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March 2016

Data Center Cost and Power

The adverse effects ofMoore’s Law slowing down.

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SDN’s Growing Pains

▶ Data center operators cannot economically scale their server-based networking▶ Software-defined, open networking is evolving but limited to hardware refresh▶ Server-based networking consumes vast CPU resources, starving applications

Limited Scalability Slower Innovation Higher Costs

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Open StackNeutron

OVS ML2

Agilio™ OVS Implementation

Compute Node

VM VM VMVM. . .OpenStack Nova Agent

OVSDBOpenFlow

Linux Kernel

Agilio-CX OVS Datapath

ActionsMatch Tables

Open StackNova

Open Daylight Controller

(ODL)

Tunnels

Deliver to Host

Update Statistics

Seamless Integration with Control Plane

Open StackReady

TransparentOffload

SR-IOVConnectivity

to VMs

ovs-vswitchd

ovs-dbserver

OVS Datapath

ActionsMatch Tables Tunnels

https://www.netronome.com/media/redactor_files/WP_Agilio_SW.pdf

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Agilio™ OVS Implementation

Compute Node

. . .Linux Kernel

Agilio-CXOVS Datapath

TunnelsDeliver to Host

Update Statistics

TransparentOffload

SR-IOVConnectivity

to VMs

OVS Datapath

ActionsMatch Tables Tunnels

ActionsMatch Tables

VM

VM

VM

VM

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Server CPU Core Allocations

• 12 CPU Cores Dedicated to OVS

• 12 CPU Cores for Application

• 1 CPU Core Dedicated to OVS

• 23 CPU Cores for Application

Software (Kernel and User) OVS

Agilio OVS

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Per Server CPU Core Efficiency

Throughput with single Server CPU Core

Mill

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Pac

ket P

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econ

d

• 50X Efficiency Gain vs. Kernel OVS

• 20X Efficiency Gain vs. User OVS

https://www.netronome.com/media/redactor_files/WP_OVS_Benchmarking.pdf

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Power and Cost Savings with Agilio-CX

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Unleash Higher Cloud Services Revenue

Agilio™ Server

Networking Platform

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