wipro.com Virtual CPE () Solution: A software defined virtualization platform to realize diverse networking functions with the click of a button
Network virtualization is gaining momentum across telecoms and enterprises; both of whom are under significant pressure to reduce capex/opex costs, and there is a need to reduce time for service provisioning and new service introduction. Virtual Network functions based on Open Source technologies and running on x86 hardware are replacing physical network appliances. One of the prime candidates for network virtualization is (Virtualized Customer Premise Equipment). Wipro s solution is a software defined virtualization platform for realizing diverse networking functions such as branch routing (Figure-1) and IoT gateway (Figure-2) with the click of a button, powered by open source software that is optimized for running on standard x86 hardware. Enterprise branch office connectivity vfw vrouter vlb vnat Management Server VNFM, MANO 3rd party VNF Vendor Catalog Telco Cloud Internet Transport Network for Branch Connectivity VPN VPN Main Office Branch Office Figure 1: Enterprise branch office connectivity 1
IoT Gateway BMS Hosted Services IOT Gateway Application 3rd party VNF Vendor Catalog ZTP Server Telco Cloud SDN Controller Public Cloud Transport Network for Branch Connectivity IOT Wi-Fi CPE VPN IOT Wi-Fi Router Router CPE Main Office Branch Office Intranet Wireless Figure 2: IoT Gateway Wipro s offerings Wipro's is an end-to-end solution consisting of software stack that has been pre-integrated on x86 platform (Broadwell, Xeon, Atom). Wipro s platform solution has been tested on multiple Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) vendors. Wipro s solution Virtualization host platform - This x86 based switching platform provides line rate performance at GE interfaces. The Open Source based hardened platform integrates, optimizes and tunes multiple Open Source software, such as Intel DPDK, OVS, Nagios, libnetconf, Openyuma, etc., to provide functionalities including switching, service function chaining, platform monitoring, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Netconf/YANG based platform feature provisioning. Platform router - Hardened Quagga based SDN router that Wipro has accelerated using Intel DPDK and OpenMUL SDN controller. 2
Platform firewall - Stateful firewall based on Open Source Linux Netfilter implemented in user space by porting conntrack on OVS DPDK environment. Server package - Provisioning and monitoring server that provides Netconf Client, Zero Touch Provisioning server and image management. Use-cases for Wipro s The following use-cases can be realized by Wipro s : 01 Standalone network router for residential or small and medium business (SMB) users 02 Multi-site connectivity between small branch offices of an enterprise 03 Enterprise BU of CSP providing managed CPE services (Ethernet, VPN) to enterprises 04 IoT gateway 05 PoS connectivity management for retail outlets Our advantage Enables scalability with click of a button through a software defined approach Reduces capex cost with Open Source software highly optimized on x86 hardware Reduces opex cost with Zero Touch Provisioning Helps enhance revenues by quickly launching new services to address new customer needs Prevents vendor lock-in with standard open interfaces in the platform for integrating any third party VNF Provides capability to host multiple software based network functions to realize new services with ZTP Offers a solution engineered to work on any Intel x86 platform Facilitates multi-vendor system integration capability for end-to-end services, such as enterprise branch connectivity 3
Eliminate truck roll for new service introduction Develop new sources of revenue Introduce new services without the need for new appliances Business Benefits Increase operating income with reduction in TCO Agility in new service introduction Eliminate vendor lock-in Figure 3: Business Benefits Our success story Successful lab trial completed for a Tier-1 CSP, achieved line rate throughput @ 4 Gbps Deployed on a trial basis in one of the branch offices of a large enterprise Conducted successful live trial for a major telecom event 4
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