Module 2 – Data Center Networking and Load Balancing (DVAD42) – Week by Week

Learning Outcomes for Module 2 – Data Center Networking and Load Balancing (DVAD42)

March 14 – April 24, 2022

During the following six weeks, the focus will be on applying data plane programming and P4 to data center networks and network layer load balancing. You will both read about theoretical aspects of load balancing inside data center networks and practically learn how to implement them in P4. This will help you to generate new ideas in how to apply P4 to create advanced data center loadbalancing solutions.

References for module 2

The following scientific articles will be discussed in the second module:

D. Abts and B. Felderman: A Guided Tour of Data-Center networking
A. Shivaraman et. al.: DC.p4: Programming the Forwarding Plane of a Data-Center Switch
M. Alizadeh et. al.: CONGA: Distributed Congestion-Aware Load Balancing for Datacenters
N. Katta et. al.: HULA: Scalable Load Balancing Using Programmable Data Planes
C. Benet et. al: MP-HULA: Multipath Transport Aware Load Balancing Using Programmable Data Planes

Click here to get information about how to find and acquire the articles.
Additional reading (for interested) can be found in the following quite extensive and actively updated reading list maintained by Roberto Bifulco, Stefan Schmid and Gábor Rétvári
https://rg0now.github.io/prog_dataplane_reading_list/README.html