Cooperative Education – Networking

Spring 2010

Network TeamSaigon Institute of Technology

Introduction to Vyatta

A.Overview

B.Feature

A. Overview

Open-source networking solutions: enterprise-class Router/Firewall/VPN

Vyatta solutions offerBetter value

Better performance

Better scalability

Better flexibility

Better ecosystem

The word "vyatta" is ancient Sanskrit and means "open“

Pronounced vee-AH-tah

B. Features

1. Subscription Services2. Interactive3. Hardware Support4. Virtualization5. Interfaces6. IP/Routing Protocols7. Performance Optimization8. IP Address Management9. Encapsulation10. Security11. High Availability12. Logging & Monitoring13. Debugging

1. Subscription Services

Stable software Regular updates Regular bug fixes All new features All enhancements Technical support Web knowledge-base

2. Interactive

Command Line– Integrated CLI

– Single configuration file

– Telnet

– SSHv2

Web-Based GUI

3. Hardware Support

Standard 32-bt x86 processors and systems

http://www.vyatta.com/products/hardware_cat.php

http://www.vyatta.com/documentation/general/Vyatta_Cisco_Replacement_Guide.pdf

http://www.vyatta.com/documentation/general/Vyatta_Hardware_Guidelines_v1.0.pdf

4. Virtualization

5. Interfaces

LAN interfaces: 10/100/1000 Ethernet NICs WAN interfaces: T1/E1, T3/E3 cards http://vyatta.org/hardware/interfaces

6. Advance Routing Protocols

IPIPv4

IPv6

Routing protocolsOSPFv2 (Open Shortest Path First)- Support for the most popular interior

routing protocol for large networks

BGP-4 (Border Gateway Protocol) - Support for the core routing protocol of

the Internet

RIPv2 (Routing Information Protocol) - Easily build and connect internal

networks

Static routes - Simplifies basic router configurations

VRRP

7. Performance Optimization

WAN Load Balancing Ethernet Link Bonding QoS ECMP MLPPP Web Caching

8. IP Address Management

Static/Dynamic IP Address DHCP Server DHCP Relay

9. Encapsulations

LAN encapsulationsEthernet

802.1Q VLANs

WAN encapsulationsPPP (point to Point Protocol)

Multilink PPP

Frame Relay

HDLC

WAN encapsulations PPP (point to Point Protocol)

Multilink PPP

Frame Relay

HDLC

10. Security

Stateful inspection firewall Network address translation (NAT) IPsec VPN SSL-Based OpenVPN Intrusion Prevention URL Filtering Individual user accounts and passwords

11. High Availability

VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) IPSec VPN Clustering Support for multiple power supplies Each protocol sandboxed from others,

providing fault isolation

12. Logging & Monitoring

Syslog SNMPv2c - Simple Network

Monitoring ProtocolManage network performance

Find and solve network problems

Plan for network growth.

13. Debugging

Tcpdump Wireshark

Reference

Vyatta home page: http://www.vyatta.com http://www.vyatta.org http://www.vyatta.com/products/demo.php http://www.vietnamnet.vn/cntt/2006/03/548

351/ http://www.vyatta.org/documentation

Slide History

Author: Nguyen Hai Son, Network Team, Saigon Institute of Technology

Created: Jan 30th, 2008 Last modify:Feb. 26th, 2010