SONiC Network Test Appliance for AI-ML Congestion Performance

Learn how SONiC can be utilized as a powerful AI-ML networking test appliance in this 14-minute presentation from Broadcom's Adam Yeung and Senthil Kumar Bhava Dhamodharan. Explore SONiC's adaptability across network use cases and discover its capabilities in testing RoCEv2 performance between endpoints. Understand how ACL UDF features enable deep packet lookup actions through ASIC, allowing for comprehensive testing of AI-ML server NIC performance, particularly in managing network abnormalities including out-of-order placement, congestion control, PFC, and ECN at line rate. Examine how SONiC functions as a network fault injection appliance and learn about its enhanced capabilities through third-party container support, which enables integration of packet editing tools for slow path fault injection.