DATA SHEET Brocade Vyatta Network OS HIGHLIGHTS A Network Operating System for the Way Forward • Offers a proven, modern network The Brocade® Vyatta® Network OS lays the foundation for a flexible, easy- operating system that accelerates the adoption of next-generation to-use, and high-performance network services architecture capable of architectures meeting current and future network demands. The operating system was • Creates an open, programmable built from the ground up to deliver robust network functionality that can environment to enhance be deployed virtually or as an appliance, and in concert with solutions differentiation, service quality, and from a large ecosystem of vendors, to address various Software-Defined competitiveness Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) use cases. • Supports a broad ecosystem for With the Brocade Vyatta Network OS, organizations can bridge the gap optimal customization and service between traditional and new architectures, as well as leverage existing monetization investments and maximize operational efficiencies. Moreover, they can • Simplifies and automates network compose and deploy unique, new services that will drive differentiation functions to improve time to service, increase operational efficiency, and and strengthen competitiveness. reduce costs • Delivers breakthrough performance flexibility, performance, and operational and scale to meet the needs of any A Proven, Modern Operating efficiency, helping organizations create deployment System The Brocade Vyatta Network OS new service offerings and value. Since • Provides flexible deployment options separates the control and data planes in 2012, the benefits of this operating to support a wide variety of use cases software to fit seamlessly within modern system have been proven by the Brocade SDN and NFV environments. While vRouter via deployments in public cloud, purpose-built to enable the networks cloud-based customer edge services, and of the future, the operating system is data centers worldwide. grounded in a rich heritage of networking A Vital Bridge innovation. For more than a decade, Moving to a new programmable the world’s leading brands have relied network does not happen overnight. on Brocade to deliver network services The Brocade Vyatta Network OS across multitenant, multivendor virtual provides the vital bridge between new environments. These capabilities were built and existing protocols, interfaces, and into the modern Brocade Vyatta Network tools to ensure that the network operates OS to ensure it provides the utmost in as it should. It ties all the network and Yang Data Model NETCONF REST CLI Scripting API Figure 1: Brocade Vyatta Network OS common data model for all-API access. virtualization capabilities of the operating Fig(NETCONF)ure 1 and REST—regardless of system enables the control plane to system into a simple and common data which interface is used, so anyone can communicate with both the network’s model that “translates” all requirements deploy or make changes to accelerate the VNFs and applications (northbound), and and commands, so that they can be operationalization of the network. the packet-forwarding plane (southbound), understood by the network and service as shown in Figure 1. This approach orchestration components. This approach An Open Platform, a Broad allows the Brocade Vyatta Network OS to helps streamline deployments, speed time Ecosystem seamlessly support a robust ecosystem to service, and ensure ongoing availability. To ensure interoperability across network of best-of-breed solutions and help environments and simplify integrations organizations reduce the costs associated The operating system not only caters to with third-party Virtual Network Functions with adopting services. Organizations can the network components, but also the (VNFs), the Brocade Vyatta Network then confidently roll out new services to skill sets of the operators responsible OS uses standard protocols such as maximize the value of their networks. for managing them. The Brocade Vyatta NETCONF; supports open source Network OS enables operators to interact platforms, including OpenDaylight; A Programmable, Extensible with network elements in a way that is provides plugin support for OpenStack; Operating System familiar to them. Operators accustomed and offers published APIs. As a result, The building-block style of the Brocade to working with traditional routers and there is no vendor lock-in—organizations Vyatta Network OS enables organizations switches can use a standard CLI interface, can freely choose the VNFs they want to quickly and easily deploy new, value- while operators more comfortable with from a broad ecosystem of solutions. added services. Organizations can further software can use Linux commands, differentiate their offerings, enhance including all embedded scripting The open interfaces of the Brocade Vyatta their competitiveness, and improve the functions, libraries (Python, Ruby), and Network OS facilitate communication with monetization of their services. shells. The operating system can expose all the components of the network. Using any function along any supported a common data model, based on standard API—such as network configuration protocols and open APIs, the operating 2 Data Center Control Plane Hosted VNFs Control Plane Control Integrated Hypervisor and Plane vSwitch Data Plane Data Plane Data Plane Data Plane Location 1 Location 2 VNF VNF Platform Distributed Services Platform Deployment Deployment Deployment Figure 2: Brocade Vyatta Network OS deployment package options. A Wide Variety of • Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Breakthrough Performance Deployment Methods and • Secure cloud access Leveraging innovations from Brocade and the Intel Data Plane Development Use Cases • Virtual security functions The Brocade Vyatta Network OS can Kit (DPDK), the Brocade Vyatta Network be deployed across a wide variety of • Virtual IoT Gateway OS enables carrier-class performance hardware platforms to support various • Virtual Security Gateway and reliability in software. By separating use cases (see Figure 2). For example, the control and data planes, and utilizing • Virtual Top-of-Rack (vToR) it can be deployed as a VNF, a VNF the Intel DPDK, the operating system platform, or a distributed service platform • Virtual Route Reflector (vRR) allows multiple Intel CPU cores (x86) to integrate into cloud, virtual, physical, or to be allocated to each forwarding on-premises environments. It also can be Automation and plane to maximize performance, while deployed as a co-resident on the hardware Orchestration eliminating resource contention (see housing the data planes, or centralized The Brocade Vyatta Network OS has Figure 3). Although performance scales to manage a number of distributed data deep integrations with existing key independently within the control and data planes, depending on an organization’s orchestration platforms and management planes, the operating system’s overall requirements. suppliers, enabling organizations to performance scales with the associated automate services. This reduces the hardware resources. The Brocade Vyatta Network OS can risks associated with rolling out new In addition, the separation of the control be easily deployed to meet the functions, by avoiding human error, cutting and data planes reduces the amount requirements of: time to implementation, and lessening of compute memory and storage • Virtual Customer Edge (vCE) equipment the learning curve. Enabling service required, helping to minimize the overall automation is just one more way that the • Virtual Customer Premise Equipment footprint of the operating system. As a Brocade Vyatta Network OS helps to (vCPE) result, with the Brocade Vyatta Network accelerate the operationalization of the OS, organizations can improve packet • Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) environment. processing efficiency—across both silicon 3 vCPU Brocade Global Services Brocade Global Services has the Control Plane expertise to help organizations build scalable, efficient cloud infrastructures. Leveraging 20 years of expertise in storage, networking, and virtualization, Brocade Global Services delivers world- Data Plane class professional services, technical support, and education services, vCPU enabling organizations to maximize their Interface Brocade investments, accelerate new technology deployments, and optimize the Figure 3: Brocade Vyatta Network OS general vCPU architecture. performance of networking infrastructures. Acquisition Options That Match Balance Sheet and general compute architectures— Objectives to ensure maximum utilization of the KEY FEATURES OF THE BROCADE Successful network deployments drive underlying hardware infrastructure, and VYATTA NETWORK OS business forward, providing technical consolidate resources to significantly • The foundation for a decomposable and financial agility. Brocade offers reduce capital and operating costs. services architecture the broadest financing models, from • Purpose-built for NFV and SDN traditional leasing to Brocade Network Advanced Network Functions deployments The Brocade Vyatta Network OS delivers Subscription. Network-as-a-Service • A bridge between legacy and future allows organizations to subscribe to all the advanced networking functions network architectures that organizations expect from a modern network assets today then upgrade on • A simple common data model that demand, scale up or down, or return them network operating system: enables disparate