Pica8 products
PicOS and AmpCon: choosing, configuring and running them in production.
Zoneson Chen
Independent network consultant
Former Pica8 Solution Engineer. I help Pica8 customers deploy, automate and troubleshoot PicOS switches.
About me
I was a Solution Engineer at Pica8, working hands-on with customers on PicOS and the rest of the Pica8 product line. [[How many years at Pica8, and what you did before.]]
Now I work independently. If you run Pica8 switches, or are thinking about it, I can answer product questions, design the setup with you, and get your network running the way you need.
I'm based in Cupertino, California (Pacific time). [[Languages you speak, and whether you travel on-site.]]
Areas of expertise
ONIE & bare-metal installs
Installing the network operating system on open switches straight out of the box.
Zero Touch Provisioning
New switches that set themselves up the moment they are plugged in.
Ansible automation
Playbooks that push consistent configuration to every switch, every time.
Key projects
Data center · Zero Touch Provisioning
Bare-metal switches to production, hands-off
A data-center customer needed new switches brought up without an engineer configuring each one by hand.
I combined ONIE to install PicOS automatically, PicOS Zero Touch Provisioning to fetch each switch's setup, and Ansible playbooks to push the production configuration.
Result: [[number]] switches from unboxed to production in [[time]], instead of [[time before]].
Get in touch
Have a question about Pica8, or a network problem to solve? I usually reply within one working day.