Lagopus FPGA -- A reprogrammable data plane for high-performance software SDN switches

Abstract

This article consists of one slide from the authors' conference presentation. Some of the topics discussed include: What is SDN and why?; What is Lagopus vSwitch?; Packet processing on multi-core CPUs; Issues of CPU centralized processing; Designing concept and architecture; FPGA flow classification & dispatch empowered by SDNet and flow director; Performance vs. Power Dissipation; and Demonstration.