The networking market is transitioning from a closed, proprietary stack to open hardware supporting various operating systems. Dell SmartFabric OS10 is designed to allow multilayered disaggregation of the network functionality. While OS10 contributions to Open Source provide users with freedom and flexibility to pick their own third-party networking, monitoring, management, and orchestration applications; SmartFabric OS10 bundles an industry-hardened networking stack featuring standard Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols over a well-accepted CLI interface.