Tittle: SRv6 Network Programming on FD.io VPP and Linux

Description: Segment Routing is a new network architecture that leverages the source routing paradigm to remove state from the network. The IPv6 instantiation, allows to deliver a so called network program, where a packet traverses the network executing functions on different nodes of the network. This functions can be NPU-related functions, or it can be complex VNFs running in containers. In this way, we can leverage SRv6 for overlays, underlays and service chaining all from one single protocol. In this session we want to give a brief overview on SRv6, cover the SRv6 implementation in FD.io VPP, as well as showcase how to create your own network functions in VPP. Also, we would like to showcase how to develop SRv6 functions in Linux, and show the first-ever SRv6-aware app in the world: SERA, an advanced SR aware firewall, capable of taking stateless actions programmed in the SRH (Segment Routing Header).

Speaker: This workshop will be lead by two speakers.

Speaker 1: Pablo Camarillo is a software engineer in Cisco CTAO. He's one of the members of the core SRv6 architecture team and has developed the SR implementation in FD.io VPP. Prior joining Cisco, he was a research engineer at IMDEA Networks institute, where he prototyped a BGP route server in ExaBGP and researched on the algorithmic of TI-LFA (SR Topology Independent Loop Free Alternates).

Speaker 2: Ahmed Abdelsalam is a PhD student at Gran Sasso Science Institute researching on SRv6 for SFC in Linux. During his PhD he successfully completed an internship at Cisco Systems. He is CCNA, CCNP and CCAI certified.