Network Processing Forum
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The Network Processing Forum (NPF) is an
History of the NPF
The organization was formed to build on the efforts of two former industry groups, the Common Programming Interface Forum (CPIX) and the Common Switch Interface Consortium (CSIX).
Organizational form
The NPF is a member-managed non-profit corporation and operates as a contribution-driven, parliamentary industry forum. Russell Dietz of HiFn is the current chairman and Chuck Sannipoli representing IP Infusion is the vice-chairman. The NPF's board was composed of representatives of Ericsson, HiFn, IBM, Integrated Device Technology, Intel, IP Infusion, and PMC-Sierra.
Hardware interoperability agreements
The
Software interoperability agreements
Service Application Programming Agreements, (SAPI)s, provide an API to configure or use a service. The following SAPIs have been approved by the NPF:
- Interface Management API,[4] IPSec Service API,[5] HA Service API, Diffserv Services API,[6] IPv4 Unicast Forwarding Service API,[7] IPv6 Unicast Forwarding Service API,[8] MPLS Forwarding Service API,
Functional APIs, (FAPI)s, are used to configure or use a low level functional block. The following FAPIs have been approved by the NPF:
- IPv4 Prefix LPF and FAPI, Generic Classifier LFB and FAPI, Topology Manager FAPI, Messaging LFB,
Benchmarking interoperability agreements
The NPF has created benchmarks for IP forwarding, IPSEC performance, MPLS forwarding, and switch fabric performance.
Joint projects
The NPF specified a High Availability framework and service API in conjunction with the Service Availability Forum (SAF). The NPF has also had extensive liaison activity with the Optical Internetworking Forum. In December 2004, the NPF became a founding member of the Mountain View Alliance, a consortium of consortia created to enable Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions.
See also
External links
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