https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920706009
The Software Defined Networking in KM3NeT
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INFN - Sezione di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 6/2 40127 Bologna, Italy
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INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Via S. Sofia 62, 95123 Catania, Italy
* e-mail: tommaso.chiarusi@bo.infn.it
** e-mail: emidio.giorgio@lns.infn.it
Published online: 10 May 2019
The networking infrastructure of the KM3NeT detector, implemented with both White Rabbit and standard high preformance switches, is presented in its peculiar asymmetric and hybrid layout. It is one of the first usecases for Software Defined Networking in Astroparticle Physics experiments. Thanks to this innovative technology, dangerous network loops are prevented and a complete deterministic control of the handled data flows is obtained.
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