Highly flexible FlexVNF software allows customers to deploy a broad spectrum of software-defined solutions from SDRouting, SD-Security, and Secure SD-WAN. Regardless of where each function is deployed, all network and security functions are provisioned and managed centrally through the Director single-paneof-management platform.
FlexVNF includes the broadest set of VNFs in the industry – from a full set of networking capabilities, including SD-WAN, to a wide range of basic and advanced security functions – making it possible to seamlessly design rich managed services and enterprise architectures softwaredefining the enterprise branch with agility.
FlexVNF is purpose-built with many carriergrade operational capabilities, including a distributed control and data plane fabric with built-in elasticity and capacity ondemand. Powerful service chaining for oth Versa and third party services, including appliances, enables providers and enterprises to easily integrate multiple network and security functions into complex managed services and enterprise architectures.
Another key Versa capability for improving operational efficiency and service agility, as well as lowering total costs, is multitenancy. FlexVNF has built-in multitenancy that enables service for thousands of customers, segments, and organizations providing deployment flexibility, security, and economy of scale.
FlexVNF is fundamentally different than proprietary and expensive network equipment. Deployed on low-cost Intelbased servers and appliances utilizing advances in the latest processors and virtualized infrastructure, FlexVNF radically reduces capital purchases and expensive upgrades/ refreshes that are common with legacy network hardware devices.
FlexVNF supports the widest set of deployment options in the industry, and can be deployed in both legacy networks, cloud, and new SDN environments. It can run on bare metal servers and white box appliances, hypervisor VMs (VMware ESXi & KVM), IaaS platforms (Amazon and Google) or Linux containers.
FlexVNF takes full advantage of multisocket and multi-core processors and Intel DPDK support for maximum use of the underlying compute resources, resulting in excellent performance and throughput.
FlexVNF is operations-ready and supports standard protocols and log formats, including Syslog, IPFIX, SNMP, and Netconf, making it compatible with existing network management, monitoring, and reporting systems.
The result is multi-tenant cloud IP software services platform with integrated networking and security services that can scale out and in on-demand, while maintaining service continuity and delivery of Versa network and security functions – all with significantly reduced hardware costs and better service agility.