Using P4 to Enable Scalable Intents in Software Defined Networks

Lewis, Benjamin and Fawcett, Lyndon and Broadbent, Matthew and Race, Nicholas (2018) Using P4 to Enable Scalable Intents in Software Defined Networks. In: ICNP 2018 : 2018 IEEE 26th InternationalConference on Network Protocols. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 442-443. ISBN 9781538660447

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Abstract

When designing Software Defined Networks (SDNs), there is a risk that the additional abstractions available can result in reduced scalability and performance. One such abstraction, intents, are a way in which network administrators can express policies rather than having to define specific forwarding rules. This provides a benefit to administrators in allowing automatic network reconfiguration and fault tolerance. In this paper, we highlight the performance overheads associated with the intents framework from a popular SDN controller, ONOS. We propose a novel prototype that leverages source-based routing and programmable data planes using P4 in order to reduce the overheads of intent-based forwarding.

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23 May 2019 10:40
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