California based Toroki recently announced the LightSwitch 4810, a managed switch that is fully OpenFlow enabled.  The switch provides 48 gigabit plus 4 10-gigabit ports and claims an impressive list of advanced features including:

• QoS features including DiffServ
• A variety of management interfaces including SNMP and secure HTTP
• RADIUS authentication support
• ACLs for data plane traffic control

and many more.

We deployed the Toroki switch in our OpenFlow production network at Stanford several weeks ago and we have been very happy with its stability as well as with Toroki’s willingness to work with us.

Another advantage of the LightSwitch is that it is compatible with the Stanford OpenFlow Broadcom reference implementation. This potentially allows switching back and forth between Toroki’s production quality switch software and the more experimental but open source Stanford switch software.

Toroki provides a high density well featured switch with a variety of maintenance and support options available.  While similar switches may be available for research and development, this offering provides a validated platform with the support needed for production deployments.  Inquiries can be made via email to openflow@toroki.com.

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