Wind River Introduces NFV Platform to Accelerate Cost-Effective Virtual CPE Deployments
February 09 2016 - 09:00AM
Business Wire
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Titanium Server CPE platform helps
service providers maximize CAPEX and OPEX savings via a new nimble
two-server configuration with full carrier grade reliability.
- Enhancements to the Titanium Server
portfolio accelerate the performance of virtual network functions
while improving scalability and simplifying commissioning.
- Wind River will showcase Titanium
Server and Titanium Server CPE-based solutions from customers and
partners at Mobile World Congress 2016.
Wind River®, a world leader in delivering software for the
Internet of Things (IoT), has introduced a new platform, Wind River
Titanium Server™ CPE, that can speed the deployment of early
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) use cases such as
virtualized customer premises equipment (vCPE). In addition,
enhancements to the Titanium Server portfolio (Titanium Server and
Titanium Server CPE) accelerate performance, improve scalability,
and simplify commissioning. The Titanium Server portfolio comprises
commercial NFV infrastructure software solutions that deliver the
carrier grade reliability required for telecom networks.
CPE applications have emerged as an early use case delivering
significant savings in operational costs. The virtualization of CPE
functions, traditionally implemented as discrete physical
appliances, reduces operating expenses (OPEX) through more
efficient utilization of compute resources, increased service
deployment agility, and the elimination of “truck rolls” required
to update and maintain equipment at remote locations. These OPEX
savings may be achieved whether the virtualized CPE functions are
hosted in a server at the customer premises, in a service provider
point-of-presence (PoP), or in a central data center. Given the
undeniable benefits of a more virtualized and intelligent network,
service providers will continue to push toward network
transformation with the growth of NFV use cases like vCPE and other
software-defined and cloud technologies.
By leveraging the Titanium Server CPE platform, service
providers can deploy cost-sensitive NFV applications such as a
virtual business CPE (vBCPE) on only two servers. Each server runs
the full set of carrier grade compute, control, and storage
functions, while working to deliver best-in-class virtual network
function (VNF) performance to maximize the number of users
supported per server and thereby also maximize OPEX savings. At the
same time, Titanium Server CPE helps service providers to maintain
full carrier grade uptime for their vBCPE services, which enables
them to minimize any revenue impact resulting from Service Level
Agreement (SLA) penalties triggered by service downtime.
“Use cases such as virtual CPE are emerging as early
applications of NFV that can deliver significant operational cost
savings as well as improved deployment agility,” said Paul
Senyshyn, vice president of commercial operations for networking
solutions, Wind River. “As service providers evaluate the NFV
benefits and opportunities possible today, Wind River is delivering
solutions that can help the industry introduce new services,
minimize costs, and maintain carrier grade reliability for
business-critical services.”
The latest release of the Titanium Server portfolio provides
additional new features including:
- Dynamic CPU scaling
- Increased system scalability
- Support for latest high-performance
network interface cards (NICs)
- Virtual switch packet trace tool
- Support for “QinQ” tunneling
- IPv6 support for all interfaces
- Bulk provisioning and automated
deployment capabilities
- Support for VNF access to hardware
acceleration devices, including the Intel® Communications Chipset
8925 to 8955 Series
The Titanium Server CPE launch follows additional vBCPE work
from Wind River, such as the recently announced multifunction vBCPE
reference design developed in collaboration with NFV software
partners Brocade, Check
Point, InfoVista, and Riverbed. These partners are
members of the Wind River Titanium Cloud™ ecosystem,
which provides a wide range of optimized, interoperable standard
solutions based on the Titanium Server portfolio to help accelerate
time-to-market for service providers and telecom equipment
manufacturers (TEMs) deploying NFV infrastructure.
“Brocade is pleased to collaborate with Wind River in the
delivery of the virtual business customer premises equipment
(vBCPE) reference design,” said Michael Bushong, vice president of
product management, software networking, Brocade. “By leveraging
the accelerated virtual switch in the Titanium Server CPE platform,
the Brocade 5600 vRouter aims to deliver best-in-class virtual
routing performance—the key to maximizing the overall subscriber
capacity of the vBCPE and advancing in the New IP.”
By using the Titanium Server portfolio as their NFV
infrastructure platform, the telecom industry can enjoy the best of
both worlds: the rapid service deployment typically found in
enterprise networks as well as the carrier grade uptime and
reliability mandated by telecom networks. Based on open standards
including carrier grade Wind River Linux, real-time Kernel-based
Virtual Machine (KVM), OpenStack®, and Data Plane Development Kit
(DPDK), while incorporating optimizations for Intel® architecture,
the Titanium Server portfolio delivers high performance and carrier
grade reliability.
Titanium Server and Titanium Server CPE will be showcased at the
Intel booth Hall 3 Stand 3D30, as well as in multiple locations
with partners, at Mobile World Congress 2016. For more information
about Wind River activities at Mobile World Congress, visit
http://pages.path.windriver.com/titanium-server-cpe.
To learn more about how Wind River is addressing the
opportunities and challenges created by NFV and the transformation
of the network into the backbone for IoT connectivity,
visit http://www.windriver.com/markets/networking. Titanium
Server and Titanium Server CPE are part of the Wind River Helix™
portfolio of products enabling IoT advancements.
About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation
(NASDAQ:INTC), is a global leader in delivering software for the
Internet of Things. The company has been pioneering computing
inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is found in
more than 2 billion products. Wind River offers a comprehensive
portfolio of solutions for addressing the system-level challenges
and opportunities of IoT that is backed by world-class global
professional services, award-winning customer support, and a broad
partner ecosystem. Wind River delivers the software and expertise
that enable the innovation and deployment of safe, secure, and
reliable intelligent systems. To learn more, visit
www.windriver.com.
Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River
Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks
of their respective owners.
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Wind RiverJenny Suh, 510-749-2972jenny.suh@windriver.com
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