the disaggregated networking stack

[shaharhada]

What is the meaning of the description "the disaggregated network stack"?
What is disaggregated?
In https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/1...mercial-grade-sonic-network-operating-system/
in the picture of this article:
http://tpmn.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/hedgehog-sonic-stack.jpg

 

[USAFRet]

From the text:
"Disaggregated means the NOS is not created and sold by the maker of the switch or router it runs on, which used to be the case with servers and is still largely the case with switches and routers "


NOS = Network Operating System

 

[shaharhada]

From the text:
"Disaggregated means the NOS is not created and sold by the maker of the switch or router it runs on, which used to be the case with servers and is still largely the case with switches and routers "


NOS = Network Operating System

O.K. What is the meaning of the word stack by this context?

 

[USAFRet]

O.K. What is the meaning of the word stack by this context?

Stack is all the parts in the system. Hardware and software.