we're planning to have a mcast-ix.dn42 somewhere in the cloud at #dn42 for years now…
now we have a pull req with cosmetical issues only: https://git.dn42.dev/dn42/registry/pulls/2572
the whole idea is to consider the following hypervisor configuration:
dn42ix#show startup-config vdc
vdc definition vm-bri
connect ethernet2825 vm-switch
cpu host
image /rtr/ix/bri.img
memory 1024
nic virtio-net-pci
mac cafe.beef.b00b
exit
vdc definition vm-clearnet
local ethernet66602
local ethernet66603
connect ethernet66601 vm-switch
exit
vdc definition vm-jlu5
connect ethernet1080 vm-switch
cpu host
image /rtr/ix/jlu5.img
cdrom /rtr/ix/jlu5.iso
memory 1024
exit
vdc definition vm-lare
connect ethernet3035 vm-switch
cpu host
image /rtr/ix/lare.img
memory 1024
exit
vdc definition vm-nop
connect ethernet1955 vm-switch
exit
vdc definition vm-routeserver
exit
vdc definition vm-switch
connect ethernet1080 vm-jlu5
connect ethernet1955 vm-nop
connect ethernet2825 vm-bri
connect ethernet3035 vm-lare
connect ethernet66601 vm-clearnet
exit
dn42ix# now you can have drop-in replacement vm-s to experiment with like whats it looks a like if the ix is provisioned on a juniper vsrx3 shitload or a cisco nxosv or plain freerouter in software mode or in p4dpdk mode….
then publishing a small report on r/networking on behalf of #dn42 measurements
and probably doing even more crazyer projects/experiment if we settle to have a proper dn42 ix finally with low latency shared vlan between the vms…
like a real ix…
it'll be shitload in the beginning but hopefully it could improve the common knowledge….