Lightning Talk: What Operators are Looking for in a Cloud Native Data Plane

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Orange builds a Kubernetes-native data plane called VNA that uses operator-managed CRDs, a modified generic device plugin and a userspace CNI to wire VNFs/CNFs to nodes. The dataplane runs VPP with DPDK, creates a VxLAN full-mesh overlay to connect POP routers, and preserves kernel interfaces and shared-memory fast paths. Engineers report successful tests with vRouter CNF and a 5G UPF with no service impact and plan to open-source the components.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:13Kubernetes networking gaps
3. 3:42Virtual Network Attachment
4. 6:11Cloud native data plane benefits
5. 9:11VNA open source and future
6. 11:06Q&A

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