Introducing Cumulus RMP
Cumulus RMP is a network operating system in a ready-to-deploy solution that enables out-of-band management for web-scale networks. It provides an open platform for customers and system integrators to use as is or on which to build rack management applications.
Cumulus RMP shares the same architecture, foundation, and user experience with Cumulus Linux. However, the feature set is customized to the needs of out-of-band management. For a comparison of the features supported in Cumulus RMP, see below.
You can also find more information about Cumulus RMP here.
What's New in Cumulus RMP
Cumulus RMP 3.7.0 contains several bug fixes and the following new features:
- RADIUS Change of Authorization (CoA) requests
- RADIUS AAA local fallback authentication
- TACACS+ local fallback authentication
- New NCLU commands:
- Show the version of a package
- Show the interface description (alias) for all interfaces on the switch
- Change bond mode to IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation mod
For further information regarding bug fixes and known issues present in the 3.7 release, refer to the product release notes.
Cumulus RMP Features
Cumulus RMP shares much of the same functionality as Cumulus Linux and comes preinstalled on your choice of 1G switches. For more information about each feature, follow the links below to the Cumulus Linux user guide:
Layer 2 Support | Cumulus RMP | Cumulus Linux |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
Ethernet bridging (VLANs) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bonds/link aggregation | ✓ | ✓ |
MLAG | ✓ | |
LACP | ✓ | ✓ |
LACP bypass | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
VRR | ✓ | |
IGMP and MLD snooping | ✓ | |
Unicast/broadcast storm control | ✓ | |
CDP | ✓ | |
Layer 3 Support | Cumulus RMP | Cumulus Linux |
✓ | ✓ | |
ECMP | ✓ | |
ECMP resilient hashing | ✓ | |
OSPF | ✓ | |
BGP | ✓ | |
FRRouting | ✓ | |
BFD | ✓ | |
IPv6 | ✓ | |
| Management VRF | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) | ✓ | |
Additional Functionality | Cumulus RMP | Cumulus Linux |
| Network command line utility | ✓ | ✓ |
| Interface configuration & management | ✓ | ✓ |
| 802.1X interfaces | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
| Full Linux extensibility | ✓ | ✓ |
Network virtualization (VXLAN, LNV, EVPN, etc.) | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ | |
| AAA | ✓ | ✓ |
| ✓ | ✓ | |
QoS | ✓ | |
✓ | ✓ |
Setting up a Cumulus RMP Switch
The quick start guide walks you through the steps necessary for getting your Cumulus RMP switch up and running after you remove it from the box.
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