[EKS] [Request]: Support for all ENIs on EKS windows Nodes
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Description
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**Tell us about your request**
What do you want us to build?
Support all ENIs on a EKS windows workernode so that pods can consume all IPs supported by an instance types.
**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS
**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
What outcome are you trying to achieve, ultimately, and why is it hard/impossible to do right now? What is the impact of not having this problem solved?
Currently, Windows worker nodes support one elastic network interface per node. The number of pods that you can run per Windows worker node is equal to the number of IP addresses available per elastic network interface for the node's instance type, minus one.
This poses a limitation on running multiple pods on a single EKS windows workerNode.
**Are you currently working around this issue?**
No workaround for this is available.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the EKS Windows worker-node networking behavior described in the issue, focusing on the one-ENI limitation and how pod IP capacity is calculated for an instance type. Determine what support for all ENIs would require and how success would be measured: Windows nodes should use all supported ENIs and expose the corresponding pod capacity.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, kubernetes
- Domain
- cloud, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100