Introduction to P4Pi

Getting Started

• Required equipment
• Installation
• Configuration
• P4 Compilers and Targets
• Available Resources

Running P4 examples on P4Pi

• T4P4S
  • Enabling T4P4S backend
  • Simple L2 Switch
  • ARP and ICMP responder
  • Calculator
  • Traffic filter
  • Simple stateful firewall
• Bmv2
  • Enabling Bmv2 backend
  • Simple L2 Switch
  • ARP and ICMP responder
  • Calculator
  • Traffic filter
  • Simple stateful firewall

Start a new P4 project on P4Pi

• T4P4S
  • Creating a new T4P4S project on P4Pi
  • Running T4P4S with verbose output
  • Debugging T4P4S switch with gdb
• Bmv2
  • Creating a new Bmv2 project on P4Pi
  • Running Bmv2 with verbose output
  • Debugging Bmv2 switch with gdb

Building an Internet Router

• Pee-Wee OSPF (PWOSPF) Protocol Details

Bmv2 Exercises

• Simple L3 Forwarding
• Calculator

P4Pi Hackathon @ SIGCOMMM 2022