HPE Whitebox Switch Altoline 6900 setup

[alamf]

hi,

We are planning to setup a network environment with HPE ALtoline 6900 Britebox Switch. We are looking for available options for the combination of OS and Controllers it can support. 

I am looking for information on what kind of OS (PicaOS or Cumulus) and SDN controller (HP VAN, Opendaylight, RYU..etc) would work better. 

I also want to know if there is a limitation on using above combination as certain component may not be supported. 

Thanks

[ShaunWackerly]

Hi alamf,

I'm not sure that the Altoline switches support OpenFlow.

I took a look at the Altoline 6900 datasheet and don't see OpenFlow mentioned anywhere:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/networking/networking-switches/pip.fixed-port-l3-managed-ethernet-switches.1008605603.html

Also searching on the HPE website and filtering by switches which support the "OpenFlow" feature, I only see Aruba and FlexFabric switches:

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/product-catalog/networking/networking-switches.page-2.filters-facet_feat_url:openflow.hits-12.html?facet_feat_url%5B%5D=Fully+Managed

Shaun