Abstract

This paper presents Ethane, a new network architecture for the enterprise. Ethane allows managers to define a single network-wide fine-grain policy, and then enforces it directly. Ethane couples extremely simple flow-based Ethernet switches with a centralized controller that manages the admittance and routing of flows. While radical, this design is backwards-compatible with existing hosts and switches.

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Simple (philosophy)EthernetComputer scienceRouting (electronic design automation)Computer networkAdmittanceController (irrigation)ArchitectureEngineeringElectrical engineering

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2007
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1-12
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757
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Martín Casado, Michael J. Freedman, Justin Pettit et al. (2007). Ethane. , 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1145/1282380.1282382

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10.1145/1282380.1282382