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Key features • Enterprise-class platform for the delivery of a broad range of network innovations • Compliant with OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 protocols • Support for over 50 OpenFlow-enabled HP switch models • Open APIs to enable third-party SDN application development • Extensible, scalable, resilient controller architecture Product overview HP Virtual Application Networks (VAN) SDN Controller Software provides a unified control point in an SDN-enabled network, simplifying management, provisioning, and orchestration. This enables delivery of a new generation of application-based network services and provides open application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers to create innovative solutions to dynamically link business requirements to network infrastructure via either custom Java programs or general-purpose RESTful control interfaces. The HP VAN SDN Controller is designed to operate in campus, data center, or service provider environments. In the Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture, the control and data planes of the network are decoupled from each other, centralizing network intelligence and abstracting the underlying network infrastructure from applications. VAN SDN Controller software directly provisions physical and virtual switches under its control via the industry-standard OpenFlow protocol, as well as Netconf and SNMP. Network ports, links, and topologies are all directly visible, enabling centralized policy administration and more effective path selection based on a dynamic, global view of the network. This dramatically simplifies the orchestration of multi-tenant environments and the enforcement of network policy for both mobile clients and servers. With SDN, customers in all industries can develop applications specific to their business requirements. SDN concepts are already in use in cloud data center networks, leveraging technologies such as OpenStack. SDN has demonstrated the ability to provide campus administrators with the dynamic network security and QoS provisioning required in a BYOD environment. Service providers are using SDN for service chaining to support network functions virtualization. HP Virtual Application Networks (VAN) SDN Controller Software provides a production-quality platform for the delivery of a broad range of network innovations. Data sheet HP VAN SDN Controller Software
Transcript of HP VAN SDN Controller Software data sheet as well as Netconf and SNMP. ... • Northbound APIs ... ,...
Key features•Enterprise-classplatformforthedeliveryofabroadrangeofnetworkinnovations
•CompliantwithOpenFlow1.0and1.3protocols
•Supportforover50OpenFlow-enabledHPswitchmodels
•OpenAPIstoenablethird-partySDNapplicationdevelopment
•Extensible,scalable,resilientcontrollerarchitecture
Product overviewHPVirtualApplicationNetworks(VAN)SDNControllerSoftwareprovidesaunifiedcontrolpointinanSDN-enablednetwork,simplifyingmanagement,provisioning,andorchestration.Thisenablesdeliveryofanewgenerationofapplication-basednetworkservicesandprovidesopenapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs)thatallowdeveloperstocreateinnovativesolutionstodynamicallylinkbusinessrequirementstonetworkinfrastructureviaeithercustomJavaprogramsorgeneral-purposeRESTfulcontrolinterfaces.TheHPVANSDNControllerisdesignedtooperateincampus,datacenter,orserviceproviderenvironments.
IntheSoftwareDefinedNetworking(SDN)architecture,thecontrolanddataplanesofthenetworkaredecoupledfromeachother,centralizingnetworkintelligenceandabstractingtheunderlyingnetworkinfrastructurefromapplications.VANSDNControllersoftwaredirectlyprovisionsphysicalandvirtualswitchesunderitscontrolviatheindustry-standardOpenFlowprotocol,aswellasNetconfandSNMP.Networkports,links,andtopologiesarealldirectlyvisible,enablingcentralizedpolicyadministrationandmoreeffectivepathselectionbasedonadynamic,globalviewofthenetwork.Thisdramaticallysimplifiestheorchestrationofmulti-tenantenvironmentsandtheenforcementofnetworkpolicyforbothmobileclientsandservers.
WithSDN,customersinallindustriescandevelopapplicationsspecifictotheirbusinessrequirements.SDNconceptsarealreadyinuseinclouddatacenternetworks,leveragingtechnologiessuchasOpenStack.SDNhasdemonstratedtheabilitytoprovidecampusadministratorswiththedynamicnetworksecurityandQoSprovisioningrequiredinaBYODenvironment.ServiceprovidersareusingSDNforservicechainingtosupportnetworkfunctionsvirtualization.HPVirtualApplicationNetworks(VAN)SDNControllerSoftwareprovidesaproduction-qualityplatformforthedeliveryofabroadrangeofnetworkinnovations.
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Features and benefitsSoftware-defined networking•Proactiveflowprocessing
enableshighlyscalable,centrallyorchestratedSDNnetworks;withthisapproach,acentralapplicationmanagestheprovisioningofendpoints,suchasserversorvirtualmachinesinadatacenter,orfixedendpointsinacampusnetwork
•Reactiveflowprocessing
enablesdynamicmonitoringofnewflowsorendpoints,suchasindividualuserorserversessions;theseenvironmentsrequirecarefulcharacterizationtoensurethatalllevelsofthenetworkinfrastructurehavethecapacitytorespondtolargenumbersofsubsecondevents
•Graphicaluserinterface(GUI)
facilitatescontrolleradministrationandAPIdocumentation
•NorthboundAPIs
leveragethecontroller’sextensibleRESTfulHTTPSinterface;provideanabstractrepresentationoftheunderlyingOpenFlownetworkandallowexternalapplicationsrunningabovethecontrollertoexertdeliberative,business-levelcontroloverthenetwork;providetheservicesnecessarytosupportafullmanagementplatformsuchasHPIntelligentManagementCenter(IMC)
•NativeAPIs
allowJavaapplicationstorunwithinthecontrollerasacollectionofOSGibundlesthatenablehighperformanceeventandpacketprocessing;thesenetwork-levelapplicationsareextremelypowerful,allowingthepersonalityofthecontrollertobeextendedandcustomizedforspecificenvironments;theyleverageathree-tierarchitecturewithstrictAPIguidelinesforinterfacingwithexternalentities,otherJavamodules,andthecontrollerdatabase
•Scale-outarchitecture
usesscalable,resilientdatabaseframeworks,allowingexpansionbeyondasinglestandalonecontrollertoahigh-availabilitycluster;basedonopen-sourcein-memorydatabasesystems,includingHazelcast(forstrictconsistency),Cassandra(foreventualconsistency),andaPostgreSQLrelationaldatabase,persistentdatacanbesharedamongmultiplecontrollerstodeliverascale-outapproachtothecontroloflargeordemandingnetworks
•Highavailability
providesa“2n+1”activeconsistencymodel,whichallowsthreecontrollerstomanageindividualsubsetsofthenetworkwhilesharingacommonnetworkview;thefailureofonecontrolcomponentgeneratesarapidresponsebytheclustertoprovidecontinuednetworkoperations
•Controllersecurity
deliverssecurityatmultiplelevels;HTTPSisusedfortheRESTAPI,andtheauthenticationofusersandapplicationsisperformedbywayoftheKeystoneidentityservice;controller-to-switchcommunicationsaresecuredthroughtheTransportLayerSecurity(TLS)encryptionprotocol,asspecifiedintheOpenFlowstandard
•Linkservicemodule
utilizesspecializedmessagestodiscoverphysicallinksbetweenswitchesinthecontroldomainandmonitorsportstatechangesandnotifiesapplicationsoflinkeventchanges;itisalsoabletoidentifymulti-hoplinkswherenon-OpenFlowdevicesseparatecontrollednetworksegments
•Topologyservicemodule
createsanetworkgraphbasedoninformationfromthelinkservice;identifiesports,computestheshortestpathbetweennodes,andcreatesabroadcasttree,avoidingnetworkloops;infuturereleases,thismodulewillenablemulti-pathservices
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•Nodemanagerservicemodule
monitorsARP,DHCP,andIPpacketsfromedgeports;allowsthemoduletoprovideacacheofMACandIPaddressesforeachendpoint,whichprovidesidentificationofdevicesorusersattachedtothenetwork
•Pathservicemodule
utilizesinformationfromthenodeandtopologyservicestoprogramanend-to-endunidirectionalL2paththroughthecontroldomainfornewnetworkflows;dropsunknownsourceaddressesandsupportsfloodingforunknowndestinations;canbedisabledfornormalpacketprocessing,orcanbereplacedwithamoresophisticatedprogramasdesiredbytheapplicationprogrammer
•Pathdiagnosticservice
validatesnetworkpathsandgeneratesprotocol-specifictestpackets(ICMP,DHCP,UDP,TCP,etc.)thatcanbeinsertedintothenetworkandobservedatvariousswitchesalongthepath;thisprovidesnetworkadministratorswithtrace-routefunctionality
•OpenFlowcontrolinterface
usesageneralizedapproachinthecontroller’ssouthboundinterfacetoprocessingOpenFlow1.0and1.3messages;thisprovidesanefficientandintuitivemechanismformonitoringandprogrammingvariousnetworkcomponentsandforprocessingnewflowmessages;packetsaretranslatedintoasetofrichdatatypesbythecontroller,whichallowsJavaapplicationstoeasilyconsumeorcreatemessagesorpackets.NetconfandSNMPsouthbounddriversarealsoavailable.
•Flexiblepacketprocessing
enablesahybridofbothOpenFlowandnormalpacketprocessingwiththeHPSDNarchitecture;accesscontrollistscanbeprovisionedcentrally,forexample,whileL2orL3forwardingdecisionscanbemadeusingstandardnetworkprotocols;thisallowsSDNconceptstobeappliedincrementallytothenetwork,startingwiththeapplicationofnetworkpolicyandextendingtoexception-basedforwarding,addingvaluewithoutreplacingtraditionalswitchingorrouting
Warranty and support•Electronicandtelephonesupport
limitedelectronicandbusiness-hourstelephonesupportisavailablefromHPforninety(90)days;toreachoursupportcenters,refertohp.com/networking/contact-support;fordetailsonthedurationofsupportprovidedwithyourproductpurchase,refertohp.com/networking/warrantysummary
•Softwarereleases
tofindsoftwareforyourproduct,refertohp.com/networking/support;fordetailsonthesoftwarereleasesavailablewithyourproductpurchase,refertohp.com/networking/warrantysummary
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HP VAN SDN Controller SoftwareSpecifications
HP VAN SDN Controller Base Software with 50-node License E-LTU (J9863AAE)
Platform required Server:PostgreSQL9.1OpenJDK7JVMKeystoneIdentity
System requirements, recommended Server:2.2GHzIntel®Xeon®orIntel®Core™28-coreprocessororequivalent16GBRAMmemory64GBstorage1000MbpsNIC
Recommended software Server:Ubuntu12.04LTS64-bit
Notes Performance•MaximumOpenFlowdevices:4,000
•MaximumOpenFlowports:50,000
•Maximumnewflowspersecond(cbench):2.3million(singlecontroller)
•Maximumnewflowspersecond(cbench):6.5million(3controllerteam)
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