On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Zayats, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > > In his April talk at Usenix ( > https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protected-files/nsdi14_slides_koponen.pdf), > > > Teemu Koponen mentioned a replacement protocol for OF & OVSDB for network > virtualization. > > > > Is there any further information/specification/implementation of the > protocol? > Teemu is proposing that there may a application-specific protocol that speaks down to the hypervisor. There a daemon understands this other protocol and acts as a local controller that speaks directly to the vswitch using OpenFlow and OVSDB. While there are plenty of fair criticisms of OpenFlow, it actually turns out to be a pretty good way to model a software switch, since caching becomes (relatively) straight-forward. > What does it mean for the roadmap of OVSDB in Open vSwitch? > As I mentioned above, that paper/presentation doesn't assume changes in OVS, and, in fact, leverages OF and OVSDB. --Justin
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