Hi Rajat,
This looks really interesting – thanks for stepping forward with this. I had a
couple of notes/questions to get this started:
* It would be great in your diagram to understand which pieces are open
source vs. not.
* Also, regarding the open source “cloud" AP manager, do you have a
particular package/system in mind?
* Are you really thinking “cloud”? Or did you mean an open source
package someone can install “locally” to manage their APs?
* I’ve generally seen potentially a bunch of functionality in the
“central controller” or manager, depending on thick/thin AP, but even besides
that, there’s a bunch of mgmt functionality like upgrading images, centralized
configuration/monitoring/troubleshooting
* Regarding SAI or the applicability of any other OCP projects (ONIE, ONL),
it would be great to get a readout on the available options, just so we can all
get a sense of the landscape.
Thanks!
Omar
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Date: Monday, March 21, 2016 at 4:55 PM
To: Jeff Catlin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>,
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Subject: [Opencompute-networking] Work Item proposal for OCP Wi-Fi AP
Hi,
I might be jumping the gun here a little bit , however we @ Benu Networks are
very interested in pursuing, facilitating & participating in Open Branch
platforms (specially an Open Wi-Fi AP).
We believe that open desegregated Wi-Fi AP can kickstart a new wave of
innovation that can radically disrupt the branch office / SMB , similar to
what is already been happening to OCP based Data Center Switching.
We would love to open up a discussion in the group and see if we can find
fellow travelers to join us. As a starting point we'd like to offer a high
level proposal the looks like the one shown below :
[cid:ii_im2n10e90_1539b8f598df13eb]
Wi-Fi APs are not your typical switches as 802.11 has big WLAN (RF) component
that needs a whole different class of management e.g.
- ICM : Interference Counter Measure (Ability to automate interference
mitigation)
- 802.1r fast mobility (Ability to provide fast handovers from one AP to
another) ,
- 802.11k handoff steering (Ability to interact with user devices
for AP attach)
- Band steering policies (2.4 Ghz v/s 5 GHz)
- Network (SSID) steering policies (Virtual SSID scenarios)
- Other Network policies like MCS threshold settings for better QoE & Service
discovery
- Wi-Fi Telemetry,
Apart from WLAN specific interface, the Wi-Fi AP also has networking setup
(bridges, tunnels etc.)
that are also common to non-Wi-Fi capable branch switches .
Finally, Wi-Fi APs also require to have a branch IP router capability that
includes other networking stacks that are not present in DC switches e.g. UPnP
(DLNA), PCP etc.
We could create a SAI equivalent for Branch {in this case i have called it
A-SAI i.e. AP SAI) ; Such SAI would be common to all Wi-Fi SoCs e.g. from
Broadcom , Qualcomm, Intel etc.
If the group agrees to move it forward, we (Benu) would be happy to facilitate
the process as well as contribute user land components mentioned above.
BR
Rajat Ghai
CTO
Benu Networks
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Jeff Catlin
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That will work for Accton / Edgecore
Jeff
Jeffrey D Catlin
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Accton Technology Corporation
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Subject: [Opencompute-networking] Record # of hardware submissions
Howdy,
Well, I hope everyone has fully recovered from the OCP Summit a couple weeks
ago, because we got some serious work ahead.
In the weeks preceding/during/after summit, we received 12 new hardware
submissions representing 16 different SKUs across: data center, edge routing,
access/campus!!!
Now it's time that we review them as a community and this is where the rub is.
Prior to the summit, our process was to present submission during the monthly
project call allotting 10min for presentation and 5+ min for Q/A. To review
the 12 hardware submissions would take us about 3 - 4 months; by then, we would
have started to receive more submissions therefore staying in a backlog.
This is a good problem to have since it only validates the open networking
model is not only thriving in data center but expanding into other areas of
networking.
I would like to propose the following: over the next couple of weeks, we hold 3
hardware submission meetings prior to the next project call (which is April 11)
and present a summary then.
If this is acceptable, the following vendors and submissions will need to be
scheduled
(http://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Networking/SpecsAndDesigns#Shared_hardware_specifications_still_under_review<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opencompute.org_wiki_Networking_SpecsAndDesigns-23Shared-5Fhardware-5Fspecifications-5Fstill-5Funder-5Freview&d=CwMFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=9OXeVvb4F_3KpIM1FO0Uig&m=al57GC5fUCsKSiqHZRneWVS4zX5ZSz6_Ki_ZZgNKFKs&s=57zdRyLgkpV9PUI8_Egp5X009zJSFtemMl3NR1_2_cI&e=>):
* Agema - POE switch
* Alpha - 10GT and 100G (revisit with updated specs)
* Edgecore - chassis, edge router, POE switch, wireless APs
* Facebook - Wedge100 and 6pack40
* Nephos - 10G with Nephos ASIC (this is our first contribution that is based
on an accepted switch design: AS5712)
Does this work for everyone?
+--+
Carlos
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