Trusted Delivery

Trusted Delivery from Extreme Networks is designed to protect your key

service delivery infrastructure at remote, often-unattended sites, as well

as within colocation and data center environments where shared facility

access is a concern. With Measured Boot—a security mechanism designed

to verify the boot and runtime processes—Extreme Networks provides

the capability to validate hardware components, boot process, and the

operating system from factory to installation. Combined with remote

attestation, where a trusted off-box challenger provides an objective

measurement of trust, Measured Boot provides ongoing binary-level

validation during operation.

Plug 'n Play

ExtremeCloud Orchestrator simplifies and accelerates the deployment of

the data center IP Fabric. The on-box application runs as a service on

the Integrated Application Hosting environment within the 8520 and uses

industry-standard open API-based programmable interfaces to provide

the easiest way to deploy, provision, and automate single or multiple

data center IP Fabric networks in the fastest and most efficient way.

ExtremeCloud Orchestrator is also the point of integration for VMware

vCenter, Microsoft Hyper V, and OpenStack.

High Availability and Reliability

All 8520 models deliver the high performance and reliability required by

modern enterprises and service provider data centers. 8520 software and

hardware are designed for high availability, featuring a clear separation

between the control plane and data plane and redundant power supplies

and fan modules.

Modular, Virtualized Operating System

The 8520 runs Extreme SLX-OS, a fully virtualized Linux-based operating

system that delivers process-level resiliency and fault isolation. SLX-OS

supports advanced switching features and is highly programmable with

support for REST API, Python, and NETCONF/RESTCONF. It is based on

Linux, which offers all the advantages of open source and access to

commonly used Linux tools.

With enhanced support for Trusted Delivery features, such as Measured

Boot and strong security defaults, Extreme SLX-OS continues to further

protect against ever-growing security threats to infrastructure.

Integrated Application Hosting

The 8520 can run onboard VM-based applications alongside the

switch OS—all without impacting performance. This flexible and open

solution enables organizations to deploy Extreme-provided or third-party

applications and tools directly on the switch for security, monitoring,

troubleshooting, or extended network functionality—based on customer

need—without a separate hardware device. This unique design does not

impact the control and forwarding plane of the switch and provides

dedicated CPUs, memory, and SSD storage for flexible packet capture and

off-line processing.

Management

The 8520 can be managed in a variety of ways. REST, NETCONF

management interface or simple on-box management functions are

delivered with CLI for manual configuration.

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