RAD, the industry pioneer of Distributed NFV (D-NFV) and a member of the HP OpenNFV Partner Program, will join HP for a live demonstration of vCPE implementation for business services at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona.
Combining RAD's D-NFV-enabled CPEs with HP’s virtual services router (VSR) and standalone server, the demo will show two vCPE implementation alternatives with service chaining of multiple virtualized network functions (VNFs).
The first implementation option features RAD’s powerful ETX-2 demarcation device, which combines the advanced Layer 2/Layer 3 demarcation functionality of a state-of-the-art network termination unit (NTU) with a powerful x86 server that acts as a built-in virtualization platform.
The second option features an HP server combined with network termination using RAD’s unique finger-sized MiNID miniature network interface device (NID). The ETX-2 and MiNID are part of RAD’s Service Assured Access (SAA) solutions.
The demo presents a vCPE case with connectivity and service demarcation using L2 Ethernet OAM. The HP VSR, managed by the HP VSR Manager (part of the HP NFV Director orchestration solution), will be used to control traffic between simulated customer sites.
Moreover, a virtualized Traffic Analyzer function, controlled by the Traffic Analyzer Manager, will enable remote monitoring of connectivity performance using IP TWAMP.