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SONiC Lite for Management
and Access Switches

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SONiC Lite Benefits OEM and ODM Vendors

Explore our lightweight SONiC distribution to gain key business advantages:

Expanded Hardware <br>Feature Set

Expanded Hardware
Feature Set

For customers' specific use cases in campus and edge deployments
Lower BOM Costs <br>Per Switch

Lower BOM Costs
Per Switch

Allowing you to offer more competitive options to your customers
Seeking out SONiC Distribution for cost-effective management and access switches?

Seeking out SONiC Distribution
for cost-effective management
and access switches?

SONiC Lite NOS is a streamlined version of Community SONiC for management and access switches. Featuring advanced capabilities such as Power over Ethernet (PoE), Spanning Tree Protocols (xSTP), 802.1x authentication, and static routing, SONiC Lite addresses a broad range of customer needs.
Explore SONiC Lite’s detailed features and specific use cases.

Key Functionalities of SONiC Lite

We have streamlined Community SONiC for edge deployments by optimizing the functionalities primarily used in data centers. This SONiC version is enhanced with features essential for reliable and secure performance on access and management switches.

SONiC Lite for Management <br>and Access Switches Image Key Functionalities of SONiC Lite

SONiC Lite Feature Set

SONiC Lite comes with a pre-configured set of features specifically designed for access switches:

Management and Security
  • TACACS+
  • RADIUS
  • 802.1x
  • OLS Client
  • Unified CLI (Cisco-like)
  • MACsec**
  • Management VRF
L2
  • LLDP
  • xSTP
  • VLAN
  • Static LAG
  • LACP
  • DHCP IPv4/v6 Client
  • DHCP IPv4/v6 Relay
  • DHCP IPv4/v6 Server
L3
  • IPv4/IPv6
  • Static routing
  • ECMP
  • BGP *
  • OSPF*
  • ISIS*
Others
  • QoS
  • Storm Control
  • PoE++
  • ACL
  • SONiC 202405 as baseline
Configuration Management
  • Backup / Restore
  • Full System Reset / Reboot
  • Factory Reset Configuration

* Planned for Q2 2025
** Planned for Q3 2025

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SONiC Lite Hardware Compatibility

SONiC Lite offers compatibility with a current list of switch models, with more options being added regularly.

Vendor SKU ASIC Port Config
Company logotype ES-2227-54TS PoE and no PoE Marvell AC5X family 32x1G+16x2, 5G+6x25G
Company logotype ES-2221-54TS PoE and no PoE Marvell AC5X family 32x1G+16x2, 5G+6x25G
Company logotype ECS4650-54P PoE Marvell AC5X family 48x1G+6x25G
Company logotype ECS4650-54T Marvell AC5X family 48x1G+6x25G
Company logotype M2-W6510-48GT4V Broadcom 48x1G+4x25G
Wistron
ES-2227-54TS PoE and non PoE SKU
ES-2221-54TS PoE and non PoE SKU
Edgecore
ECS4650-54P PoE
ECS4650-54T
Micas
M2-W6510-48GT4V

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