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Abstract: The Hardware Abstraction Layer: Enabling FTOS to Span the Switching and Routing Infrastructure

Force10 Networks has addressed the problem of network OS complexity by leveraging the concept of hardware abstraction to port its modular Force10 Operating System (FTOS) from the E-Series switch/router platform to both the C-Series and S-Series platforms. For all Force10 Networks families of switch/routers, the FTOS software is compiled from a single common base of source code. This development gives network managers the option of running a single operating system across all the switches and routers in the end-to-end Layer 2/Layer 3 network infrastructure from the access/aggregation tier to the network core and the data center.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

What is a Hardware Abstraction Layer?

NetBSD and HAL

FTOS and HAL

User Benefits of HAL-enabled FTOS

FTOS and HAL

Conclusion

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