Plans for MACsec on EXOS?

[Erik_Auerswald]

Hi,

currently, EXOS does not support MACsec (see Is MACSec 802.1AE feature supported in EXOS? from GTAC Knowledge). From the Extreme Switching portfolio, only some S-Series and the 7100 support MACsec (see Hub thread MACsec?).

Are there any plans to add MACsec to EXOS? MACsec support is a feature currently missing for customers that want to transition from EOS to EXOS.

Thanks,
Erik

[Tomasz]

Hello Keith,

For some reason the hardware does not support MACsec but take a look at this new little buddy:
https://cloud.kapostcontent.net/pub/51bac007-8b11-43c7-8522-fcb2f65f94ab/lrm-slash-macsec-adapter-data-sheet
It is to be working with EXOS 30.1 and for X590 with EXOS 30.2. I don't know release date for 30.1 but for 30.2 I've seen May 2019 so 30.1 should be like Q1. 😉

Hope that helps,
Tomasz

[Keith9]

Wow what a neat idea to add functionality that isn't available in the current hardware. Beats a forklift upgrade and getting a whole new switch.

Nice find.

[Andre_Foerster]

Thanks for the update Stephen.

[Keith9]

Any updates and if so what exos version to expect? I have a few X690’s with core licensing and would like to play with this feature.

[StephenW]

Andre,
It is making progress, but nothing to report as of yet.