<s>
The	O
Software	B-Application
for	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Networking	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Cloud	I-Application
or	O
alternatively	O
abbreviated	O
and	O
stylized	O
as	O
SONiC	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
network	B-Protocol
operating	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
based	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
the	O
Open	B-Operating_System
Compute	I-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
ceded	O
oversight	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
who	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
Open	B-Operating_System
Compute	I-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
for	O
continued	O
ecosystem	O
and	O
developer	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SONiC	B-Application
includes	O
the	O
networking	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
components	O
necessary	O
for	O
a	O
fully	O
functional	O
L3	O
device	O
and	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
cloud	B-Architecture
operators	O
to	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
software	B-Application
stack	I-Application
across	O
hardware	O
from	O
different	O
switch	O
vendors	O
and	O
works	O
on	O
over	O
100	O
different	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SONiC	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
open	O
sourced	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
decouples	O
network	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
from	O
the	O
underlying	O
hardware	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Switch	O
Abstraction	O
Interface	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
network	B-Protocol
switches	I-Protocol
and	O
ASICs	O
from	O
multiple	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
supported	O
network	O
features	O
include	O
Border	B-Protocol
Gateway	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
BGP	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
remote	B-General_Concept
direct	I-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
access	I-General_Concept
(	O
RDMA	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
QoS	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
other	O
Ethernet/IP	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
support	O
is	O
provided	O
through	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
FRRouting	B-Protocol
suite	O
of	O
routing	O
daemons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SONiC	B-Application
community	O
includes	O
cloud	B-Architecture
providers	O
,	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
and	O
silicon	O
and	O
component	O
suppliers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
networking	B-Device
hardware	I-Device
OEMs	O
and	O
ODMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
using	O
and/or	O
contributing	O
to	O
SONiC	B-Application
include	O
Alibaba	O
Group	O
,	O
Aviz	O
Networks	O
,	O
Celestica	O
,	O
Arista	O
Networks	O
,	O
Broadcom	O
,	O
Dell	O
,	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
,	O
Comcast	O
,	O
Hedgehog	O
,	O
Juniper	O
,	O
Nokia	O
,	O
Nvidia-Mellanox	O
and	O
VMware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SONiC	B-Application
is	O
used	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
Azure	B-Application
networking	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
licenses	O
including	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
