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. This approach addresses the complexity, deployment and support challenges of OpenStack™ in a service provider NFV environment. It is also needed to stay ahead of the changing needs for new services and personalized experiences.

Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure. 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.  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). Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure is based on the industry—leading partnership of Cisco™, Intel™, and Red Hat™. Cisco™ and Intel NFV™ Quick Start. To help speed the adoption of NFV services through demonstrations and proofs of concept (PoC) tests, the partnership has deployed labs globally. These labs are equipped with the Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure comprising a comprehensive set of Cisco™ equipment, Intel™ technologies, and Red Hat™ software. These labs are available to their mutual customers to use.NFV PoC Ready Use Cases. Each of the labs also offers a suite of preconfigured NFV use cases to help automate and streamline your demonstrations, PoCs, and trials.

Cisco’s NFV Infrastructure Validation

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. 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. It’s incredibly important that network operators can turn to third—party organizations to find out if Cisco’s NFVi™ can deliver what they need. Together, Light Reading™, as an independent and trusted media organization at the heart of the global communications technology community, and its respected test lab partner EANTC™ are in a prime position to help network operators with their New IP strategies.

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™.

Cisco Carrier Class NFVI

Cisco NFV Infrastructure™—the carrier class NFVI you need. Your network has to scale on demand, respond to unpredictable traffic models, and help you introduce services faster. With Cisco Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure™, (NFVI), you can maintain high availability of services, deploy new services faster. reduce total cost of ownership by 40 percent, benefit from a tested and flexible architecture, and take advantage of an open, ETSI standard design. Get services up and running quickly. Cisco™ NFV Infrastructure is a tested and validated design that is easily extensible and expandable. It includes the expertise of Cisco Services™ to give you end to end delivery and fast time to market. Cisco NFV™ Infrastructure comprises best in class building blocks, including; Cisco UCS™ servers, Cisco Nexus™ switches, and a hardened and automated distribution of RedHat OpenStack™. The single pane of glass management software module makes it easy to manage and operate. And it helps to simplify the provisioning, configuration, and life—cycle management of all components.

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™.