DOSE: Double optics single electronics data-center using a switchless optical frontplane and backplane

We propose a scalable data-center architecture and associated protocol using the double use of optics in both the backplane as well as the frontplane, segregated by an electrical SDN switch. The advantage of our architecture is seemingly infinite scalability in conjunction with the ability to transport large chunks of data (with full bisection bandwidth) between servers across the data center. We present the architecture, system design, scalability issues as well as power profiles. Further, we present a protocol that facilitates software defined networking and communication within the data center. A simulation model is shown that validates the architecture for different manifestations of the data-center using various services and variations of the architecture. The proposed architecture results in low latency and excellent throughput, while reducing total cost of wiring within the data-center.