Imagine if you had the software and a ready to go network functions virtualization (NFV) infrastructure that helps you easily create new services. What if you could launch them in a fraction of the time it takes now? Imagine too if your customers had a simple way to order your services online and get them in minutes. Cut your customer acquisition costs. Free your network engineers and others to create valuable applications and services in bold new ways. Customer expectations for network services have evolved markedly. Customers want a frictionless experience characterized by easy ordering, self—service, on—demand capacity, and payment based on consumption. Satisfying these needs means becoming more agile in service delivery, changing business models, and interacting with your customers in new ways. Rapid innovation is critical to staying competitive. Innovation is needed to drive greater speed and efficiency in operations. Cisco™ developed a fully open, preintegrated, validated system that provides modular building blocks for creating reliable, repeatable, and high performance network function virtualization (NFV) deployments.

Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure is supported through a single point of contact and addresses the complexity, deployment, and operational challenges of NFV across multiple technology providers. Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure is based on the industry—leading partnership of Cisco™, Intel™, and Red Hat™. To help speed the adoption of NFV services through demonstrations and proofs of concept (PoC) tests, the partnership has deployed labs globally.  A reliable Cisco NFVi™ is critical to the introduction of VNFs™ into any communications service provider (CSP) environment. So, as you’d expect, there’s no shortage of technology companies that want their NFVi ™ to be at the heart of CSP strategies, to be the foundation upon which new, revenue generating applications can be reliably launched and provisioned. These labs are equipped with the Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure comprising a comprehensive set of Cisco™ equipment, Intel™ technologies, and Red Hat™ software. Each of the labs also offers a suite of preconfigured NFV use cases to help automate and streamline your demonstrations, PoCs, and trials. It is also needed to stay ahead of the changing needs for new services and personalized experiences.

Cisco NFV Infrastructure

The Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure is a fully validated and tested system. It comprises the Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) server powered by Intel™ technology, and the market leading Cisco Nexus™ family of networking equipment.The Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure builds a solid foundation that provides cost efficiency, improves service deployment speed, and enables new revenues. The Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure features include the physical infrastructure comprising Cisco UCS™ computing and storage, Cisco Nexus™ 9000 top of rack switches, and Cisco ACI SDN™ controller Virtual Topology System (VTS). Red Hat OpenStack™ for the Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) with embedded Red Hat OpenStack™, Red Hat Linux™, RHEL Hypervisor™, and Red Hat CEPH™ software defined storage Virtual Network Functions—extensive ortfoliop. Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure NFV or resource Orchestration Cisco Network Services Orchestrator VNF Manager Cisco ESC Virtualized Compute RH KVM Virtualized Storage RH CEPH Virtualized. Network VPP Cisco UCS™ on Intel™ Technologies Compute Storage. Cisco Nexus™ Network Cisco NFV™ Software for OpenStack Management Assurance™. Automated Installer VIM RHEL OSP OpenStack SDN Controller API.

Cisco NFV Validation

As part of the new IP revolution, Cisco NFV™ (network functions virtualization) is going to change the world of communications networking and services. It’s just a matter of when, not if. Part of the journey towards the “cloudification” of wide area communications networks involves the development of coordinated hardware and software systems that will enable the creation, delivery, management and tear—down of virtual network functions (VNFs). Collectively, those systems are referred to as the Cisco NFV™ infrastructure (NFVi). A reliable NFVi™ is critical to the introduction of VNFs™ into any communications service provider (CSP) environment. So, as you’d expect, there’s no shortage of technology companies that want their NFVi ™to be at the heart of CSP strategies, to be the foundation upon which new, revenue generating applications can be reliably launched and provisioned. As a result, it’s incredibly important that network operators, as they start to introduce commercial services using New IP technologies, can turn to third—party organizations to find out if Cisco’s NFVi™ can deliver what they need.

Features And Benefits

We can help you do it, now. We have the software building blocks and the NFV infrastructure you need to automate your service delivery, launch new services rapidly, and slash your network operations costs. Cisco™ tools to build your network services automation. Cisco™ products and solutions are based on an open network architecture and support your multi vendor environment. You can build on them and innovate as you need. The principal technologies include software defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and open source software.Together, these can help transform your network and your business. Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure Technical Overview Based on the standards created by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Industry Specification Group for NFV, Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure provides defined capabilities as an integrated system fully supplied and supported by Cisco™. It is a system optimized for network performance and is a validated solution offering carrier grade availability. It is backed by a single support contract through Cisco™.