Intel Develops New Telecoms Chip-set Reference Architectures
So Intel has shown off three reference architectures that it claims will enable
the IT and telecom industries to accelerate hardware and software development
for software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV).
Intel said that integrating SDN and NFV on standard x86 platforms allows
lowering the acquisition and management costs as well as enabling new services.
By separating control and data planes, SDN allows the network to be
programmed and managed externally at much larger and more dynamic scale for
better traffic control across the entire data center. NFV allows service
providers to virtualize and manage networking functions such as firewall, VPN or
intrusion detection service as virtual applications running on a high-volume
x86-based server.
"By decoupling the network from underlying hardware and enabling a new
network architecture based on industry-standard x86 technology, network
virtualization can transform the operational model of networking to help
customers dramatically lower operational and capital expenses," said Allwyn
Sequeira, vice president, Networking and Security, VMware.
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