CSP: a novel system architecture for scalable internet and communication services

Authors:
Hemal V. Shah;Dave B. Minturn;Annie Foong;Gary L. McAlpine;Rajesh S. Madukkarumukumana;Greg J. Regnier
Affiliations:
Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR;Enterprise Architecture Lab, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
Venue:
USITS'01 Proceedings of the 3rd conference on USENIX Symposium on Internet Technologies and Systems - Volume 3
Year:
2001

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Abstract

The boundary between the network edge and the front-end servers of the data center is blurring. Appliance vendors are flooding the market with new capabilities, while switch/router vendors scramble to add these services to their traditional transport services. The result of this competition is a set of ad-hoc technologies and capabilities to provide services at the network edge. This paper describes the Comm Services Platform (CSP); a system architecture for this new 'communication services tier' of the data center. CSP enumerates a set of architectural components to provide scalable communication services built from standard building blocks that utilize emerging server, I/O and network technologies. The building blocks of CSP include a System Area Network, the Virtual Interface Architecture, programmable network processors, and standard high-density servers.