By offloading partial of the aggregation computation from the logical central parameter servers to network devices like programmable switches, In-Network Aggregation (INA) is a general,
Read MoreDiscover the role of aggregation switches. Explore differences between aggregation, access, and core switches, and choose the right model for
Read MoreIn this article, we propose a multitenancy- and redundancy-aware in-network aggregation (MARINA) scheme that preferentially aggregates highly redundant data at a programmable switch and...
Read MoreSome communication switches, e.g., the Mellanox SHArP and those in the IBM BlueGene clusters, are augmented to process packets at the application level with fixed-function collectives.
Read MoreAn aggregation switch is a network device that consolidates traffic from multiple access switches, wireless access points, or other edge devices and
Read MoreConclusion: What is an aggregation switch? In network architecture, they are now extremely important. The technology behind these switches is link aggregation which is the process
Read MoreThe emerging programmable switches make in-network com-putation (INC) possible, potentially reducing the aggregation communication bottleneck. Figure 1 illustrates the promising performance
Read MoreThis section provides a high-level overview of programmable data plane technology and the evolution from early vertical market concepts to the current state-of-the-art PISA switches.
Read MoreIn-network aggregation (INA) technology is a new approach to accelerate aggregation tasks and reduce traffic by offloading aggregation function on network switches. In this paper, we
Read MoreNetChain exploits recent advances in programmable switches to store data and process queries entirely in the network data plane.
Read MoreIn this paper, we investigate the use of smart switches for faster MPI reductions. In the simplest case, there is one high-radix switch in the middle of a star topology with direct connections to all the
Read MoreP4 programmable switches enable programmers to control how packets are processed, produce fine-grained measurements, customize parsers and functions, and compute at line rate
Read MoreIn this article, we propose a multitenancy- and redundancy-aware in-network aggregation (MARINA) scheme that preferentially aggregates highly redundant data at a programmable switch
Read MoreProduct Characteristics Huawei S5700 series Ethernet switches are next-generation energy-saving GE switches designed to provide high-bandwidth access and Ethernet multi-service aggregation.
Read Moreetwork functions on pro-grammable switches entirely in the data-plane. We explore several schemes to build a shared variable abstraction, which differ.
Read MoreIn this article, we propose a multi-tenancy and redundancy-aware in-network aggregation (MARINA) scheme that preferentially aggregates highly redundant data at a programmable switch
Read MoreAbstract As the scale of distributed training grows, communication becomes a bottleneck. To accelerate the communication, re-cent works introduce In-Network Aggregation (INA), which moves the
Read MoreProgrammable switches empower network applications with line-rate packet processing performance by allowing the offloading of applications. However, the resource of a programmable switch is extremely
Read MoreAn aggregation switch refers to a type of switch used to connect multiple ToR switches to a core switch/router in a cloud data center network. It enables high-bandwidth aggregation ports to be
Read MoreIn this paper, we thus propose HybridMon, a hybrid solution that combines condensed packet-level monitoring with selective flow-based aggregation to strike a new balance between eficiency and
Read MoreFinally, the process of using programmable switch hard-ware for network trafic monitoring is most efective when considered as in-network aggregation.
Read MoreThe expected growth of gigabit and multigigabit services requires operators to architect network access scalability upfront. For this reason, we have delivered a
Read MoreProgrammable switches empower network applications with line-rate packet processing performance by allowing the offloading of applications. However, the resource of a programmable
Read MoreWe design Libra that accelerates the distributed sparse DL training with in-network gradient aggregation on pro-grammable switches. Specifically, it offloads the aggregation task for "hot" parameters from
Read MoreThis project demonstrates the concept of In-Network Intelligence, where the gradient aggregation phase of Federated Learning (FL) is executed directly inside a programmable switch instead of a
Read MoreAs the scale of distributed training grows, communication becomes a bottleneck. To accelerate the communication, recent works introduce In-Network Aggregation (INA), which moves
Read MoreIn Chapter 4, we described several types of data center networking equipment including virtual switches, top of rack switches, end of row switches, fabric extenders, aggregation switches, and core switches,
Read MoreTraining machine learning models in parallel is an increasingly important workload. We accelerate distributed parallel training by designing a communication primitive that uses a programmable switch
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