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Ripcord: a modular platform for data center networking

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ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 40, Issue 4

Pages 457 - 458

https://doi.org/10.1145/1851275.1851261

Published: 30 August 2010 Publication History

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In this demo, we present Ripcord, a modular platform for rapidly prototyping scale-out data center networks. Ripcord enables researchers to build and evaluate new network features and topologies, using only commercially available hardware and open-source software. The Ripcord demo will show three examples of custom network functions, operating together, on top of a 160-node cluster. The first is a routing engine that isolates classes of traffic. The second is a dynamic network manager than adjusts links and switch power states to reduce energy. The third is a statistics aggregator that supports network health monitoring and automatic alerts. The demo will be interactive, with a visualization of live parameters for each link and switch, such as bandwidth, drops, and power status, as well a control panel to modify the traffic load. We feel that an interactive demo is the best way to introduce the research community to Ripcord and get their feedback.

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cover image ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 40, Issue 4

SIGCOMM '10

October 2010

481 pages

ISSN:0146-4833

DOI:10.1145/1851275

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SIGCOMM '10: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM 2010 conference
August 2010
500 pages
ISBN:9781450302012
DOI:10.1145/1851182
General Chairs:
Shiv Kalyanaraman
IBM Research, India
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Venkat Padmanabhan
Microsoft Research, India
,
K. K. Ramakrishnan
IBM Research, India
,
Rajeev Shorey
NIIT University, India
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Program Chairs:
K. K. Ramakrishnan
IBM Research, India
,
Geoffrey M. Voelker
University of California, San Diego, USA

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