QxStack NFV Infrastructure
with Red Hat OpenStack Platform
A Carrier-Grade Infrastructure
Pre-Integrated and Validated for Network Service Providers
Architecture Overview
[/mpc_textblock][mpc_image image=”8918″ margin_divider=”true” margin_css=”margin-top:0px;” image_size=”full” image_opacity=”100″ image_inner_border_gap=”0″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”100″][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”50px” padding_bottom=”50px” no_margin=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=”” bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/3″ id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px”][mpc_textblock content_width=”98″ font_preset=”mpc_preset_38″ font_color=”#333333″ font_size=”30″ font_line_height=”1.5″ font_transform=”none” font_align=”left” margin_divider=”true” margin_css=”margin-bottom:15px;”]Webinar – Embrace Central Office 2.0 with QCT NFV Platform
[/mpc_textblock][mpc_textblock content_width=”100″ font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ font_color=”#333333″ font_size=”18″ font_line_height=”2″ font_transform=”none” font_align=”justify”]Telco operators are looking for open source solutions to reduce vendor lock-in and to meet growing customer demand in transformation. In this session, we provide a glimpse of common NFVI inquiries from telco customers, and propose a modularized NFVI OpenStack Platform with flexible, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure:[/mpc_textblock][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/3″ id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px”][mpc_image preset=”mpc_preset_16″ image=”7105″ image_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brighttalk.com%2Fwebcast%2F12229%2F320853|title:Watch%20this%20webinar|target:%20_blank|” image_size=”full” image_opacity=”100″ image_border_css=”border-width:0px;border-style:solid;” image_inner_border_gap=”0″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”98″ overlay_background=”rgba(255,255,255,0.19)” overlay_icon=”eti eti_link” overlay_icon_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.52)” overlay_icon_size=”60″ overlay_enable_url=”true” overlay_url_icon=”fa fa-chain” overlay_url_icon_color=”#333333″ overlay_url_icon_size=”32″ overlay_icon_border_css=”border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;” overlay_icon_padding_css=”padding:20px;”][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px” no_margin=”true” marginless_columns=”true” enable_parallax=”true” parallax_background=”435″ bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”2/3″][vc_row_inner no_margin=”true” padding_top=”150px” padding_bottom=”0px” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column_inner fade_animation_offset=”45px” alignment=”center” width=”1/1″ id=”” class=”” style=””][mpc_callout layout=”style_8″ title_font_color=”#ffffff” title_font_align=”left” title=”Open and Flexible” title_margin_divider=”true” title_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;” content_width=”95″ content_font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ content_font_color=”#ffffff” content_font_size=”18″ content_font_line_height=”1.5″ content_font_transform=”none” content_font_align=”center” content_margin_divider=”true” content_margin_css=”margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:20px;” icon_type=”image” icon_image=”3972″ icon_margin_divider=”true” icon_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:10px;” mpc_button__disable=”true” mpc_divider__disable=”true”]Under the scope of NFV architecture defined by ETSI, QxStack NFV Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack Platform is an open and standardized NFVI platform which supports various NFV use cases. From the physical layer to the virtualization layer, QCT builds an interoperable NFV foundation without vendor lock-in, that avoids issues from proprietary appliances and provides an architecture with high flexibility.
[/mpc_callout][mpc_callout layout=”style_8″ title_font_color=”#ffffff” title_font_align=”left” title=”Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA) Design” title_margin_divider=”true” title_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;” content_width=”95″ content_font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ content_font_color=”#ffffff” content_font_size=”18″ content_font_line_height=”1.5″ content_font_transform=”none” content_font_align=”left” content_margin_divider=”true” content_margin_css=”margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:20px;” icon_type=”image” icon_image=”2656″ icon_margin_divider=”true” icon_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:10px;” mpc_button__disable=”true” mpc_divider__disable=”true”]The stack adopts EPA designs and fully takes advantage of QCT NUMA-balanced systems. With NUMA awareness and CPU pinning, QxStack NFV Infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack Platform is able to allocate resources separately; while with PCI pass-through technology, the compute nodes with OVS-DPDK and SR-IOV enablement are proven to improve network performance.[/mpc_callout][mpc_callout layout=”style_8″ title_font_color=”#ffffff” title_font_align=”left” title=”Validated by QCT TestBox” title_margin_divider=”true” title_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;” content_width=”95″ content_font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ content_font_color=”#ffffff” content_font_size=”18″ content_font_line_height=”1.5″ content_font_transform=”none” content_font_align=”left” content_margin_divider=”true” content_margin_css=”margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:20px;” icon_type=”image” icon_image=”6275″ icon_margin_divider=”true” icon_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:10px;” mpc_button__disable=”true” mpc_divider__disable=”true”]To provide a reliable NFV infrastructure, QCT introduces a Test-in-a-Box (named TestBox) for an easy-to-use toolkit to validate the NFVI solution. QCT has executed a series of tests to verify the resource allocation and PCI pass-through performance and consolidate the test results of network throughput, packet loss, and latency.[/mpc_callout][mpc_callout layout=”style_8″ title_font_color=”#ffffff” title_font_align=”left” title=”Optional Features: Intel® Quick Assist Technology (QAT) & Real-Time KVM” title_margin_divider=”true” title_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;” content_width=”95″ content_font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ content_font_color=”#ffffff” content_font_size=”18″ content_font_line_height=”1.5″ content_font_transform=”none” content_font_align=”left” content_margin_divider=”true” content_margin_css=”margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:50px;margin-left:20px;” icon_type=”image” icon_image=”6274″ icon_margin_divider=”true” icon_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:10px;” mpc_button__disable=”true” mpc_divider__disable=”true”]QCT enables two optional features to enhance system performance. By adopting the Intel® QAT card, the architecture can provide the security, authentication, and compression, along with acceleration, performance, and efficiency. With Real-Time KVM, the architecture can deliver low average latency and minimal jitter to avoid spikes that might cause a service degradation or even disruption.[/mpc_callout][mpc_callout layout=”style_8″ title_font_color=”#ffffff” title_font_align=”left” title=”Additional Tools: Automated Deployment and Service Assurance Framework” title_margin_divider=”true” title_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:20px;” content_width=”95″ content_font_preset=”mpc_preset_5″ content_font_color=”#ffffff” content_font_size=”18″ content_font_line_height=”1.5″ content_font_transform=”none” content_font_align=”left” content_margin_divider=”true” content_margin_css=”margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:200px;margin-left:20px;” icon_type=”image” icon_image=”6276″ icon_margin_divider=”true” icon_margin_css=”margin-top:0px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:10px;” mpc_button__disable=”true” mpc_divider__disable=”true”]Real world NFV deployments generally come with a massive scale. QCT Auto Deployment Tool is suitable for hastening the complicated OpenStack set-up process. For service assurance, QCT also developed telemetry solution to deal with large scale performance data (metrics) and to implement service assurance for administrator to monitor resources.[/mpc_callout][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px” no_margin=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=”” bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”2/3″][vc_row_inner no_margin=”true” padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”50px” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column_inner fade_animation_offset=”45px” enable_sticky=”true” sticky_offset=”0″ alignment=”center” width=”1/1″ id=”” class=”” style=””][mpc_image image=”8919″ margin_divider=”true” margin_css=”margin-top:20px;” image_size=”full” image_opacity=”100″ image_inner_border_gap=”0″ effect=”none” image_hover_opacity=”100″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”100px” padding_bottom=”0px” inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=”” bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” alignment=”center” width=”1/1″ id=”” class=”” style=””][mpc_textblock content_width=”100″ font_preset=”mpc_preset_15″ font_color=”#333333″ font_size=”24″ font_line_height=”2″ font_transform=”none” font_align=”center”]Recommended Minimum Specification[/mpc_textblock][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”100px” padding_bottom=”0px” inner_container=”true” no_margin=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_video=”” class=”” style=”” bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”2/3″ id=”” class=”” style=”padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px”]QuantaGrid D52B-1U (1U 1Node) | QuantaGrid D52BQ-2U (2U 1Node) | |
Infra Node | Controller Node | OVS-DPDK/ SRIOV Compute Node |
1 | 3 | N ≥ 4 |
- CPU: 2x 22 core - RAM: 192 GB - Storage: 2x 240GB SATA SSD - NIC: 2x 25 GbE dual ports | - CPU: 2x 22 core - RAM: 384 GB - Storage: 2x 240GB SATA SSD - NIC: 4x 25 GbE dual ports | |
QuantaGrid D52T-1ULH (1U 1node) |
Storage Node (Optional) |
3 |
- 96~120TB Raw Capacity - 4x 480GB SATA SSD (for Journal) - 2x 256GB M.2 (for boot OS) - NIC: 2x 25 GbE dual ports |
QuantaMesh T4048-IX8D |
Top-of-Rack (ToR) Switch |
2 |
- 48x 10/25GbE SFP28 - 8x QSFP28 ports |
QuantaMesh T1048-LY4R |
Management Switch |
1 |
- 48x 10/100/1000BAE-T - 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports |
Datasheet (EN)- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13
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