eBPF Strengthens SR-IOV for Powerful Kubernetes Networking

Explore how eBPF enhances SR-IOV capabilities in this 25-minute conference talk by Weizhou Lan and Zhiying Fang from Daocloud. Discover the growing demand for high-performance networking solutions in AI workloads on Kubernetes and learn about virtual networking interfaces like SR-IOV, macvlan, and ipvlan that bring RDMA capability to Pods. Understand the limitations of these interfaces in resolving clusterIP and the current need for dual CNIs. Examine how mature eBPF implementations in popular CNI projects like Cilium and Calico are replacing kube-proxy. Delve into the technical details of implementing eBPF for clusterIP resolution with SR-IOV interfaces and compare its high forwarding performance to projects such as Calico and Cilium. Gain insights into the potential of combining eBPF with SR-IOV for performance optimization and simplified network management in cloud native environments.