What networking challenges does for the Open Ethernet addres

What networking challenges does for the Open Ethernet address and how does it improve them? • What would be some of the future business demands on data networks that Open Ethernet would satisfy?

Solution

OpenEthernet is an open switch initiative that separates the switch hardware from it\'s software. So, it allows hardware from any vendor to be used with any switch software. So, it addresses the challenge of changing the software without the need to change any underlying hardware. Traditionally, the switching software was closely tied to the hardware and modifyng the software required changing the hardware. OpenEthernet addresses this challenge by having Open APIs over it\'s hardware that can be leveraged by any software. Thus it gives the freedom to run any software over any hardware.

The future business demands that would be satisfied by OpenEthernet are enabling customized software solutions for different business needs without changing of hardware so that infrastructure cost is reduced and the flexibility to use the same hardware for different operations at different times as per the business requirements. It would also reduce the dependency on hardware vendors to address business needs.