Routing In Fat Trees (RIFT)

This repository contains a Python implementation of the Routing In Fat Trees (RIFT) protocol specified in Internet Draft (ID) draft-draft-rift-15

The code is currently still a work in progress (see Feature List below for the status).

Documentation

• Feature List

• Installation Instructions

• Startup Instructions

• Command Line Options

• Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Feature Guides:

  • Flooding Reduction Feature Guide

  • Disaggregation Feature Guide

    • Positive Disaggregation Feature Guide

    • Negative Disaggregation Feature Guide

  • Security Feature Guide

• Logging

• Log Visualization

• Configuration File (Also known as the Topology File)

• Configuration File Generator (Also known as the Meta-Topology File)

• Implementation Deviations from Specification

• Automated Testing

• Continuous Integration

• Docker

Presentations and Reports

IETF 102 (Montreal)

A version of this code (tag ietf-102-rift-hackathon) was used to conduct interoperability testing in the hackathon at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting number 102 in Montreal (July 2018).

• IETF 102 RIFT Hackathon: Presentation Slides (Microsoft PowerPoint)

• IETF 102 RIFT Hackathon: Report

Interim Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Interoperability Testing

• Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Preliminary Interoperability Testing Report

RIFT Security Reviews

• RIFT Security Review version 1 (out of date)

• RIFT Security Review version 2

IETF 103 (Bangkok)

• IETF 103 Presentation: Open Source Update (PDF)

• IETF 103 Background Information: Flooding Oscillation (PDF)

• Video of IETF 103 Presentation "RIFT Open Source Implementation: Status Update, Lessons Learned, and Interop Testing"

IETF 104 (Prague)

• IETF 104 Working Group Presentation: Open Source Update (PDF)

• IETF 104 Working Group Presentation: Open Source Update (YouTube)

• IETF 104 Hackathon Presentation: Chaos Monkey Testing (PDF)

• IETF 104 Hackathon Presentation: Chaos Monkey Testing (YouTube)

• IETF 104 Hackathon Instructions Document (PDF)

• IETF 104 Hackathon Instructions Video (YouTube)

IETF 105 (Montreal)

• IETF 105 Working Group Presentation: Open Source Update (PDF)

IETF 108 (Virtual)

• IETF 108 Working Group Presentation: Open Source Update (PDF)

• IETF 108 Working Group Presentation: Open Source Update (Video)

• RIFT automatic disaggregation blog

Blogs

• Blog post on automatic disaggregation in RIFT