RAD’s D-NFV Alliance

RAD was the first in the market to integrate a L2/L3 NID/NTU with a powerful x86 platform for hosting virtual network functions. It is controlled by the service provider and resides at the customer premises, allowing business agility with new software-based services.

RAD’s D-NFV solution for the customer edge is available as a box-size L2/L3 NID/NTU (ETX-2). Moreover, RAD offers a programmable miniature SFP sleeve (MiNID) onto which custom applications and networking functions may be uploaded.

Increase Revenues

• Fast introduction of new services
• Fast response to competition
• Offer value-added services at a premium
• Improve quality of experience to reduce churn

Reduce Costs

Simplify and reduce cost of operational processes while enabling easier migration to cost effective new technologies with:

• High performance and functional flexibility with an innovative architecture combining hardware and software components
• Advanced L2/L3 NID/NTU functionality adds critical SLA assurance capabilities, otherwise not available in a stand-alone server
• Optimized price/performance ratio with modular virtualization infrastructure enabling capacity adjustments to various access rates and applications
• Designed for carrier-approved NFV management tools (OpenStack, KVM hypervisor, etc.); open to integration into 3rd-party orchestration systems
• SDN-enabled