Learn from the Open Networking experts as they discuss Yandex’s experience in deploying native Linux across their data center network, where they are using the same fully open-source Linux OS first hardened for their servers, only now on their switches. They leverage the same automation tools for servers and switches. We'll discuss the good and bad, what worked well as well as the drawbacks/pitfalls of this approach. Yandex shares their lessons learned on how to automate, manage, and process ongoing change request along with new network operating system versions, create images, and how to best deploy on new switches.