Multi-Tenant Programmable Switch Virtualization Architecture

Autor(es)

Lamb, Ivan Peter ; Facen, Theo ; Duarte, Pedro ; Azambuja, Jose Rodrigo ; Cordeiro, Weverton

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PROCEEDINGS OF 2024 IEEE/IFIP NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, NOMS 2024; v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2024-01-01.

Resumo

Virtualization is gaining traction in Programmable Data Planes (PDP), with several solutions in the literature for emulating or instantiating virtual programmable switches on the same host device. Virtualization has numerous advantages in this context, enabling multi-tenancy in programmable data center networks and greater device resource utilization. Nevertheless, enabling a complete multi-tenant solution requires management and security considerations not yet approached in previous investigations. This paper presents a PDP virtualization architecture based on program composition and access control for securely managing virtual switches from different tenants. Our experiments highlight the ability to transparently manage virtual switches hosted in the same physical device in networking scenarios with multiple tenants. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/05183-0 - SkyNet: rumo à era dos planos de dados inteligentes
• Beneficiário: Luciano Paschoal Gaspary
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático