They will be deployed at EGN's custom designed and operated, 71,000 square foot data center in Santa Clara, CA, called OpenColo.
The solutions will give OpenColo the scalable data centre switching it needs to support its growing colocation and hosting operations to support future 5G, AI and IoT services.
Scott Brookshire, CTO of ENG, said: “Nokia and its SR Linux was an easy choice. We wanted a solution that was extensible, open, supported telemetry and gNMI, and was provided by a company that transforms networking both on the hardware and software side. Even more, we needed a partner that understands our needs and can work very closely with us to reimagine our architecture and solve some of our biggest problems. We also appreciated that Nokia builds and supports its hardware, so we have a single vendor to manage and work with should we ever run into problems.”
The Nokia data centre switching solution comprises SR Linux, an open Linux based NOS and a NetOps development toolkit that helps automate data centre network operations to improve their operational efficiency while reducing risk. The services that OpenColo supports using the Nokia data centre switching solution include bare metal and managed servers, cloud streaming and data centre connectivity.
OpenColo is also using the Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) to interconnect its data centres using dual optical fibre connections running at 100Gbps. OpenColo has also installed the Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR), based on Nokia FP4 silicon, to provide IP routing within and between its data centers, including peering and interconnection to multiple service providers.
SR Linux and the 7750 SR share the same proven routing protocols from the Nokia Service Router Operating System (SR OS). This enables OpenColo to offer its customers more reliable and stable data center switching and internet connectivity, as well as the ability to handle future data center and peering traffic needs.
