Network Break 236: US Tech Firms Suspend Biz With Huawei; Mellanox Amps Up Ethernet Switches

Take a Network Break! We get an FU about coffee beans, and then dig into the giant mess that is the U.S. government’s restrictions on American tech companies doing business with Huawei. We report on DNS observations from the RIPE 78 conference, explore new capabilities in Mellanox Ethernet switches, and discuss a new telemetry feature from Mellanox called “What Just Happened?” HPE buys Cray for $1.3 billion, SpaceX launches a test batch of satellites for Space Internet, and IT service provider HCL exposes sensitive employee and customer information. An industry analyst throws cold water on the notion that carrier spending on 5G will lift the fortunes of infrastructure providers, and a U.S. federal judge rules that Qualcomm violated antitrust laws. See the links below to get more details on each story. Sponsor: Virtual Design Clinic Join the Packet Pushers and a group of smart engineers for our live, online Virtual Design Clinic on June 6th. Get your network design and troubleshooting questions answered in Ask Me Anything sessions, see tech presentations on Wi-Fi 6/802.11ax and on The Art Of Network Maintenance, and learn about network automation with sponsor Anuta Networks. Get details and sign up at packetpushers.net/vdc. Show Links: Factbox: Global tech companies shun Huawei after U.S. ban – Reuters Huawei gets limited reprieve from ban on buying U.S. components – Axios Advice for Huawei Customers – National Cyber Security Centre Huawei Placed on U.S. Tech Blacklist, Killing Huawei’s Consumer Device Business Outside China – Techsponential Huawei: ARM memo tells staff to stop working with China’s tech giant – BBC News Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google – BBC News Huawei gets limited reprieve from ban on buying U.S. components – Axios Microsoft has pulled Huawei’s products from its Azure Stack catalog – Bloomberg SoftBank, KDDI pull sales of new Huawei smartphones – Telegeography Huawei has enough inventory to ‘weather’ US blacklist for months: Analyst – CNBC Archives – RIPE 78 – RIPE