Service Function Chaining Based on Segment Routing Using P4 and SR-IOV (P4-SFC)
2020 ◽
pp. 297-309
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Abstract In this paper we describe P4-SFC to support service function chaining (SFC) based on a single P4-capable switch and off-the-shelf components. It utilizes MPLS-based segment routing for traffic forwarding in the network and SR-IOV for efficient packet handling on hosts. We describe the P4-SFC architecture and demonstrate its feasibility by a prototype using the Tofino Edgecore Wedge 100BF-32X as P4 switch. Performance test show that L2 throughput for VNFs on a host is significantly larger when connected via SR-IOV with the host’s network interface card instead of over a software switch.
2018 ◽
Vol 14
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pp. 155014771774110
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Vol 87
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