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Pluribus Open Netvisor® Linux for Dell Open Networking – Fabric Extender Edition Operating System for Dell Open Networking Switches Traditional Datacenter Networking can be Lacking
visibility and control is through a fabric-wide directory that contains endpoint information (vPorts) as well as allows for granular flow filtering and control (vFlow).
Traditional data center networking is complex to manage and troubleshoot: too many boxes, too many protocols with too many approaches. When it comes to application performance monitoring and telemetry, traditional solutions are based on expensive taps and packet brokers making it cost prohibitive and impractical for most organization to deploy monitoring solutions to achieve 100% East-West visibility inside the fabric.
The Dell Open Networking (ON) Ethernet Switches, based on the latest generation chipsets from Broadcom, are designed to implement extremely cost effective, non-blocking, pay-as-yougrow leaf-spine architecture with predictable low-latency, thus dramatically improving workload management and network agility. Dell ON spine-leaf-spine infrastructure is particularly suitable for large VM pools with migration, big data analytics, cloud, and VDI applications.
Networking infrastructure is lacking when compared to storage and compute from an agility, control and visibility standpoint. Depending on your role, you are wanting something more out of your network - but not just for your network’s sake. Rather, you want networking to be a key enabler for better IT. You want it to be easier, you want more out of it, and you don’t want it to merely be a cost center. At the same time, you are looking for solutions that don’t require “rip and replace” of your existing network infrastructure –and more importantly don’t promote vendor lock-in. To address the need of a large virtualized workload, Pluribus Open Netvisor® Linux (ONVL) has developed a fabric architecture based on server cluster technologies. Without the need for an external controller, the Dell Open Networking (ON) Ethernet Switches powered by Pluribus ONVL federate into a fabric, offering fabric-wide management and visibility, optimization and control of virtual loads.
Pluribus Open Netvisor® Linux (ONVL) Pluribus Networks advances software-defined networking (SDN) through Open Netvisor Linux (ONVL), the industry’s most programmable, open source-based network operating system. ONVL is based on a highly available, scalable, controller-less architecture to provide visibility, telemetry, security and dramatic operational simplification. Pluribus ONVL combines the benefits of Linux with a controllerless fabric. The traditional CLI (Command Line Interface) is paired with fabric-wide programmability (C, Java, RESTful API), OpenStack integration and DevOps tools (e.g. Ansible) for agility and automation via a single point of management. Granular
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In combination with the Dell Open Networking (ON) switching portfolio, ONVL provides best-in-class switching economics. The deployment flexibility is guaranteed by Pluribus ONVL full L2/L3 stack providing complete interoperability with the legacy networking infrastructure, allowing for easy insertion into brownfield deployments.
Benefits
Faster, more secure application roll-out to reap financial benefits more quickly. Unparalleled visibility of network demand, data usage for capacity planning and application performance monitoring. Best in-class hardware economics with Dell Open Networking hardware platforms. Lower your CapEx and avoid building a separate monitoring network. Enhance network security and auditing by being able to monitor and control for any application flow.
Advanced Features
Feature-rich L2/L3 and multicast enable flexible deployment options. Dell switches running ONVL can join into a controller-less fabric and be managed as a single switch via CLI and/or API. Integrated tap-less telemetry for data capture and postanalysis. vPort table, a fabric-wide endpoint “directory” accessible from any node for comprehensive endpoint and VM lifecycle tracking across the fabric. vFlow for granular visibility and control of every flow across the fabric.
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Fabric Networking - Detailed Functionality Functionality Fabric Telemetry and Visibility
Description Fabric-cluster management for ease of use and configuration vFlow - Fabric-wide granular flow filtering with security and QoS actions vPort - Fabric-wide visibility into any End-points/VMs and mobility events Fabric-wide application flow telemetry (client-server connection stats, Top Talkers, end-to-end latency, flow duration, TCP state etc.) Fabric-wide network traffic telemetry (packets, congestion, errors etc.) Big Data protocols and file system, IP storage and Nutanix application flow recognition FlowTrace
Fabric Agility and Automation
Operate with third party spines and/or leafs Controller-less fabric with single CLI/API for automation and operational simplification Fabric control plane inband or over management network Broadcast ARP free L2 fabrics Zero Touch Replacement (ZTR) of fabric nodes
Dell ONVL - Scalability S4048-ON – 2GB
S4048-ON – 4GB
S6000-ON Scale
MAC Addresses
280,000
280,000
280,000
IPv4 routes RSTP Instances
16,000 512
16,000 512
16,000 512
VLANs (without RSTP)
Performance
4,000
4,000
4,000
VLANs (with RSTP)
512
512
512
Link Aggregation Group (LAG)
64
64
64
Member ports per LAG vLAG
16 64
16 64
16 64
Member ports per vLAG
16
16
16
IGMP Groups MLD Groups
8,000 8,000
8,000 8,000
8,000 8,000
Traffic Mirroring
4 ports
4 ports
4 ports
Jumbo Frames ACL Entries
10232 bytes 4,000
10232 bytes 4,000
10232 bytes 4,000
vNIC (SVI)
256
512
512
ECMP VRRP
16-way 256
16-way 256
16-way 256
IPv4 host table size
16,000
16,000
16,000
IPv4 Multicast table size
8,000
8,000
64,000
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Enterprise Networking - Detailed Functionality Functionality Operating System Install & Upgrade
Description ONIE boot using DHCP & USB Offline Software-Upgrade
Extensibility
Full CLI RESTful and C API API and CLI install on any remote Linux server or VM Ansible (third party extension)
Hardware Management
The switch hardware abstraction layer accelerates Linux kernel networking constructs in hardware including the routing table, ARP table, IP tables, VLANs Hardware management includes jumbo frames and environmental management support
Layer 3 Features
Quagga IPv4 routing suite including OSPFv2, BGPv4, and RIP Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for BGPv4 ARP Pruning Access Control List (ACL) vNICs (SVI) VRRP – with Active-Active data plane Static routes Loopback Interface Quagga Direct Access via Shell
Layer 2 Features
Bridge management with RSTP (IEEE 802.1w) and RSTP PortFast BPDU Guard, BPDU Filter VLANs, VLAN trunks (IEEE 802.1q), LACP (IEEE 802.3ad) LLDP (IEEE 802.1ab) IGMPv2/v3 snooping MLD Snooping Jumbo frames virtual Link Aggregation (vLAG) Storm control for Multicast and Broadcast
Management
Linux management tools such as OpenSSH, SCP, and NFS DHCP and DHCPv4 relays Role-based Access Management (RBAC) Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Server
Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Traditional monitoring with SNMP v1, v2, and v3 Network specific MIB, ACL-based counters Port mirroring Troubleshooting with syslog, hardware inventory, and log files sFlow – based on sFlow standard (data sampling) Wireshark
Security Features
TACACS+ Filter Actions – logging, system, reject, mirroring interfaces, counters SSHv2 TLS 1.2 MD5 (OSPFv2 & BGPv4) MAC Security Ingress ACL-based classification/policing. Layer 2 Class of Service (CoS) (IEEE 802.1p) DHCP to COS mapping QoS Strict Priority Queue
QoS
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Supported IEEE standards IEEE Standards IEEE 802.1ab IEEE 802.1/Qbb IEEE 802.1D IEEE 802.3ad IEEE 802.3ae IEEE 802.3ba IEEE 802.1p IEEE 802.1W IEEE 802.1Q IEEE 802.3z
Description LLDP Priority-based Flow Control Spanning Tree Protocol Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) 10 Gigabit Ethernet 40 Gigabit Ethernet CoS Prioritization Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol VLAN Tagging Gigabit Ethernet
Dell supported MIBs Supported MIBs RFC 1155 RFC 1157 RFC 1212, 1213, 1215 RFC 1901 RFC 2011 RFC 2012 RFC 2013 RFC 2233 RFC 2287
Dell Supported RFCs Supported RFCs RFC 768 RFC 791 RFC 792 RFC 793 RFC 826 RFC 854 RFC 959 RFC 1305 RFC 1519 RFC 1591 RFC 1724 RFC 1812 RFC 2236 RFC 2328 RFC 2453 RFC 2519 RFC 3101 RFC 3137 RFC 3376 RFC 3509 RFC 4271 RFC 4456 RFC 4486 RFC 4893
Description User Datagram Protocol (UDP) IP Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) TCP ARP Telnet FTP Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3 Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) Domain Name System (DNS) Client RIPv2 MIB Extension IPv4 Routers Internet Group Management Protocol OSPF Version 2 RIP Version 2 A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation OSPF Not-So-Stubby-Area (NSSA) Option OSPF Stub Router Advertisement Internet Group Management Protocol Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers BGPv4 BGP Route Reflection Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message BGP Support For Four-Octet AS Number Space
RFC 2570
RFC 2571 RFC 2572 RFC 2576 RFC 2578 RFC 2579 RFC 2580 RFC 2665
Description SMI SNMPv1 MIB-II, Ethernet-like MIB and TRAPs Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2 SNMPv2 for Internet Protocol using SMIv2 SNMPv2 for Transmission Control Protocol using SMIv2 SNMPv2 for User Datagram Protocol using SMIv2 The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2 System Application Packages MIB Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet standard Network Management Framework An Architecture For Describing SNMP Management Frame works (read-only access) Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP (read only access) Coexistence between SNMP v1, v2, and v3 SNMP Structure of Management Information MIB SNMP Textual Conventions for SMIv2 Conformance Statements for SMIv2 Ethernet like Interface MIB
About Pluribus Networks Pluribus Networks provides the missing component for software defined data centers – virtualized networking. Our open networking with fabric clustering solutions transform your existing, inflexible network infrastructure into a strategic asset that meets today’s dynamic business challenges. Our easily deployable architecture virtualizes the network to make it more resilient and intelligent while improving visibility and automating its operation. Our customers leverage their existing IT network infrastructure, running more cost efficiently and bringing new business applications online faster. Learn more at www.pluribusnetworks.com/dell and @pluribusnet.
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