Multus CNI: Creating multiple network interfaces for pods in Kubernetes to enable NFV and SDN use cases in container environments

Traditionally, multiple network interfaces are employed by network functions to provide for separation of control, management and data/user network planes. They are also used to support different protocols or software stacks and different tuning and configuration requirements. Intel helped facilitate NFV use cases in container environments by contributing the Multus Container Network Interface (CNI) device plugin. This plugin that can be used to create multiple network interfaces for pods in Kubernetes.

Features

• Multiarchitecture Support: Run OpenCL applications across CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators.
• Parallelism: Utilize parallel computing to improve performance and efficiency.
• Scalable Deployment: Deploy applications across various configurations and use cases.
• Industry Adoption: Widely used in science, data analytics, health sciences, machine learning, and AI.
• Continuous Development: Ongoing support and updates aligned with the latest OpenCL standards.