Linux Plumbers Conf 2014

One Line Summary

Abstract

Summary of proceedings of the dataplane focused OVS micro summit on Wednesday.

Tags

networking, openvswitch

Speakers

• 

  Thomas Graf

  Noiro Networks
  Biography

  Contributor to various networking related open source projects.

  Sessions

  • * Network switching offload architecture for the Linux kernel (Part I)
    • Title: Network switching offload architecture for the Linux kernel (Part I)
    • Microconference: BoF Track
    • Room: Room 27
    • Time: 5:30pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Notes etherpad: https://etherpad.fr/p/LPC2014_NetOffload
      Slides: http://goo.gl/ChGFnx

      Architecture discussion on how to better handle (multilayer) network switching chips in the Linux kernel and incorporate it with existing offload APIs.

    • Speakers: Thomas Graf, John Linville
  • * OVS Micro Summit Summary
    • Title: OVS Micro Summit Summary
    • Microconference: Network Virtualization and Security
    • One Line Summary:

      Summary of proceedings of the dataplane focused OVS micro summit on Wednesday.

    • Speakers: Thomas Graf, Jesse Gross
  • * Network switching offload architecture for the Linux kernel (Part II)
    • Title: Network switching offload architecture for the Linux kernel (Part II)
    • Microconference: BoF Track
    • Room: Room 27
    • Time: 6:30pm
    • One Line Summary:

      Architecture discussion on how to better handle (multilayer) network switching chips in the Linux kernel and incorporate it with existing offload APIs.

    • Speakers: John Linville, Thomas Graf

• Jesse Gross

  VMware
  Biography

  Jesse Gross is a developer on the Open vSwitch project and original maintainer of the Linux kernel fast path. He is also the lead author of the Geneve and STT tunneling protocols, using for linking together components in network virtualization systems. Jesse is a Sr. Staff Engineer at VMware (formerly Nicira), an early contributor to many of the technologies related to software defined networking.

  Sessions

  • * Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation
    • Title: Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation
    • Microconference: Network Virtualization and Security
    • One Line Summary:

      Implementing a network virtualization encapsulation protocol flexible enough for now and the future.

    • Speakers: Jesse Gross
  • * OVS Micro Summit Summary
    • Title: OVS Micro Summit Summary
    • Microconference: Network Virtualization and Security
    • One Line Summary:

      Summary of proceedings of the dataplane focused OVS micro summit on Wednesday.

    • Speakers: Thomas Graf, Jesse Gross