Introducing “6-pack”: the first open hardware modular switch

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This post introduces '6-pack,' an open hardware modular switch platform designed to address the limitations of traditional networking technologies at Facebook's scale. It builds upon previous work like the Wedge modular switch and FBOSS operating system, creating a disaggregated network architecture with independent switching elements. The 6-pack platform aims to provide flexibility, efficiency, and scalability by allowing any size switch to be built from common building blocks and is intended for contribution to the Open Compute Project.