NetFPGA

NetFPGA Summer Camp 2012



Build an Internet routers and learn about clean-slate switches at a 5-day Summer Camp held at Stanford University


Presented by: the Stanford NetFPGA Group

Open to: Academics teaching classes with the NetFPGA, and researchers (postdoc or graduate-students) interested in developing new hardware-accelerated network applications

Dates: Monday, July 30 - Friday, August 2012

Time: 9am - 5pm

Location: Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Room 232, 348 Via Pueblo Stanford, CA, 94305

Survey: Survey Form



Background


This week-long summercamp extends the material presented at the shorter workshop events



A photo from the camp

Another photo from the camp

Slides

Day 1: ppt
Day 2: ppt 10G_ppt



Outline


Day 1 (Monday, July 30)

  • Welcome and introductions
  • NetFPGA
    • Infrastructure
      • Tree
      • Build System
      • Scripts
    • Life of a packet through the NetFPGA
      • Data and control planes
      • Interface to software: Execeptions and Host I/O
    • Implementation
      • Module Template
      • User Data Path
      • Write crypto NIC using a static key
    • Simulation and Debug
      • Simulation Functions
      • Write and Run Simulations for crypto NIC

Day 2 (Tuesday, July 31)

  • NetFPGA (cont.)
    • Registers
      • Explain Register System
      • Add XML to define crypto NIC encryption key
      • Use Generic Register Module to implement register
      • Update Simulations
    • Build and Test Hardware
      • Build
      • Explanation of Hardware Tests
      • Write and run Hardware Tests
        • Verify value: 0xFFFFFFFF
        • Verify value: 0xFF00FF00
        • Verify value: 0x55555555
    • Writing Software and Integration
      • Write setkey.c/getkey.c to write/read registers
      • Test between adjacent computers
  • Group Discussion
    • Projects ideas
    • Scope of work that can be accomplished in 2-3 days
  • Team up for Projects
    • Project leaders will describe projects
    • Group will provide feedback on the scope
    • Be sure to have one hardware designer per team
  • Example Hardware Design
    • Background and review of block diagrams
    • Show design running on nf-test machines
    • Discuss relevant Verilog Code

Day 3 (Wednesday, Aug. 1)

  • Work on Projects, examples from Summer Camp 2008 & 2010
    • 802.1q VLANs
    • Hardware-Accelerated Mathematics Library for NetFPGA
    • MACinMAC
    • Heavy Hitter Identification using Multistage
    • Layer 2 Load Balancing
    • Pattern Matching/Mini-IDS
    • TCP Traffic Analysis for Passive End-to-End Bandwidth Measurement
    • Assessment of Prototyping an AFDX Policy Switch Leveraging NetFPGA, Ethane, and OpenFlow Switch
    • ntop on NetFPGA
    • Universal Hash Function
  • NetFPGA group available for Questions and Answers
  • Dinner: TBD

Day 4 (Thursday, Aug. 2)

  • Complete Projects

Day 5 (Friday, Aug. 3)

  • Complete Projects
  • 10-minute project presentations
  • Live demonstrations
  • Award prizes to winning projects
  • Dinner: TBD

Saturday, Aug. 4

  • Checkout of Stanford Guest House


Background Reading




To Attend this Event


  • Mark your calendar with the dates of the event
    • Please plan to arrive Sunday night, July 29
    • Please plan to stay through Saturday morning, August 4
    • Registration fee covers shared meals (all breakfasts, lunches and most dinners)
      • Registration fee
        • Early (before June 15th): $250
        • Late (after June 15th): $350
      • Register: Registration Site
      • Registration Deadline: July 6th
    • A limited number of scholarships are available for students or instructors from schools unable to cover registration and hotel expenses. Scholarships applicants do not need to register through the registration website.
      • Award of the scholarships will be based on both merit and need:
      • Please provide one paragraph about that describes your relevant technical background in networking and/or hardware design.
      • Please provide another paragraph that explains why you or your host institution needs financial help.
      • Scholarship Application:
  • Travel Information
    • Direct flights are available to most parts of the country through SFO or SJC
    • CalTrain offers fast transportation between Airports and Palo Alto
    • The Marguerite Shuttle offers rides between the train station, hotel, and campus. No car rental is needed
  • Book accomodations at the Stanford Guest House
    • There are a block of rooms reserved for the NetFPGA event
    • These rooms are only guaranteed to be available until 06/16/2012
    • To reserve rooms, call (650) 926-2800 or online with the reservation code 'NetFPGA12'
    • Single rooms are $119/night
    • Shuttle services available to campus