BARCELONA, Oct. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Cavium,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products
that enable intelligent processing for enterprise and cloud data
centers, announced that it is showcasing technologies available for
its FastLinQ™ line of 10/25/40/50/100GbE Ethernet adapters that
accelerate the deployment of OpenStack by delivering the ability to
orchestrate and manage an OpenStack configuration for hybrid and
public cloud deployments. QLogic technologies like the Plug-in for
Mirantis® Fuel for automatic SR-IOV configuration across multiple
OpenStack nodes and QConvergeConsole (QCC) for OpenStack physical
and logical topology maps enable hyperscale, private/hybrid and
telco cloud deployments with Cavium QLogic Ethernet NICs to be
accelerated with OpenStack. In addition, the ability to deliver QoS
for network functions with QLogic FastLinQ technology comprises the
broad set of technology investments.
Dynamics of Deploying an OpenStack Managed
Infrastructure
As the scale of private and public cloud infrastructures grow
exponentially, the orchestration of the discreet components that
comprise the cloud has becoming increasingly challenging. OpenStack
is a scalable, open sourced cloud computing platform that enables
the construction of flexible IT infrastructures by bringing a
harmony to the discreet but interconnected system, enabling it to
be managed as one holistic solution serving storage, compute, and
networking needs. While OpenStack has seen tremendous industry
acceptance and support, some challenges still remain. The initial
deployment and operation of OpenStack, which spans various services
and projects and multi-vendor infrastructures, can be a significant
hurdle in realizing the full potential of OpenStack. An OpenStack
installation can be a manual, time-consuming and often complex
process of deploying and configuring discreet hardware components
and functions. In addition, current OpenStack inbuilt management
services lack the ability to deliver an in-depth view of the
interactions between OpenStack components. Customers are demanding
a solution to gain better control of an OpenStack infrastructure
from initial deployment to ongoing operations.
QLogic Ethernet Integrations in OpenStack Simplify Deployment
and Operation
Realizing the potential of a successful OpenStack deployment and
the challenges that such a process entails, Cavium along with the
OpenStack community have invested in several key technologies that
allow the seamless integration and accelerated deployment of
various networking technologies like SR-IOV with OpenStack. In
addition, QLogic Ethernet management offerings deliver in-depth
visibility of the OpenStack cloud along with the ability to control
and guarantee network bandwidth for tenant workloads. Purpose built
for accelerating and simplifying OpenStack deployments, these
investments include:
- QLogic Plug-in for Mirantis Fuel for Automatic OpenStack
Configuration – Single-pane-of-glass capabilities to configure
SR-IOV functions across multiple nodes and eliminate manual error
prone and time consuming tasks by leveraging the capabilities of
the QLogic Plug-in for Mirantis Fuel. This accelerates the virtual
network configurations for large scale deployments and is supported
by an in-depth step by step installation runbook.
- QConvergeConsole (QCC) enables the visualization of
OpenStack Components – With the ability to dynamically map the
topology of an OpenStack environment, QLogic QCC enables cloud
administrators to visualize the connections between virtual and
physical devices, storage volumes and OpenStack services. This
unique capability delivers in-depth visibility into OpenStack
operations and QLogic networking components to maximize uptime, by
giving operations staff the ability to map the OpenStack services
interconnected by QLogic FastLinQ technology.
- Quality of Service for Tenant Networking Traffic –
QLogic FastLinQ networking technology integrates with OpenStack
Liberty to deliver dynamic control over tenant networking's share
of the physical infrastructure. With the ability to guarantee
network requirements like bandwidth, IaaS/SaaS providers can easily
deliver on a strict Service Level Agreement (SLA) to their
customers.
Visit the Cavium Booth #B36 at OpenStack Summit Barcelona, Spain to learn more about how
OpenStack deployments can leverage QLogic networking
technologies.
Supporting Quotes
"QLogic 3400/8400/45000 series of FastLinQ Ethernet adapters
support a comprehensive set of virtualization and multi-tenant
services for the most sophisticated data centers, telco and cloud
providers," said Rajneesh Gaur, general manager and vice president
of Ethernet Adapter Group, Cavium. "With integrations into Mirantis
Fuel and extensive visibility provided by QConvergeConsole,
OpenStack cloud deployments and operations are simplified,
accelerating their adoption into hyperscale datacenters."
Cavium QLogic is an OpenStack community member and a corporate
sponsor.
For more information, visit:
a.
http://www.qlogic.com/solutions/Pages/OpenStack.aspx
b.
https://www.mirantis.com/partners/qlogic/
c. OpenStack Networking
with QoS -
http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/networking-guide/adv-config-qos.html
d. www.qlogic.com
About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), is a leading provider of highly
integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent
processing in enterprise, data center, cloud and wired and wireless
service provider applications. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of
integrated, software-compatible products ranging in performance
from 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps that enable secure and intelligent
functionality for compute, network connectivity, storage and
wireless applications.
Cavium's processors are supported by ecosystem partners that
provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and
other services. Cavium's principal office is in San Jose, CA with design team locations in
California, Massachusetts, India and China. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cavium.com.
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