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Hybrid deployment of switching platforms with a programmable data plane

Davide Maraschio

Hybrid deployment of switching platforms with a programmable data plane.

Rel. Mario Baldi. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Informatica (Computer Engineering), 2019

Abstract:

P4 (Programming Protocol-Independent Packet Processors) is a declarative language for expressing how packets are processed by the data plane of a forwarding element, such as a networking switch. In a nutshell, P4 brings programmability to the network forwarding plane. This thesis starts by describing the challenges encountered when deploying P4 to implement MAP-T, a solution to provide IPv4 connectivity across an IPv6 backbone. This implementation has been deployed on a Cisco switch based on the Tofino programmable ASIC. This switch is sold along with a pre-built P4 program to which our implementation must be added. Hence this work has to address the challenge of merging a new functionality with a pre-built P4 program which is called Incremental Programming. Finally, this thesis addresses the challenges stemming from the fact that IP fragmentation and reassembly, which need to be supported by a MAP-T entity, cannot be implemented in P4. A heuristic to handle fragmented packets was implemented in P4 and analyzed to assess its limitation. Traffic captured on the backbone of a Tier1 Service Provider, was used to assess the algorithm. The results show that the heuristic algorithm offers an acceptable and practical trade off between complexity and loss of fragmented packets.

Relatori: Mario Baldi
Anno accademico: 2018/19
Tipo di pubblicazione: Elettronica
Numero di pagine: 84
Informazioni aggiuntive: Tesi secretata. Fulltext non presente
Soggetti:
Corso di laurea: Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Informatica (Computer Engineering)
Classe di laurea: Nuovo ordinamento > Laurea magistrale > LM-32 - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA
Ente in cotutela: Cisco Systems, Inc. (STATI UNITI D'AMERICA)
Aziende collaboratrici: Cisco Systems, Inc.
URI: http://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/id/eprint/11561
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