Network Programmability with P4

High-Performance Networking & Cloud-Native · 30 illustrated lessons (text/HTML)

Outcomes

• Write P4 programs for parsers, tables and control flow
• Control a switch at runtime with P4Runtime
• Implement a router, firewall or load balancer in P4

Where we teach this

• PDP-220 · Network Programmability with P4 guided, self-paced

The lessons

Every lesson in this curriculum, in the order we teach it.

• 1Network programmability overview
• 2SDN fundamentals explained
• 3Introduction to the P4 language
• 4P4 use cases explained
• 5Setting up a P4 development environment
• 6Structure of a P4 program
• 7P4 basic syntax, part 1
• 8P4 basic syntax, part 2: parser state machines, transitions, value sets and error handling
• 9P4 basic syntax, part 3: actions explained
• 10P4 basic syntax, part 4: tables
• 11P4 basic syntax, part 5: control flow
• 12P4 basic syntax, part 6: the deparser
• 13Your first P4 program in practice: a simple layer-2 switch
• 14Advanced P4, part 1: metadata
• 15Advanced P4, part 2
• 16Advanced P4, part 3: direct counters and meters
• 17Advanced P4, part 4: random numbers and hash algorithms
• 18Advanced P4: packet replication
• 19The P4 architecture model
• 20The P4Runtime interface
• 21Programming with P4Runtime
• 22Network functions, part 1: a simple IP router
• 23Network functions, part 2: a firewall
• 24Network functions, part 3: network address translation (NAT)
• 25Network functions, part 4: a simple load balancer
• 26Network functions, part 5: in-band network telemetry (INT) data collection
• 27P4 debugging and testing
• 28P4 and hardware: programmable switch chips overview
• 29The P4 community and ecosystem
• 30Course summary and outlook