A White Box Switch is a bare-metal networking device built from standard merchant silicon and sold without a bundled operating system, letting operators install their choice of network OS such as SONiC. It decouples hardware from software, lowering cost and avoiding vendor lock-in, and is common in hyperscale and large enterprise fabrics that want uniform, programmable switching.
Category: Network & Connectivity · Subcategory: Data Center Network Architecture · Part of the AIDC Technical Terminology reference.