Facebook Open Switching System (“FBOSS”) and Wedge in the open

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This post introduces Facebook Open Switching System (FBOSS) and Wedge, a top-of-rack switch. It details the disaggregation of network hardware and software, with FBOSS acting as a set of applications on Linux rather than a proprietary OS. The post highlights the development of the FBOSS agent for programming ASICs and the Wedge switch specification's contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), aiming to foster open networking hardware and software.