http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=145650
http://ja-jp.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150165759408073
The switch has been inspired by and could possibly augment the OpenFlow specification, the Microsoft team said. OpenFlow functions in a similar way to ServerSwitch and passes information between the card and the server via a protocol. Both technologies "aim towards a more programmable networking platform", Microsoft noted in the white paper.
However, Microsoft believes that OpenFlow project's decision to centralise its protocol around a separate hardware controller means that ServerSwitch could prove the stronger contender. Unlike OpenFlow, ServerSwitch places the overall packet control closer to the switching hardware.
Microsoft hopes the ServerSwitch will be used in network research and is going to release the full specifications of the ServerSwitch card and software package to the networking research community "in the future".
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