SCS Hardware Lab
The SCS Hardware Lab –
your test environment on real hardware
The SCS Hardware Lab shows you how to SCS reference implementation on real hardware is operated. It is the central environment for testing, development and demonstration – open, reproducible and vendor-neutral.
Whether you want to try out new ideas, evaluate the infrastructure or experience SCS first-hand:
Here you can get a a practical, production-like environment you can experience first-hand.
Overview
- 21 servers & 12 switches
- Vendor-neutral architecture (no vendor lock-ins)
- A combination of laboratory and production-oriented environments
- Infrastructure that can be used in the long term by the community and businesses
What is the Hardware Lab used for?
The SCS Hardware Lab brings together several key use cases in a single environment:
Development & Testing
- Validation of new SCS standards
- Testing open-source components
- Analysis of integration problems
Quality assurance
- Automated compliance tests (SCS compliance)
- Reference environment for standardised implementations
Community & Collaboration
- Open development environment („Open Lab“)
- Use by the community and forum members
- Continuous Integration (e.g. Zuul Worker)
Demonstration & Proof of Concept
- Showcase for those interested
- Sample installations for your own projects
- A basis for setting up your own infrastructure
Introduction to the Hardware Lab
The Hardware Lab is comprehensively documented and has been deliberately designed as Blueprint Structure:
- Main starting point: README in the repository
- Full description of:
- Hardware
- Cabling & Rack Installation
- Network and System Architecture
- Step-by-step installation guide
- FAQ on SONiC and its operation
Objective: You will be able to explore the surroundings understand and replicate for yourself
Why the SCS Hardware Lab?
The Hardware Lab brings SCS to life:
- Practical testing rather than theory
- Open standards on real hardware
- No dependence on a particular manufacturer
- A comprehensible reference architecture
It is, at the same time:
- Development platform
- test environment
- Demo system
- Blueprint for your own deployments
Give it a go for yourself now
Would you like to experience and test SCS in practice? Then use the SCS Hardware Lab as your starting point for the open cloud infrastructure.
I’d be happy to help you use the Hardware Lab:
Marvin Frommhold
- Standardisation and Certification Engineer
- +49 30 206539 205
- contact@sovereigncloudstack.org