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It's probably also the OS that used to run SQL Server on Linux announced this week - https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2016/03/07/announcing-sql-s....

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I doubt Ethernet switches run SQL Server.

I think ISA server (a firewall, essentially) required SQL Server, so they tried, they really tried.

This is going back a bit, but from memory that was just for "advanced logging", which was enabled on a default install. You could either not configure advanced logging, or you could use a remote SQL server.

Except that ISA server ran on regular PC/server hardware. There is a big difference between a firewall/proxy and an ethernet switch.

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