Live Stream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-8aAWqh004
The Linux kernel has seen some significant improvements in networking over the last several years that make it attractive for building networks with it. Improvements such as: scaling interfaces, vlan aware bridges, VRF, MPLS, and switchdev empower almost all Linux distributions to drive network switches at line rate. When combined with OCP projects like ONIE and APD and OCP hardware like the AS5712 or the MLX1410, one can see how powerful the base Linux kernel has become. We plan on demonstrating this power live.
I'm the OCP Networking Project Co-Lead and an Engineer at Cumulus Networks. I'm interested in pretty much anything related to networking, and especially open networking. Or, the San Jose Sharks.
Shrijeet is the VP of Software Engineering at Cumulus Networks. Most recently he was Director of Engineering with the team that delivered the highly successful VIC adaptor line in Cisco's UCS servers. His career has spanned a wide variety of technologies including Team Lead of high... Read More →