Software-defined, programmable L1 dataplane: demonstration of fabric hardware resilience using optical switches
Giannis Patronas, Dimitris Syrivelis, Paraskevas Bakopoulos, Prethvi Kashinkunti, Louis Capps, Nikos Argyris, Nikos Terzenidis, Eitan Zahavi, Luke Yeager, Elad Mentovich, Julie Bernauer · 2023
We propose a programmable optical fabric design for Data Center networks that extends SDN to L1. We present experiments on our HPC/ML testbed leveraging the programmable network to automatically failover from hardware or software failures.