PalC SONiC
Enterprise-hardened SONiC distribution with production-ready features, validated hardware support, and long-term maintenance for data centre and enterprise switching.
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Assurance
Networking Products Built for Production Reality
PalC develops and delivers networking products engineered for production-grade deployments - from SONiC-based network operating systems and fabric management platforms to disaggregated packet brokers, validation tools, and network assurance solutions. Each product is built by the same engineering teams that deliver PalC's services.
NetFabric
Fabric management and orchestration platform for SONiC-based networks - topology discovery, configuration management, firmware lifecycle, and operational dashboards.
Disaggregated Packet Broker
Open, disaggregated network packet broker for traffic aggregation, filtering, and distribution to monitoring and security tools at scale.
SONiC Validation Platform
Automated test and validation platform for SONiC deployments - conformance testing, regression suites, and release qualification across hardware targets.
SONiC Guardian
Network assurance and monitoring solution for SONiC environments - health checks, anomaly detection, proactive alerting, and operational intelligence.
PalC products are not rebranded open-source packages. Each product is purpose-built by PalC engineering teams with production hardening, enterprise-grade support, validated hardware compatibility, and long-term maintenance commitments. They integrate naturally with PalC services and solutions - but are designed to stand alone as products that organisations can deploy, operate, and scale independently.
PalC SONiC
Enterprise-hardened SONiC network operating system
A production-ready SONiC distribution with validated hardware support, enterprise features, security hardening, and long-term maintenance - designed for organisations deploying SONiC in data centre and enterprise switching environments.
Production Hardening
Security patches, CVE management, CIS benchmarks, and production-grade default configurations out of the box.
Validated Hardware
Pre-validated on Edgecore, Celestica, Dell, and other ODM platforms with board support package integration.
Enterprise Features
EVPN/VXLAN, SRv6, warm restart, graceful shutdown, and advanced QoS policies for enterprise and DC workloads.
Long-Term Maintenance
Multi-year LTS releases with backported fixes, security patches, and regression-tested updates on a predictable cadence.
Key Highlights
- Enterprise-ready - hardened, tested, and supported for production
- Multi-vendor - validated across ODM hardware platforms
- LTS releases - predictable maintenance and patching
- Open - built on community SONiC with full upstream compatibility
- Supported - PalC TAC and engineering support included
NetFabric
Fabric management & orchestration for SONiC networks
A fabric management platform that provides topology discovery, centralised configuration management, firmware lifecycle operations, and operational dashboards for SONiC-based data centre and enterprise fabrics.
Topology Discovery
Automated fabric topology discovery with LLDP, real-time link state, and visual topology maps for operational awareness.
Configuration Management
Centralised config templates, intent-based provisioning, config drift detection, and rollback capabilities across fabric devices.
Firmware Lifecycle
Firmware repository management, staged upgrades, pre/post validation checks, and rollback for zero-downtime maintenance windows.
Operational Dashboards
Real-time fabric health, device inventory, alarm management, and capacity planning dashboards with API integration.
Key Highlights
- SONiC-native - built specifically for SONiC fabric management
- Day-2 operations - lifecycle management beyond initial deployment
- Intent-based - declarative configuration with drift detection
- API-first - REST APIs for integration with existing toolchains
- Visual - topology and health dashboards for NOC teams
Disaggregated Packet Broker
Open network packet broker for visibility infrastructure
A disaggregated, open packet broker platform for traffic aggregation, intelligent filtering, load balancing, and distribution to security and monitoring tools - replacing proprietary packet broker appliances with open hardware.
Traffic Aggregation
Aggregate traffic from multiple TAP and SPAN sources into a unified monitoring fabric with deduplication and timestamping.
Intelligent Filtering
Multi-layer packet filtering - L2/L3/L4 header matching, VLAN stripping, GRE/VXLAN decapsulation, and custom filter chains.
Tool Load Balancing
Distribute filtered traffic across monitoring and security tools with flow-aware load balancing and tool health monitoring.
Open Hardware
Runs on standard white-box switching hardware - disaggregated from proprietary appliances with significant cost reduction.
Key Highlights
- Disaggregated - open hardware replacing proprietary brokers
- Cost-effective - 60-70% reduction vs. proprietary solutions
- High-performance - line-rate packet processing
- Flexible - programmable filter chains and policies
- Scalable - modular architecture for growing visibility needs
SONiC Validation Platform
Automated test & validation for SONiC deployments
An automated testing platform for SONiC conformance, regression, and release qualification - providing structured test execution, defect tracking, and release-readiness reporting across hardware targets.
Conformance Testing
Protocol conformance test suites for BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, ACL, QoS, and other SONiC features against defined specifications.
Regression Suites
Automated regression testing across SONiC releases with baseline comparison, failure triage, and historical trend analysis.
Hardware Validation
Platform-specific validation across ODM hardware - BSP testing, thermal profiling, and hardware feature verification.
Release Qualification
Structured release-readiness reporting with test coverage metrics, defect density, and go/no-go criteria for production deployment.
Key Highlights
- Automated - end-to-end test execution without manual intervention
- Multi-platform - validates across ODM hardware targets
- CI/CD integrated - plugs into build and release pipelines
- Standards-based - RFC and specification conformance testing
- Reporting - structured release qualification reports
SONiC Guardian
Network assurance & monitoring for SONiC environments
A network assurance solution that provides continuous health monitoring, anomaly detection, proactive alerting, and operational intelligence for SONiC-based networks - ensuring fabric health and performance in production.
Health Monitoring
Continuous device and fabric health checks - hardware status, process health, memory/CPU utilisation, and protocol state monitoring.
Anomaly Detection
Baseline-driven anomaly detection for traffic patterns, protocol behaviour, and resource utilisation with intelligent alerting.
Proactive Alerting
Threshold and trend-based alerting with integration to PagerDuty, Slack, and enterprise ITSM platforms for NOC workflows.
Operational Intelligence
Capacity planning, trend analysis, and predictive insights for fabric expansion and upgrade planning.
Key Highlights
- SONiC-native - built for SONiC telemetry and operational model
- Proactive - detect issues before they impact production
- Integrated - connects to existing NOC and ITSM workflows
- Predictive - trend analysis for capacity and upgrade planning
- Lightweight - minimal overhead on network devices
Product Comparison at a Glance
A quick reference across all PalC products to help identify the right fit for your requirements.
| PalC SONiC | NetFabric | Packet Broker | Validation | Guardian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Network OS | Fabric management | Visibility | Testing | Assurance |
| Purpose | Run switching fabric | Manage & orchestrate | Aggregate & filter | Test & qualify | Monitor & assure |
| Deployment | On switch hardware | VM or container | White-box hardware | Lab environment | VM or container |
| Key Value | Vendor-neutral NOS | Day-2 operations | Open visibility | Release confidence | Proactive health |
| Licensing | Subscription | Subscription | Per-port | Platform license | Subscription |
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