Open Networking is

Networking Freedom

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 Pica8 Is The Global Leader In Enterprise Open Networking
Software

▪ Pica8 is the Software Cisco

▪ First to market with disaggregated Linux NOS for white box networking in Q1, 2012
▪ Software Products: AmpCon Network Controller and PicOS Software Switches
▪ 1,000+ customers across 40+ countries
▪ Recently closed $20+ million in strategic funding (April 2021)
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Pica8 Customers

First Data

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Enterprise Open Networking Solves Many Problems

Global Chip Shortage Hardware System Complex Licensing

Is Driving Upgrade Vendors Are Driving Schemas Are Driving
Strategies Upgrade Strategies Upgrade Strategies
• Equipment delays • Customers are being • Every long-time
projected until 2023 held at the mercy of network buyer has
(Cisco, Juniper, their vendor sales seen examples of
Arista) teams’ delays complicated licensing
• Affecting inventory • Creates impossible schemas designed to
and product product lead times, extract operating
development plans and enables price budgets
gouging

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Open Networking Software Is Networking Freedom

Network
Controller

Software
Switches

Choice of
hardware

• Complete separation of hardware and software

• No license restrictions for hardware and performance
• No additional fees for features and upgrades

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All-in-One Switch Automation Platform

AmpCon Network Controller is the

command center for your enterprise
network
• Automate switch deployment, configuration
and provisioning from a central console
• This will reduce and eliminate wasted time in
mundane network administration

PicOS Switch Software turns your white

box into an enterprise networking switch
• When used with AmpCon, switch deployment
is truly zero-touch provisioning
• Includes blocks of software switches:
10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 1000

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Pica8 in the News Pica8 recently announced a new pack combining its
AmpCon network controller and PicOS software switches,
and a $20 million Series C funding round. The plucky
vendor explained the moved shifted it one step further to
its goal of being the network industry’s “software Cisco.”
-Nancy Liu, SDxCentral

Pica8 is pitching their solution as a different way to get

the enterprise networked, and maybe a way to get around
gear shortages if you’re willing to go white box…With the
understanding that you’re bringing your own
hardware…Pica8’s pricing strikes me as aggressive.
- Ethan Banks, Packet Pushers

(Pica8) made a big deal about the licensing not being

some mystical incantation revolving around specially
trained engineers that know how to work out Cisco
licensing…people complain to me all the time about how
much time they’re wasting on calculating licensing for
zero gain.
- Greg Ferro, Packet Pushers
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 AmpCon / PicOS: Enterprise Must-Haves

Automation Hardware Freedom

Zero Touch Provisioning & Your Choice of White Box Networking Hardware
Lifecycle Management
• Power over Ethernet
• Auto deployment & configuration • Multi-gig copper ports
• Native Ansible playbooks • 10G, 25G, 100G optic uplinks
• Customized workflow • Spine-leaf for high availability

Security Virtualization
Build Zero Trust Networks Campus and Data Center
• Network Access Control integration with • Extend virtualization with
Cisco ISE and Aruba ClearPass EVPN/VXLAN from the data
• Downloadable ACLs for dynamic policies center to the access switches
• One policy across all distributed sites without chassis solutions

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Time Savings for a Block of 100 Switches

Task Manual AmpCon Automation

Zero Touch Provisioning 4-5 days 1.5 days
Custom Workflow (e.g. Add VLAN) 7 hours 20 minutes
Upgrade Software (PicOS) 1-2 days Overnight, in background
Config Update (e.g. Change Syslog Server) 7 hours < 20 minutes
Daily Compliance Check 1 Full Time Engineer Automated, exception reporting

“We ran an audit on 150 switches and
found 900 different configurations, which
breached the standards that we defined.
AmpCon automation fixes this problem
with a single click, all in software.”
Network Architect for Top 10 Global Systems
Integrator
“Time is money. AmpCon automation and
zero touch provisioning saves us loads of
time on switch license management and
standardizing configurations.”
Senior Network Manager for Top 3 Service
Provider with 4,000 retail sites

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World-class Support
▪ Single point of support
▪ Coordinated support with partners for SLAs and hardware replacements
▪ Access to Support and License Portals
▪ Online and phone support teams and tools 24/7/365
▪ Advanced RMA for selected hardware

“Pica8 support is a force in the industry. It sets speed records from ticket
submission to troubleshoot resolution to new software releases.”

Senior Network Manager for Top 3 Service Provider with 4,000 retail sites

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Pica8: The Open Networking Software Alternative to Cisco
AmpCon Network Controller Replaces DNA Center
• Industry’s first automation platform for white box switches
• Automate simple tasks and simplify complex tasks

PicOS Software Switches Replace Catalyst 3K, 4K and 9K Switches

• Blocks of PicOS Software Switches included with every AmpCon purchase
• No restrictions on hardware, port size and performance and no feature update expenses

Your Choice of Best-of-breed Hardware and Applications

• Industry’s broadest choices of 1G to 100G, multi-gig, PoE and access, aggregation and core switch
hardware from Dell, Edgecore and more
• Built to last on standard Debian Linux with Linux Ecosystem for infinite expandability

Support Evolving Security and Virtualization Requirements

• Integrate with leading Policy Managers for Zero Trust Security: Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass
• Virtualize access, campus and data center switch fabric without Cisco chassis solutions

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 PicOS Software Switch Architecture
AmpCon Network Controller – AUTOMATION/ORCHESTRATION

Ansible Chef Puppet SALT

NETCONF-YANG
Modular

gNMI - gRPC

SNMP - SSH
CONFIGURATION MANAGER
▪ FRR (Free Range Routing)
▪ Configurable Functionality PicOS Software Switch
▪ Linux Patches
▪ Interface Manager CWA EVPN MSTP

OF + ovsdb
Control Plane

JSON RPC

Control Plane
Linux tools
Scalable COA VXLAN MLAG
▪ Automated Provisioning

Programmatic APIs
MAB, 802.1x mBGP VLAN 802.1Q
▪ Automated Endpoint Mapping

TELEMETRY

NTP / PTP
▪ Dual Control Planes PVLAN VRF LLDP-MED

Analytic DB
Crossflow
▪ Dual Partitioning

OVS
ACL, DACL VRRP BUM
Open
▪ Unmodified Debian 10 PORT DAI POE
▪ Unmodified Linux 5.1 kernel
vASIC Abstraction SECURITY ROUTING (FRR) ACCESS
▪ Scripting languages
▪ Open APIs
Debian Linux Platform Drivers Network Drivers TCAM Drivers
Secure ONIE Fan / Power / LEDs Transceivers ASIC
▪ NAC ODM
▪ RADIUS
▪ TACACS Helix 4 Tomahawk + II Trident II II+ Trident 3 X3 X5 X7
ASIC

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 Dell-Pica8 Certification: Complete Enterprise Network
• Your choice of hardware, port size and performance without any restrictions
• Support next-gen access switches with VXLAN, multi-gig Ethernet and up to
100W PoE per port
• Support next-gen aggregation and core switches with up to 96x25G or
64x100G ports
Aggregation

Dell Networking S4048-ON Dell Networking Z9100-ON Dell Networking S4148T/F-ON Dell Networking S5248F-ON Dell Networking S5296F-ON
10/40GbE top-of-rack 10/25/40/50/100GbE multi-rate S4128T/F-ON Dell Networking S5212F-ON Dell Networking S5224F-ON
top-of-rack 10G with 40G/100G uplinks
Access

Dell Networking N30XX Series
N3048EP-ON, N3048ET-ON
N3024EP-ON, N3024ET-ON
Dell Networking N3132PX-ON Dell Networking N32XX-ON
Multi-Gig PoE 1G/2.5G/5G/10G, 30W/100W PoE
Dell Networking N22XX-ON
1G/2.5G, 30W/60W PoE

2018 2019 2020

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 Edgecore-Pica8 Certification: Plug And Play With No Limits
• Your choice of hardware, port size and performance without any restrictions
• Support next-gen access switches with VXLAN, multi-gig Ethernet and up to
100W PoE per port
• Support next-gen aggregation and core switches with up to 96x25G or
64x100G ports
Aggregation

100GE 40GE 25GE 10GE

Edgecore AS7726-32X Edgecore AS6701-32X Edgecore AS7326-56X Edgecore AS5600-52X, AS5712-54X,

AS7712-32X, AS7816-64X AS6712-32X, AS6812-32X AS7312-54XS AS5812-54X, AS5812-54T, AS5835-54X
AS5835-54T

1GE POE 1GE POE

Access

Edgecore AS4610-54P, AS4610-30P Edgecore AS4630-54NPE

AS4610-54T, AS4610-30T AS4630-54PE, AS4630-30PE

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Success– Campus/Data Center (Top 10 Systems Integrator)
Campus-scale solution for new 7-story building; displaced Cisco
Complete open networking solution from access switch to data center to core
Integration with existing Cisco SD-Access infrastructure
NAC implementation for authentication workflows with Cisco ISE
AmpCon Controller automation to build a dynamic, policy-driven enterprise

Leaf/spine deployment
with enough ports to
replace 3 Cisco Chassis!

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Success– Distributed Sites (Top 3 Service Provider)
4200 stores, 1-2 switches per retail store
In production rollout since 2017
Key driver: 60% saving on CapEx & OpEx
Seamless replacement of Cisco 3850 PoE Switch
Support for business initiatives
• AmpCon Network Controller automation for deployment & lifecycle management
• NAC implementation with Aruba ClearPass

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