Re: [Tccc] CfP: Data Center Converged and Virtual Ethernet Switching (DC CAVES)

Hi,

sorry for this additional posting. The correct URL of the workshop is
http://www.i-teletraffic.org/itc22/workshops/dc-caves-workshop/

Regards,

Michael

Michael Menth schrieb:
> Call for Papers
>
> 2nd Data Center Converged and Virtual Ethernet Switching
> Workshop (DC CAVES)
>
> http://www.i-teletraffic.org/itc22/dc-caves-workshop/
> September 6 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
> collocated with the
> 22nd International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 22)
>
>
>
> Introduction
>
> The traditional data center (DC) compute model, especially in the
> x86 space, has consisted of lightly utilized servers running a
> bare metal OS or a Hypervisor with a small number of virtual
> machines (VMs). In this traditional model, servers attach to the
> network lower bandwidth links, such as 1 Gbps Ethernet and 2 or 4
> Gbps Fibre Channel. This physical compute model suffers from two
> major issues: high capital expenses due to underutilized servers
> and multiple fabrics; and high operational expenses due to manual
> administration of many management tools. As such, the management
> tasks have been focused on maintaining the infrastructure and not
> on the services that are provided by the infrastructure to the
> business.
>
> In our view data centers are undergoing a major transition towards
> a converged and virtualized compute model. This new model allows
> for construction of flexible IT capability that enables the
> optimal use of compute and information to support business
> initiatives. This model has many highly utilized servers running
> many VMs per server, using high bandwidth links to communicate
> with virtual storage and virtual networks both within and across
> data center sites. For networking within the data center the
> potential value of this new model comes from: lowering capital
> expenses through higher utilization (server, storage and network),
> and converged fabrics; and lowering operational expenses through
> automated and integrated management that optimizes data center
> infrastructure. At the edge of the data center, virtual networking
> (e.g. MPLS, VPLS) also offers tremendous savings associated with
> combining networks, especially across the wide area network with
> its expensive WAN links.
>
>
> Scope
>
> Organized together with ITC 22, the second DC CAVES workshop is
> intended to serve as a forum to present the latest work by
> researchers and developers from both academia and industry. The
> workshop focuses on the technologies that will be needed to meet
> the demands of the new virtual and converged compute model
> described above. For each of these technologies the workshop will
> analyze the problem and solution alternatives.
>
> The two major topics of interest are server virtualization
> infrastructure and physical switch virtualization infrastructure:
>
> * Server virtualization infrastructure
> - Server input/output virtualization enhancements
> - Automation of virtual server network identity management
> - Enhanced virtual server network access and traffic controls
> - Networking technologies to enable server migration within an
> entire DC
> - Networking technologies to enable virtual server migration
> across DCs
> - Security plane infrastructure virtualization (e.g. enhanced
> virtual appliances running in server virtual machines)
> - Enhancements to virtual Ethernet switches used by virtualization
> intermediaries (e.g. Hypervisors)
> - IEEE 802.1Qbg Ethernet virtual bridging mechanisms (Virtual
> Ethernet Bridging, Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregation,
> Virtual Station Interfaces, Trivial TLV Transport Protocol)
> - IEEE 802.1Qbh Bridge Port Extension mechanisms
> - Offloading of virtual switching to external fabrics
> - Converged fabric reference services architectures
> - Future directions
>
> * Virtual & converged fabric infrastructure
> - Overall network virtualization & performance
> - Layer-2/3/+ fabric virtualization technologies (e.g. MPLS, VPLS,
> switch stacking and mechanisms that partition a single physical
> switch into multiple virtual switches)
> - Enhancements to convergence technologies (e.g. CEE, DCBX, iSCSI,
> NAS, FCoE, FC over MPLS)
> - Performance evaluation of converged iSCSI, NAS and emerging FCoE
> fabrics
> - Converged fabric security considerations
> - Transport stack options converging Inter-Process Communication
> (IPC) traffic
> - Additional Ethernet quality of service enhancements needed for
> converged environments
> - Performance and fault event management for converged fabrics
> - Converged fabric management infrastructure
> - Converged fabric reference services architectures
> - Future directions
>
>
> Paper Submission
>
> We invite submissions of technical papers, position papers, and case
> studies relevant to the workshop. Submission implies the willingness
> of at least one of the authors to present the paper and register.
> Submission should include on the front page the authors' name,
> affiliations, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.
>
> Please submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in IEEE in
> two-column 10pt PDF or Postscript format, page-numbered and suitable
> for printing on 8.5"x11" paper with at least 1 inch margin all
> around. Please submit the full paper for consideration to this
> workshop to Renato Recio (recio@us.ibm.com) by email.
>
>
> Important Dates
> Deadline for submission: April 30, 2010
> Notification of acceptance: May 24, 2010
> Camera ready papers: June 21, 2010
> Workshop date: September 6, 2010
>
>
> Registration Fees
>
> Workshop registration and payment will be managed by ITC (specifics
> will be announce at a later date): 150 Euros for workshop only,
> 100 Euros if combined with ITC registration.
>
>
> Workshop Organization
>
> Program Chair: Renato Recio, IBM
>
> Program Committee Members
>
> - Papadimitriou Dimitri, Alcatel Lucent, Belgium
> - Uri Elzur, Broadcom Corporation, USA
> - David Hausheer, Berkeley, USA, and Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland
> - Marco Hoffmann, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
> - Mike Kagan, Mellanox, Israel
> - Srikanth Kilaru, Juniper, USA
> - Mike Krause, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA
> - Michael Menth, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
> - Dhabaleswar Panda, Ohio State University, USA
> - Vijoy Pandey, Blade Network Technologies, USA
> - Suresh Vobbilisetty, Brocade, USA
> - Manoj Wadekar, QLogic, USA
>
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University of Wuerzburg, Institute of Computer Science
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