[ug-bosug] BOSUG Meeting - 5-April - Session on crossbow

[S h i v]

This is gentle reminder about tomorrow session on "Crossbow - network
virtualization & resource control" (See [1]).

See Sunay's blog on how to setup a network with switches, routers,
hosts on a single laptop
(http://blogs.sun.com/sunay/entry/network_in_a_box_creating)

If you are interested in attending please confirm by mail before 12pm
tomorrow. Feel free to bring interested friends and colleagues.
Indicate all the names in "FirstName LastName" format in the confirmation mail.

best regards
Shivakumar

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSolaris_Network_Virtualization_and_Resource_Control
[2] http://blogs.sun.com/sunay/entry/network_in_a_box_creating


On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM, S h i v <shivakumar.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  This is call for another meet in a quick succession.
>
>  Venu from the crossbow team is in Bangalore during the coming week and
>  it is a good opportunity to have him talk to us regarding the work
>  going on in this area.
>
>  OpenSolaris provides features such as network virtualization,
>  exclusive IP zones, bandwidth management & flow control on a per
>  interface and per VNIC basis through the project codenamed "Crossbow".
>  The crossbow snapshot based on B81 has been available since ~3 weeks.
>
>  For those (users, developers, integrators,...) interested in
>  networking, this is a revolutionary feature to harness. This session
>  will be an opportunity to get to know more about this.
>
>  Agenda: Crossbow - network virtualization & resource control
>  Date:  5-April
>  Time:  6pm-8pm
>
>  Please confirm your attendance by sending a mail to me only (not the list).
>  While confirming provide your name in the "FirstName LastName" format
>  since the security clearance to be pre-arranged needs it in that form.
>
>  best regards
>  Shiv
>
>  [1] http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow
>  [2] http://opensolaris.org/os/project/crossbow/CrossbowBeta
>