SONiC Booth Demos at OCP EMEA 2025

SRv6 has been a key feature in SONiC for many years, supported through collaboration among various SONiC Ecosystem partners.

Recently, Alibaba, Cisco, Microsoft, and Nvidia have worked closely to further enhance SRv6, enabling hyperscalers to integrate it into their SDN deployments.

Microsoft contributed the HLD, which has been merged into the SONiC 202505 release [1]. Additionally, over 20 PRs have been merged across SONiC, SAI, and FRR to support this HLD, with contributions from Alibaba, Cisco, Microsoft, and Nvidia.

In this demo, Cisco and Microsoft showcase how hyperscalers can leverage SRv6 in SONiC for a range of Hyperscalers SDN use cases.

[1] https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC/blob/master/doc/srv6/srv6_static_config_hld.md

What Attendees Will Gain from This Session
Exclusive Insights into Community SONiC Multi-Vendor Quality
Learn about the only plugfest that rigorously tests community SONiC across five different vendors, replicating real-world deployments.
Understand how SONiC performs in diverse hardware environments, reflecting over 60+ production deployments.
Confidence in SONiC Without the Need for a POC
Get access to a comprehensive quality report that eliminates the need for individual Proof of Concepts (POCs).
Save time and resources by leveraging validated test results from this plugfest to determine SONiC’s fit for your network.
A Holistic View of the SONiC Ecosystem
See how the entire networking ecosystem, including vendors, operators, and customers, participated in this plugfest.
Gain insights into SONiC’s growing industry support and its increasing adoption in enterprise and cloud-scale networks.
Detailed Breakdown of Testing Methodology and Use Cases
Walk through the test cases, methodologies, and real-world scenarios from different SONiC customers.
Understand critical migration strategies. and best practices to transition to SONiC with minimal disruption.

How to use automation tools to simply and reliably keep large and/or disparate SONiC based fabrics updated on NOV version and update patches. Keeping the network devices is of utmost importance, but enterprises shun it due to the complications involved. Advanced automation tools remove the complexity and optimize the process with limited downtime.