RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Torii: Multipath Distributed Ethernet Fabric Protocol for Data Centers with Zero-Loss Path Repair
A1 Rojas Sánchez, Elisa
A1 Giménez Guzmán, José Manuel
A1 Azcorra, Arturo
A1 Rivera Pinto, Diego
A1 Ibáñez Fernández, Guillermo Agustín
K1 Ethernet
K1 Tree-based routing
K1 Routing bridges
K1 Data center
K1 Shortest Path bridges
K1 Automatización
K1 Automation
K1 Ciencias tecnológicas
K1 Technology
AB This paper describes and evaluates Torii, a layer-two data center network fabric protocol. The main features of Torii are being fully distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant and with automatic setup. Torii is based on multiple, tree-based, topological MAC addresses that are used for table-free forwarding over multiple equal-cost paths, and it is capable of rerouting frames around failed links on the fly without needing a central fabric manager for any function. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first protocol that does not require the exchange of periodic messages to work under normal conditions and to recover from link failures, as Torii exchanges messages just once. Moreover, another important characteristic of Torii is that it is compatible with a wide range of data center topologies. Simulation results show an excellent distribution of traffic load and latencies, similar to shortest path protocols.
YR 2014
FD 2014-10-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20530
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20530
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024