner. Our team of multi-vendor experts can offer guidance and assess whether SONiC is right for your organization’s unique needs. We are partnered with industry-leading open networking vendors, and our prior real-world experience implementing open networking solutions enables us to identify the best solutions based on prior use cases. We guide customers through every stage of the implementation process, from discovery to consultation, roadmap creation, adoption, implementation, and management. Our experts, with their diverse backgrounds in networking, security, cloud, and other key areas, help determine the most effective approach to implementing an open networking solution, bridging the gap between emerging and traditional technologies.
Organizations choose NVIDIA Cumulus Linux for its open, Linux-based architecture that simplifies operations, enhances security, and enables full automation across scalable, standards-based data center networks.
FAQ
Disaggregation and flexibility
Offers expanded hardware choice, validated by the vendor for streamlined deployment, and avoids vendor lock-in.
Openness and programmability
Maintains open standards while providing pre-built integrations and specialized features for easier use and extended functionality.
Rapid innovation and customization
Leverages community advancements with a focus on stability, offering vendor-specific optimizations.
Cost savings and operational efficiency
Reduction in CAPEX/OPEX, plus streamlined deployment, automation, management, and enterprise support.
Cumulus Linux, founded in 2010, is the original open networking NOS based on the Debian Linux distribution. Over time, its popularity has grown, with 34% of Fortune 50 companies and over 2000 customers worldwide now using it in production.
Yes, but only the older 4.2 version of Cumulus. However, doing so is not advised as this version lacks recent security patches, potentially exposing you to vulnerabilities. Additionally, NVIDIA doesn’t provide support for Cumulus on Broadcom-based switches. Moving forward, the latest version of Cumulus will work only on Spectrum-based NVIDIA switches.
Cumulus is ideal for data center fabrics, supporting layer 2, layer 3, and overlay networks. Ideal deployment models include Clos, L3 network, L2 network, overlay network, and out-of-band management.
Onyx is EOL is and is now in maintenance mode. We recommend transitioning to Cumulus as the replacement OS.
Yes, SONiC is supported on NVIDIA Spectrum switches. All NVIDIA Spectrum switches come with the ONIE bootloader enabling you to load the SONiC image. However, please note that all Spectrum switches come with Cumulus Linux already pre-loaded.
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