6WINDGate™ - Enabling Cloud RAN Virtualization
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6wind offers high-performance packet processing technology to transform network architecture from dedicated hardware to commodity servers and virtualization, providing service providers with cost-effective solutions. Their 6windgate software supports major hardware platforms, enabling efficient cloud RAN virtualization with low-latency inter-vNF communications. The document outlines their innovations in virtualized networking, including extensive features for improved processing capabilities and support for various network protocols.
6WINDGate™ - Enabling Cloud RAN Virtualization
- 1. SPEED MATTERS v1.0 | ©6WIND 2014. All rights reserved. All brand names, trademarks and copyright information cited in this presentation shall remain the property of its registered owners.
- 2. The Promise Of 6WIND Enable open platform ecosystem to replace dedicated hardware with commodity servers and virtualization. Close the performance gap for Service Providers to upgrade their network architecture. Network Architecture Transformation Dedicated Hardware And Software Platform White Box Ecosystem Virtualization Rigid Platform Long Time To Market $$$ Expensive Open Platform Inexpensive $ Rapid Services Creation ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 2
- 3. 6WIND Facts Best in class packet processing technology thanks to 6WIND deep expertise in networking and more than 150 man years of development. Since the first shipment of its 6WINDGate software in 2007, 6WIND has been selected and deployed by Blue Chip companies to unlock hidden infrastructure performance. 6WIND is an independent software vendor and 6WINDGate is the only heterogeneous networking stack to support major market-leading hardware platforms. 6WIND is privately held and headquartered in France, with offices in Asia and the US. ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 3
- 4. Network Architecture Transformation Towards NFV Application Application Application Virtualization Generic Hardware Platform Application Proprietary Hardware Platform Application Proprietary Hardware Platform Application Proprietary Hardware Platform Application Application Application Generic Hardware Platforms ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 4
- 5. Cloud RAN Architecture Relying on a high speed fronthaul, Cloud RAN moves L1 (if fully distributed), L2 and L3 functions in central servers Cost-effective low power remote radio unit (RRU) Centralized architecture on standard servers for CAPEX and OPEX reduction ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 5
- 6. Cloud RAN Virtualization (NFV Use Case) Very high communication requirements between BBU’s L1 and L2/L3 functions inside the server at the hypervisor level Complex and low-latency packet processing at the hypervisor and VM level including VLAN, link aggregation, GRE, IP in IP, GTP, shaping, NAT, firewall, IPSec… Fast and low-latency VM to VM communications (L2 to L3) Compared to standard VMs, BBU VMs rely on Real-time OS services Efficient VM migration mechanisms Baseband Resource Pool Server BBU Hypervisor Edge Service VM (CDN, Web Cache…) Base Band Unit L2 VMs (GSM, 3G,LTE) L3 VM Hardware L1 (baseband) processing Hardware Switch ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 6
- 7. 6WINDGate on Standard Platforms: Paradigm Shift In Packet Processing Software Fastest performance on the market; in both physical and virtual environments Transparent, no change necessary to OS, hypervisor and management Available across all major platforms Native support for all major network protocols ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 7
- 8. 6WINDGate Removes Performance Bottlenecks Performance (Millions Of Packets Per Second) Performance benefits scale with the number of processing cores 1 2 3 8 9 10 ... ... Fast Path Cores ... Increase OS stability by offloading resource intensive mundane tasks Standard Linux Becomes Unstable ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 8
- 9. Control Plane Networking Stack Fast Path Transparent to Operating System Local info Synchronization modules Continuous synchronization Local info ? Exception packet Fast path packet ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 9
- 10. Available for Industry-Leading Processor Platforms Architecture-independent “Fast Path Modules” • Generic, processor-independent source code • Cycle-level and pipeline-level optimizations Architecture-specific "Fast Path Networking SDK" • Zero-overhead API for fast path modules • Support for processor-specific features and • Leverages processor suppliers' SDKs Data Plane Fast Path FPN-SDK FPN-SDK FPN-SDK FPN-SDK NetOS Simple Exec DPDK ZoL™ resources ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 10
- 11. 6WINDGate DPDK Features and Benefits Based on dpdk.org 6WINDGate DPDK add-ons available for increased system functionality, performance and reliability Poll Mode Drivers for multi-vendor NICs Mellanox ConnectX-3® EN Series PMD Emulex OCE14102 PMD Performance acceleration for virtualized networking Fast vNIC PMD VMXNET3 Guest VMware PMD VIRTIO Guest XEN-KVM PMD Crypto acceleration modules that leverage Cavium NITROX SDK 5.x Crypto Intel® Multi-Buffer Crypto Intel® QuickAssist Crypto Virtualization acceleration Fast vNIC PMD VMXNET3 Guest VMware PMD VIRTIO Guest XEN-KVM PMD Crypto acceleration Cavium NITROX SDK 5.x Crypto Intel® Multi-Buffer Crypto Intel® QuickAssist Crypto Multi-vendor NIC support Emulex OCE14102 Mellanox ConnectX®- dpdk.org PMD 3 EN Series PMD ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 11
- 12. 6WINDGate Extensions to Virtualization Virtual Appliance (DPDK-based) Fast vNIC PMD Virtio PMD Virtual Switch NICs Virtual Appliance (Other OSs) Fast vNIC Virtual Appliance (Linux-based) Virtio Virtio Host Driver Additional Features DPDK OVS Fast vNIC Linux Acceleration (L3 Routing, Firewall, NAT…) (Intel and multi-vendor NIC drivers) Drivers for Virtual Appliance • Fast vNIC drivers for high performance communications • Standard drivers for existing VAs • Extensible for all OSs Accelerated Virtual Switch • DPDK with multi-vendor NIC support • OVS acceleration • Extended network services • Host driver for high performance communications ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 12
- 13. 6WINDGate for Cloud RAN Virtualization Baseband Resource Pool Server Edge Service VM Base Band Unit L2 VMs (GSM, 3G,LTE) L3 VM BBU 2 Hardware L1 (baseband) processing Hardware Switch Hypervisor 6WINDGate networking data plane technology foundation to develop faster high performance virtualized BBUs 1 6WINDGate open networking platform (NFVI) for high performance inter-layer communications ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 13
- 14. 1 - 6WIND’s Open Networking Platform For Cloud RAN High performance switching aggregated bandwidth for workloads without any modification in the virtual switch 1/10th computing resources to process a defined amount of bandwidth, saving computing resources to implement more VNFs Hardware independent VNF network attachments for seamless network hardware upgrades and VNF migration Low-latency inter-VNF communications Enhanced features beyond switching (L3 forwarding, virtual routing, firewall, IPsec and more) for extended chaining capabilities Support for multi-vendor VNFs based on different OSes ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 14
- 15. Virtual Switch Acceleration Open vSwitch 10 x 40 Gbps Full Duplex Traffic OpenFlow Controller Accelerated Open vSwitch Traffic Generator No modification is required to OVS, OS, Hypervisor, Management L2 switching capability on 10 cores using 40G Ethernet 52 Mpps with 64 byte packets 195 Gbps with 1280 byte packets ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 15
- 16. Virtual Switch-Based NFVI: Lowest Latency and Flexible Chaining for Cloud RAN BBUs Virtual Network Function Virtual Network Function Virtual Network Function 500 Gbps 6WINDGate Accelerated OVS PCI Express Local NIC External Switch Virtual Switching With 6WINDGate • Hardware independent virtual switching (NIC driver) • Aggregate 500 Gbps bandwidth with low latency • No external limit to number of chained VNFs Physical Switching Limitations • Hardware dependent switching (SR-IOV, RDMA, NIC embedded switching) • Throughput is limited by PCI Express (50 Gbps) and faces PCI Express and DMA additional latencies • Available PCI slots limit the number of chained VNFs • At 30 Gbps a single VNF is supported per node! 50 Gbps ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 16
- 17. 2 - 6WIND’s Networking Data Plane Technology Foundation for Cloud RAN BBUs High performance Layer 2 – 4 packet processing software for generic servers providing over 10x network performance vs. standard software architecture Extends DPDK with support for multi-vendor NICs and crypto acceleration Transparently accelerates Linux and virtualized networks supporting real-time preemption patch No impact on management ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 17
- 18. 6WINDGate Module List OVS Security L2TP, PPPoE BRAS VPN Monitoring Fast Path VLAN IPv4/IPv6 Forwarding ARP / NDP Routing Complete protocol portfolio for Cloud RAN MPLS/VPLS Encapsulation Control plane extensions Fast path extensions Link Aggregation IPv4/IPv6 Multi-cast Firewall / NAT LACP Ethernet Bridging Filtering IPv4/IPv6 IPsec SVTI NAT GRE TCP/UDP Termination Flow Inspection High Availability Tunneling (IPinIP) L2TP/ PPPoE VXLAN GTP-U BRAS IPsec IPv4/IPv6 Distributed Arch. Control Plane Routing / Virtual Routing BFD SMR VRRP LACP DPDK Fast vNIC PMD VMXNET3 Guest VMware ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 18 PMD Intel® QuickAssist Crypto VIRTIO Guest XEN-KVM PMD Intel® Multi- Buffer Crypto Cavium NITROX SDK 5.X Crypto Mellanox ConnectX®-3 EN Series PMD FPN-SDK OVS Acceleration Emulex OCE14000 Series PMD QoS Hardware platform independence Modular virtualization extensions Generic software
- 19. High Performance Data Plane (Example on Intel Platforms – Detailed Benchmarks Available for all Platforms) Fast path-based data plane solution leveraging DPDK and extensions (multi-vendor 10G and 40G NICs, smart NICs, and more) Comprehensive hardware cryptographic acceleration (Cave/Coleto Creek, Cavium NITROX and more) High performance and scalable IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding supporting over 10 Mpps per core and virtual routing High capacity QoS, firewall and NAT Wide tunneling support: VLAN, GRE, IP in IP, GTP, … Accelerated IPsec stack supporting over 190 Gbps on a 40 core server ©6WIND 2014 v1.0 | 19
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