VNF‐Consensus: A virtual network function for maintaining a consistent distributed software‐defined network control plane

Giovanni Venâncio, Rogério C. Turchetti, Edson T. Camargo and Elias P. Duarte

International Journal of Network Management, 2021, vol. 31, issue 3

Abstract: Software‐defined networks (SDN) usually rely on a centralized controller, which has limited availability and scalability by definition. Although a solution is to employ a distributed control plane, the main issue with this approach is how to maintain the consistency among multiple controllers. Consistency should be achieved with as low impact on network performance as possible and should be transparent for controllers, without requiring any change of the SDN protocols. In this work, we propose VNF‐Consensus, a virtual network function that implements Paxos to ensure strong consistency among controllers of a distributed control plane. In our solution, controllers can perform their control plane activities without having to execute the expensive tasks required to keep consistency. Experimental results are presented showing the cost and benefits of the proposed solution, in particular in terms of low controller overhead.

Date: 2021
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