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[id="about-networking"]
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= About networking
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include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
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:context: about-networking
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toc::[]
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{openshift-networking} is an ecosystem of features, plugins and advanced networking capabilities that extend Kubernetes networking with the advanced networking-related features that your cluster needs to manage its network traffic for one or multiple hybrid clusters. This ecosystem of networking capabilities integrates ingress, egress, load balancing, high-performance throughput, security, inter- and intra-cluster traffic management and provides role-based observability tooling to reduce its natural complexities.
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The following list highlights some of the most commonly used {openshift-networking} features available on your cluster:
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- Primary cluster network provided by either of the following Container Network Interface (CNI) plugins:
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* xref:../networking/ovn_kubernetes_network_provider/about-ovn-kubernetes.adoc#about-ovn-kubernetes[OVN-Kubernetes network plugin], the default plugin
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* xref:../networking/ovn_kubernetes_network_provider/about-ovn-kubernetes.adoc#about-ovn-kubernetes[About the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin]
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- Certified 3rd-party alternative primary network plugins
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- Cluster Network Operator for network plugin management
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- Ingress Operator for TLS encrypted web traffic
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- DNS Operator for name assignment
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- MetalLB Operator for traffic load balancing on bare metal clusters
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- IP failover support for high-availability
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- Additional hardware network support through multiple CNI plugins, including for macvlan, ipvlan, and SR-IOV hardware networks
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- IPv4, IPv6, and dual stack addressing
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- Hybrid Linux-Windows host clusters for Windows-based workloads
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- {SMProductName} for discovery, load balancing, service-to-service authentication, failure recovery, metrics, and monitoring of services
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- {sno-caps}
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- Network Observability Operator for network debugging and insights
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- link:https://catalog.redhat.com/software/container-stacks/detail/5f0c67b7ce85fb9e399f3a12[Submariner] for inter-cluster networking
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- link:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_service_interconnect/[Red Hat Service Interconnect] for layer 7 inter-cluster networking
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