Telefónica in a joint testing with Brocade has achieved 80Gbps line rate throughput using Brocade Vyatta® 5600 vRouter deployed as a single Virtual Machine (VM) on a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Intel®-based x86 server and Red Hat KVM environment.
As part of Telefónica's NFV Reference Lab framework initiative, both companies have partnered to establish new benchmarks for the deployment and performance of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) solutions.
According to Brocade, the newly released Brocade Vyatta 5600 that features advanced routing, firewall, and VPN functionality and a core component at the Network Services Layer of the Brocade Vyatta Platform, is the first purpose-built NFV solution to address the demands of the world's largest service providers.
“In less than two hours, we deployed the Brocade Vyatta 5600 vRouter from a memory stick and completed our performance tests in our NFV Reference Lab. These results are allowing us, as network operators, to aggressively change our perspective regarding what is possible with software-driven networking in order to accelerate the adoption and deployment of these revolutionary technologies."
- Francisco-Javier Ramón, Head of Telefónica NFV Reference Lab
"With these capabilities, the Brocade Vyatta 5600 vRouter is capable of extending to and becoming the provider edge for carrier networks. These improvements will enable service providers to deploy NFV to existing and new customers quicker and more efficiently."
- Kelly Herrell, VP and GM of Software Networking at Brocade
