OCP Summit 2025: eCore Architecture and Whitebox Evolution of Alibaba's Service-Oriented DCI network
At the OCP Global Summit 2025 (opencompute.org), Dennis Cai (presenting on behalf of Roy Jiang) from Alibaba and Manish Mukherjee from Cisco Systems presented “eCore Architecture and Whitebox Evolution of Alibaba’s Service-Oriented DCI network.”
eCore is Alibaba’s cutting-edge Data Center Interconnect (DCI) network, engineered to redefine scalability and efficiency through a modular, whitebox-based architecture and service-aware traffic forwarding powered by SRv6. This talk, presented jointly by Alibaba and Cisco, delves into its design philosophy, deployment challenges, and measurable impact—alongside Alibaba’s custom whitebox solutions and roadmap for the future.
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