China-based IT solution provider, H3C Technologies has launched a series of SDN software and hardware solutions such as different virtual and physical switches, and the most critical component, the SDN controller – Virtual Converged Framework (VCF) Controller.
It promises to extend the efficiencies of cloud computing to new heights through on-demand provisioning of every network service including bandwidth allocation, routing, firewall (FW) /intrusion prevention system (IPS), and antivirus.
The company claims that the solutions brings the following advantages:
· Real separation between tenants – This offers security protection between tenants.
· IP overlapping – IP reuse means each tenant can use the same IP addressing range.
· Tenant-based and on-demand provision of FW/IPS/LB resources – Each tenant can have their own firewall rule set. This simplifies operations, and enhances security.
· Scale out – Compared with hardware based firewalls, IPS and load balancers (LB), expanding resources to increase performance is simple and cost-effective. The FW/IPS/LB resources, followed by virtual machine (VM) motion, automatically simplify operations, and break through the hardware and hypervisor based firewall binding.
· Service chain – This supports the FW/IPS/LB in a chain configuration for one-by-one service allocation. The result is minimized traffic flow back and forth between the source VM and destination VM, which greatly simplifies operations.
· Open standard and interface – H3C offers a native plug-in for integration with OpenStack based cloud platforms and a Restful API for integration with third-party cloud and management platforms.
Joseph Lee, Product Director of H3C Hong Kong
While cloud services are already an essential tool for local companies, difficulties in allocating network and security resources have hindered the effective deployment of private clouds. This could, in turn, threaten the efficiency and growth of Hong Kong businesses
