Kubernetes workloads. #IstioCon VM Support – Single Network #IstioCon VM Support – Multiple Networks #IstioCon Current State of VM Support ● Traffic flow ○ VM connects up to the Istio control plane traffic ■ Single network ● direct communication w/o requiring intermediate Gateway ■ Multiple networks ● all goes though the Gateway ● via L3 networking (if enhanced performance is desired) #IstioCon demanding for some VM use cases (w/ strict requirements) ● No first-class support for VM Multiple Networks ○ All traffic goes though the Gateway ○ Need to setup L3 networking if enhanced performance is

Latency ✓ Single Point of Failure Adoption Challenges ● Multi-region deployments ● Non-flat networks ● Multi-tenant configuration ● Management of Istio installation ● Self-service mesh enablement