F5 BIG-IP - 40GE virtual network function prototype

August 2015

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Devices and apps demand more services

More services drive increased network throughput and complexity

Businesses need an agile data center architecture

Situation

Communication Service

ProvidersCloud Service

ProvidersLarge Enterprise

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Promote standardized hardware architectures for hybrid cloud

Apply user-based policies to application network traffic

Provide higher throughput, scalability, security at key points of the network

Solution

PRIVATE CLOUD PUBLIC CLOUD

HYBRID CLOUD

On premises Off premises

F5 delivers policy driven, application centric services wherever your apps are deployed

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CPU Oriented

(GHz)

Corners of Performance

Packet Oriented

(Packets/s)

Special Operation Oriented(Opps/s)

F5 BIG-IP

Gateway

F5 BIG-IP

VNFF5

SilverLine

(cloud services)

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IXIA

CLIENT TRAFFIC

(SSL)

VNF

SUPERMICRO SERVER2 X 8C INTEL XEON E5-2667 V3

KVMF5 BIG-IP LOCAL TRAFFIC MANAGER

VIRTUAL EDITION

INTELXL 710 NIC

INTEL 8900W/ QUICKASSIST(SSL OFFLOAD)

40G

IXIA

SERVER

TRAFFIC

40G

High throughput virtual ADC

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Hardware build

• XRackPro2

• 25U enclosure

• Acoustically engineered to reduce noise

IXIA traffic generator

VNF prototype server• Super Micro 7048 blade server

• 2 x Intel ® Xeon E5-2667 V3

• 1 x Intel® XL-710 Ethernet Controller

• 4 x Intel ® Communications Chipset 8955 (DH8955 PCH)

Blade server

Switch

• PerfectStorm ONE 40GE (PS40GE2)generates simulated traffic

• Feeds simulated traffic into the NVF prototype server

• Super Micro 7048 blade server

• 4 blades w/ 2 x Intel ® Xeon E5-2667 V3

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Accelerate new application deployments

Dynamically shift resources between application services

Simplify data center design, Increase data center efficiency

Enhance data center interoperability with public clouds

Secure application fluency in hybrid environments

Return on Investment

Intel® QuickAssist Technology. Overview.QUICKASSIST TECHNOLOGY

HOW IS IT OFFERED?

Chipset Option

(Intel® Chipset 89XX Series

with QuickAssist1):

PCIe Card Option

(Intel® QuickAssist

Adapter2):

WHAT IS IT?

Intel® QuickAssist Technology provides

hardware-based acceleration improves the

performance of Networking, Storage, and

Security Applications across the Data Center.

Applications can use QuickAssist to handle

compute-intensive security and compression

operations that are typically handled by CPU

cores.

1 Source: Intel QuickAssist Chipset: http://ark.intel.com/products/80372/Intel-DH8955-PCH2 Source: Intel QuickAssist Adapter: http://ark.intel.com/products/79483/Intel-QuickAssist-Adapter-89503 Source: Intel QuickAssist Soc: http://ark.intel.com/products/series/77989/Intel-Atom-Processor-C2000-Product-Family-for-Communications

SoC Option

(Intel® Atom Processor

C2000 Product Family

with QuickAssist3):

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Intel® XL710 40GbE

Intel® XL710 40GbE• Next Gen 40 GbE – Virtualization

Architecture• Network Virtualization –

Network Overlays • NFV – Performance, DPDK

Enables key usage models across high growth segments

Best in class, standards-based Solution

Platform validation Intel Drivers

Proven

Virtualization Packet Performance

Performance

Standards Based

Flexible

Intel Confidential

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