PicOS-V is a free Virtual Machine (VM) from Pica8, and is the same as PicOS® Network Operating System (NOS) software contains all the same software features but in a VM format.
PicOS-V is used for validating the configuration of PicOS® and testing L2 and L3 features at your own pace, with no costs associated. PicOS-V runs on VMware, GNS3 and VirtualBox hypervisors, without the need for a bare-metal switch or specialized hardware.
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PicOS-V, Free Virtual Network Operating System
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PicOS-V, Free Virtual Network Operating System
Software Spotlights
Support MLAG (MLAG, MLAG+MSTP/PVST), LLDP, LACP
Support IPV4/IPV6 Dual Protocol Stack
Support Broadcast, Unicast pipelines
Support EVPN-Vxlan
Support NETCONF
Support Configuration Managment
Support User/Password Protected System Management
Support SNMP (SNMPv1,v2c,v3), gRPC/gNMI
Support AAA RADIUS, TACACS+ AAA
Support the Secure Shell (SSHv1/v2)
Support A Full Suite of Spanning Tree Protocols and Security Mechanism