Engineering at Meta

OCTOBER 15, 2024

At Open Compute Project Summit (OCP) 2024, we’re sharing details about our next-generation network fabric for our AI training clusters. We’ve expanded our network hardware portfolio and are contributing two new disaggregated network fabrics and a new NIC to OCP. At Meta, we believe that open hardware drives innovation.

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Network Engineering

MAY 18, 2022

I am just beginner, I just want to setup my mini data center and for testing i get a FTTH connection and /30 ip pool, ISP reply is something like that, "IP Pool 103.15.xx.xx/30 30 has been assigned and routed with 112.133.xx.xx,

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Kentik

JANUARY 6, 2021

In part 1 of this series , I talked about the importance of network observability as our customers define it — using advances in data platforms and machine learning to supply answers to critical questions and enable teams to take critical action to keep application traffic flowing.

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Packet Pushers

MAY 27, 2024

Take a Network Break! We start with a new data center Ethernet switch from Dell designed to accelerate workloads on AI Ethernet fabrics. Public cloud networking startup Alkira raises $100 million in funding. Read more » Take a Network Break! Read more » Take a Network Break!

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The Network DNA

JULY 31, 2024

CCNA: IP Routing (Communication between two different networks) In this article, we are going to talk about IP routing which is a process of communication between two different networks. Here well see how a layer 3 switch or a router transmit packets between different networks using the layer 3 destination address.

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The Network DNA

JULY 16, 2024

To do that it builds the Ethernet Frame and puts its MAC address as the Source MAC address (SMAC) and layer 2 broadcast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff). PC-2 now creates an Ethernet frame to respond to the ARP. The Network DNA CCNA RnS #13: CSMA/CD - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #12 : Ethernet Frame Type & FCS Field!

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Global Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Summary Bullets: Colt will expand its network in Sydney connecting approximately 250 commercial buildings and over 20 data centers with services to commence in March 2025. Colt must continue to highlight its network capabilities and global reach to rival other global carriers and NaaS providers. CAGR to 2027.

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Juniper

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Official Juniper Networks Blogs The year in review: Delivering simplicity, productivity, reliability, and security with AI-Native Networking The past year at Juniper has been exciting to say the least. Junipers AIOps simplifies network management, empowering IT teams to shift from reactive to proactive management.

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The Network DNA

JUNE 11, 2024

CCNA: Ethernet Frame Today lets talk about the Ethernet Frame and its different fields. Understanding the Ethernet Frame and fields helps to understand the communication between systems and troubleshooting when things are not in place. A typical Ethernet frame looks like the one in Figure 1.

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VIAVI Solutions

MAY 23, 2024

VIAVI has spent decades testing Ethernet as a service, fueling its leadership position in testing modules, cables, and Ethernet ICs at the PHY layer. We also have products that cover the full stack to L7, offering breadth and depth of coverage.

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Engineering at Meta

MARCH 12, 2024

We are sharing details on the hardware, network, storage, design, performance, and software that help us extract high throughput and reliability for various AI workloads. Today, we’re sharing details on two versions of our 24,576-GPU data center scale cluster at Meta. We use this cluster design for Llama 3 training.

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How Funky

AUGUST 1, 2023

Broadcom presented at Networking Field Day 32 on July 26, 2023 and they presented on their AI Networking solutions. These are products and architectures that address the needs of those building out AI data center focused networks. Obviously the design will work for regular data center workloads too.

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Packet Pushers

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Network engineers have a good grasp on how to build data center networks to support all kinds of apps, from traditional three-tier designs to applications built around containers and microservices. But what about building a network fabric to support AI? But what about building a network fabric to support AI?

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Packet Pushers

MARCH 3, 2025

Take a Network Break! Cisco and Nvidia team up to put Cisco ASICs and the Nexus NOS into Nvidia Ethernet switches, the market reads tea leaves as Microsoft walks away from data center capacity, and Juniper. Read more » Take a Network Break! Read more »

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Juniper

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Official Juniper Networks Blogs Juniper: Innovation Without Compromise What does Atlantic Health have in common with one of the worlds largest quick-serve restaurants, University of Oxford, and ServiceNow? They have all switched from incumbent networking providers to Juniper Networks. Theres more innovation coming in 2025. (The

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Packet Pushers

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk Ethernet switches and wireless APs with sponsor Fortinet. Best known for firewalls and other security products, Fortinet has a full line of switches for the campus and data center, as well as a robust portfolio of wireless APs. Yes, Fortinet. Fortinet is here to make its case.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 6, 2018

The world of networking has a language of its own which is continually evolving as new technologies emerge, innovative ways of delivering network services are deployed, and global connectivity becomes increasingly essential. Internet Backhaul moving large amounts of data between major data aggregation points.

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Engineering at Meta

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These innovations include a new AI platform, cutting-edge open rack designs, and advanced network fabrics and components. Networking and bandwidth play an important role in ensuring the clusters’ performance. This represents a growth of more than an order of magnitude compared to today’s networks!

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The Network DNA

JULY 5, 2024

Introduction to VXLAN MP-BGP EVPN Route Types Before we start with the route types lets talk about the EVPN, EVPN (Ethernet Virtual Private Network), enables virtualized Ethernet communication between various network devices. It operates by using IP plus UDP to travel over the physical network.

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The Network DNA

JUNE 4, 2024

TCP/IP stack is a conceptual model consisting of network communication protocols. It provides end-to-end data communication. It specifies how data should be packetized, addressed, transmitted, and routed across the network. TCP/IP stack has four layers Application, Transport, Internet, and Network Interface.

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The Network DNA

JUNE 24, 2024

CCNA RnS #17: Switching Process CCNA RnS #16: Campus vs Data Center Network CCNA RnS #15: Memory Types - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #14 - CLI Introduction! - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #13: CSMA/CD - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #12 : Ethernet Frame Type & FCS Field!

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The Network DNA

JUNE 19, 2024

CCNA RnS #17: Switching Process CCNA RnS #16: Campus vs Data Center Network CCNA RnS #15: Memory Types - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #14 - CLI Introduction! - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #13: CSMA/CD - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #12 : Ethernet Frame Type & FCS Field!

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The Network DNA

JUNE 17, 2024

CCNA RnS #17: Switching Process CCNA RnS #16: Campus vs Data Center Network CCNA RnS #15: Memory Types - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #14 - CLI Introduction! - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #13: CSMA/CD - The Network DNA CCNA RnS #12 : Ethernet Frame Type & FCS Field!

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Juniper

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Official Juniper Networks Blogs Juniper: Innovation Without Compromise What does Atlantic Health have in common with one of the worlds largest quick-serve restaurants, University of Oxford, and ServiceNow? They have all switched from incumbent networking providers to Juniper Networks. Theres more innovation coming in 2025. (The

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Kentik

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Also this week, Facebook open-sourced its Open/R networking development platform. Facebook uses Open/R to support its wide-area networks, data center fabric and wireless mesh topologies. Alibaba’s next-gen data center uses Cisco tech (SDxCentral). AT&T makes its SD-WAN ‘dynamic’ (SDxCentral).

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CloudFaire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Aggregation : MPTCP can aggregate the bandwidth of many network interfaces. For example, in a data center scenario, it's common to use interface bonding. Mobility : On a customer device, a TCP stream is typically broken if the underlying network interface goes away. I repeatedly enabled and disabled Wi-Fi and Ethernet.

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CATO Networks

APRIL 2, 2019

In 2014, Gartner analysts wrote a Foundational Report (G00260732, Communication Hubs Improve WAN Performance) providing guidance to customers on deploying communication hubs, or cloud-based network hubs, outside the enterprise data center. This helps deliver predictable network performance. using secure tunnels.

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How Funky

MAY 19, 2021

Intel presented at Networking Field Day on May 13, 2021 - I really recommend you check out the presentation on Silicon Photonics , you will likely learn something new if you are not staying super current on optical hardware. As a networking engineer, optics are a big part of what you deal with in designing and building networks.

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How Funky

JULY 16, 2024

Intel has developed and sold classic Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) for a long time, but many might not be as familiar with their product offerings in the SmartNIC and more advanced NIC categories. My participation in Network Field Day, a Tech Field Day event, was voluntary and I was invited to participate.

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VIAVI Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2024

Modern high-speed links for the fastest Ethernet rates of 400GbE and above use PAM-4 electrical modulation. This modulation format allows interfaces to run at the speeds required for 400GbE and above, but PAM-4 modulation is more susceptible to the impacts of noise and signal integrity.

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

For several years now, the network evolution spotlight has been on SD-WAN , and rightfully so. SD-WAN provides big advancements in connecting branch locations into central data centers in a cost-effective manner. Now the spotlight is shifting to the next evolution of networking: the secure access service edge (SASE).

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CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

To remedy this situation, network architects have two primary options: Meet Me direct connect services that establish a dedicated link (or links) between the enterprises network, and the UCaaS providers network, or SD-WAN. An architectural example is shown below. Another option is the use of WAN-Cloud exchanges.

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VIAVI Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This international conference is the premier event for high-performance computing (HPC), networking, storage, and analysis. Join VIAVI at SC24 in Atlanta!

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VIAVI Solutions

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Since VIAVI announced its ONE LabPro ONE-1600, dual OSFP1600 test system at ECOC 2024, we have been very busy supporting the ecosystem by developing and validating 1.6Tb/s modules around the world. Decades of compounding experience from 10Gb/s to 1.6Tb/s today has given VIAVI a solid foundation and several unique applications.

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VIAVI Solutions

AUGUST 30, 2024

1.6Tb class modules are now being developed to meet the raw bandwidth and bandwidth density demands of applications including factory scale AI and hyperscale computing. Based on emerging standards from IEEE and OIF, they build upon a solid 800Gb ecosystem and include several new features both evolutionary and revolutionary.

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VIAVI Solutions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“Engineering Marvels” Support AI and High-Performance Computing Workloads Since the early days of optical modules like 300pin MSA and the first 10G XFPs, VIAVI has led innovation and applications to support the transceiver ecosystem.

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VIAVI Solutions

MARCH 26, 2024

We at VIAVI have long been aware of the impact of latency on the datacoms and telecoms ecosystem. Specialized applications have been developed which allow customers to develop and evaluate ICs, optical modules, ASICs and systems based on their bandwidth throughput and latency.

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