RackNFV: A Bandwidth-Effient and Reconfiuration-Agile NFV System Operating in a Rack

• Main Authors: Tsai, Ruei-Sheng, 蔡瑞昇
• Other Authors: Wang, Shie-Yuan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4a5phb

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 網路工程研究所 === 106 === In this paper, we design, implement, demonstrate the functions, evaluate the performance, analyze the usage, and disucss the advantages of RackNFV --- a highly bandwidth-efficient and reconfiguration-agile NFV deployment system that operates in a Rack. Using RackNFV, multiple servers on which VNFs are executed and a switch that connects these servers are placed in a Rack. The switch is partitioned into several slice switches that can be dynamically reconfigured to connect to one another to form any desired network toplology to connect these NFV servers. Packets entering this switch from other switches/routers outside the Rack can be steered through any desired service function chain by traversing these slice switches and NFV servers. RackNFV saves network bandwidth and enables very fast service function chain (re)configurations for flows. It greatly saves network bandwidth and reduces NFV deployment, operation, and management costs.