Summary: Microsoft has developed the Azure Cloud Switch (ACS), a new Linux-based networking OS. ACS was designed using the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) specification, an Open Compute Project (OCP) standard that has an API for programming network switch chips. Microsoft is a founding member of SAI, along with Dell, Facebook, Broadcom, Intel and Mellanox. The SAI spec was officially adopted by the OCP in July.
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