VMware vCloud NFV is the Network Functions Virtualization platform for Communications Service Providers.
vCloud NFV is a fully integrated, modular, multi-tenant Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) platform. It provides compute, storage, networking, management and operations capabilities. vCloud NFV helps you accelerate time to revenue, automate service lifecycle and simplify operations management—all while reducing network infrastructure costs.
What vCloud NFV Delivers
Accelerated NFV Performance
Architect the network for optimum application response, scale, and service continuity using resource guarantees, isolation, monitoring, and closed loop remediation. Achieve low-latency data plane performance and scaling through Enhanced Platform Awareness, NSX managed Virtual Distributed Switch in Enhanced Data Path mode, and DPDK.
Intent-based Service Assurance
Implement continuous performance optimization based on business and operational intent. Improve capacity utilization through Real-time predictive capacity analytics and automatic resource reclamation. Realize 360-degree network visibility with automatic topology discovery, converged overlay and underlay visibility, and real-time network insights.
Advanced Networking
Achieve powerful network resiliency, seamless cross-cloud application continuity, and complete multi-tenant service isolation. Reduce costs through consolidated network functions and simplified management. Deploy security policies both within and between VNFs in both VM and container form-factors using micro-segmentation.
Open and Extensible Platform
Accelerate NFV deployments anywhere from the data center to cloud, to branch and the edge, using open APIs to manage the NFV lifecycle. Facilitate new revenue opportunities with the scale, performance, and flexibility of streamlined onboarding of VNF workloads and policies in hybrid cloud-native environments with support for VMs and containers.
SPOTLIGHT
CSP Operations in an NFV World
Learn how CSPs can successfully operationalize NFV in a multi-cloud, multi-vendor environment.
AT&T and VMware’s Virtual Cloud Network
Learn how AT&T is using VeloCloud’s SD-WAN and AirWatch
What’s in vCloud NFV
The vCloud NFV platform includes:
NSX
Virtual network embeds networking and security functionality into the hypervisor.
The vCloud NFV platform provides dual Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM):
vCloud Director
A multitenancy solution provides the management, provisioning and control of compute, network and storage devices.
VMware Integrated OpenStack
Fully integrated, production-grade OpenStack solutions speed and simplify deployment using VMware platform tools.
NFVI Management and Operations includes:
vRealize Operations
Delivers operational insights and comprehensive visibility across virtual and physical environments.
vRealize Network Insight
Delivers intelligent operations for software-defined networking and security.
vRealize Log Insight
Provides analytics, deep network and operational visibility and proactive management.
RESOURCES
Learn and Evaluate
- VMware vCloud NFV Solution Brief
- VMware vCloud NFV vCloud Director Edition Datasheet
- VMware vCloud NFV OpenStack Edition Datasheet
- VMware vCloud NFV 3.0 vCloud Director Edition Reference Architecture
- VMware vCloud NFV 3.0 OpenStack Edition Reference Architecture
- vCloud NFV Performance Tuning Guide
- Telco NFV blog
- 5G-Ready NFV Infrastructure Technical White Paper
- Tuning vCloud NFV for Data Plane Intensive Workloads Whitepaper