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SUMMARY:Cluster Management with Containerization on Switches
DESCRIPTION:Robin Lee Simpson (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Cali
 fornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo); Anvitha Ramachandra
 n (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), University of Southern Californi
 a (USC)); and Dohyun Lee (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Universit
 y of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)\n\nThis research explores the utilization 
 of underused computational resources in network switches from Arista and M
 ellanox by deploying containers for auxiliary tasks in computational clust
 er networks. We tested five scenarios: 1) running cloud-init services for 
 efficient boot processes, 2) using Telegraf for network monitoring, 3) dep
 loying a caching proxy to reduce latency, 4) setting up an IPv6 DHCP/DNS p
 rovider for VLANs, and 5) implementing client detection with Magellan for 
 network topology mapping. Containers were deployed using Podman and Docker
  on SONiC-based switches and tested both physically and virtually. Results
  demonstrated the feasibility and benefits of this approach, which optimiz
 es network performance and reduces server load, offering a cost-effective 
 enhancement to HPC clusters. Future work can expand this research to inclu
 de additional network management and security tasks directly on the switch
 es.\n\nRegistration Category: Tech Program Reg Pass, Exhibits Reg Pass\n\n
 Session Chairs: Ayesha Afzal (Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nur
 emberg; Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center); Sally Elling
 son (University of Kentucky); and Alan Sussman (University of Maryland)\n\
 n
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