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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