Learn more about 6WIND's open networking platform for NFVI and 6WIND's networking data plane technology foundation for high performance VNFs.

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SPEED MATTERS

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 Enable open platform
ecosystem to replace
dedicated hardware
with commodity
servers and
virtualization.
 Close the
performance gap for
Service Providers to
upgrade their network
architecture.
The Promise Of 6WIND
Network Architecture
Transformation
Dedicated Hardware
And Software
Platform
White Box
Ecosystem
Virtualization
Rigid Platform
Long Time To
Market
Open Platform
Inexpensive
Rapid
Services
Creation
$$$
Expensive
$

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 Best in class packet processing technology thanks to 6WIND deep
expertise in networking and more than 150 man years of
development.
 Since the first shipment of its 6WINDGate software in 2007, 6WIND
has been selected and deployed by Blue Chip companies to unlock
hidden infrastructure performance.
 6WIND is an independent software vendor and 6WINDGate is the
only heterogeneous networking stack to support major market-
leading hardware platforms.
 6WIND is privately held and headquartered in France, with offices in
Asia and the US.
6WIND Facts

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 Fastest performance on the
market; in both physical and
virtual environments
 Transparent, no change
necessary to OS, hypervisor
and management
 Available across all major
platforms
 Native support for all major
network protocols
6WINDGate on Standard Platforms:
Paradigm Shift In Packet Processing Software

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6WINDGate Removes Performance Bottlenecks
Performance
(MillionsOfPackets
PerSecond)
...
Fast Path Cores
...
Increase OS stability
by offloading
resource intensive
mundane tasks
Standard Linux
Becomes
Unstable
Performance benefits
scale with the number
of processing cores
1 2 3 8 9 10 ...

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Generic Hardware
Platform
Network Architecture Transformation Towards NFV
Proprietary Hardware
Platform
Application
Proprietary Hardware
Platform
Application
Proprietary Hardware
Platform
Application
Application
Application
Application
Virtualization
Generic Hardware
Platforms
Application
Application
Application

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VM
Any
OS
VM
Any
OS
VM
Linux
(Guest OS)
Application
Software
Hypervisor
6WINDGate NFV Solution
6WINDGate
networking data
plane technology
foundation to
develop faster
high performance
Virtual Network
Functions (VNFs).
…
Linux
(Host OS)
1
6WINDGate open
networking platform
for NFV
Infrastructure (NFVI)
based on virtual
switch acceleration.
2

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 High performance switching aggregated bandwidth for VNFs
without any modification in the virtual switch
 Hardware independent VNF network attachments for seamless
network hardware upgrades and VNF migration
 Low-latency inter-VNF communications
 Enhanced features beyond switching (L3 forwarding, virtual routing,
firewall, IPsec and more) for extended chaining capabilities
 Support for multi-vendor VNFs based on different OSs
1 - 6WIND’s Open Networking Platform For NFVI

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Virtual
Network
Function
Virtual
Network
Function
Virtual
Network
Function
Virtual Switch-Based NFVI
Lowest Latency and Flexible Chaining
PCI Express
Local NIC
External Switch
Physical Switching Limitations
• Hardware dependent switching
(SR-IOV, RDMA, NIC embedded switching)
• Throughput is limited by PCI Express (50 Gbps)
and faces PCI Express and DMA additional
latencies
• Available PCI slots limit the number of chained
VNFs
• At 30 Gbps a single VNF is supported per node!
Virtual Switching With 6WINDGate
• Hardware independent virtual switching (NIC
driver)
• Aggregate 500 Gbps bandwidth with low latency
• No external limit to number of chained VNFs
50
Gbps
500 Gbps
6WINDGate Accelerated OVS

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6WINDGate Extensions to Virtualization
NICs
DPDK
(Intel and multi-vendor NIC drivers)
Host Driver
OVS
Acceleration
Additional Features
(L3 Routing,
Firewall, NAT…)
Virtual
Switch
Fast
vNIC
PMD
Virtio
PMD
Fast
vNIC
Linux
Virtio Virtio
Fast
vNIC
Virtual
Appliance
(DPDK-
based)
Virtual
Appliance
(Linux-
based)
Virtual
Appliance
(Other
OSs)
Drivers for Virtual Appliance
• Fast vNIC drivers for high
performance communications
• Standard drivers for existing
VAs
• Extensible for all OSs
Accelerated Virtual Switch
• DPDK with multi-vendor NIC
support
• OVS acceleration
• Extended network services
• Host driver for high
performance communications

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10 x 40 Gbps
Full Duplex
Traffic
Virtual Switch Acceleration
Accelerated Open vSwitch
Open
vSwitch
Traffic
Generator
 No modification is
required to OVS,
OS, Hypervisor,
Management
 L2 switching
capability on 10
cores using 40G
Ethernet
 52 Mpps with 64
byte packets
 195 Gbps with
1280 byte packets
OpenFlow
Controller

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 High performance Layer 2 – 4 packet processing software for
generic servers providing over 10x network performance vs.
standard software architecture
 Extends DPDK with support for multi-vendor NICs and crypto
acceleration
 Transparently accelerates Linux and virtualized networks
 No impact on management
 Applications: vRouter, vBRAS, vEPC, vCPE, vIPsec Gateways…
2 - 6WIND’s Networking Data Plane Technology Foundation for
High Performance VNFs

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 Fast path-based data plane solution leveraging DPDK and
extensions (multi-vendor 10G and 40G NICs, smart NICs, and more)
 Comprehensive hardware cryptographic acceleration (Cave/Coleto
Creek, Cavium NITROX and more)
 High performance and scalable IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding
supporting over 10 Mpps per core and including virtual routing
support
 High capacity firewall and NAT
 Wide tunneling support: GTP, PPP, L2TP, GRE, MPLS, VXLAN…
 Accelerated IPsec stack supporting over 190 Gbps on a server
 Accelerated TCP/UDP stack supporting millions of concurrent
sessions on a server
High Performance Data Plane on Intel Platforms

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VNF Example Using 6WINDGate: vBRAS
vBRAS powered by
• Intel Sandy Bridge Dual Socket
8 Cores Per Socket
2.7 GHz, 64 GB RAM
• 4 Virtual Machines,
each running on 3 physical cores
• PTA Mode (PPPoE ↔ IP)
RHEL/RHEV
Traffic
Generator
PPPoE:
256,000 tunnels
800 tunnel operations
per second
Throughput:
70 Gbps
Traffic
Generator

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Virtual Switch Acceleration + Virtual Router Appliance
Traffic
Generator
Fast
Path
Fast vNIC PMD
6WINDGate DPDK
OVS Acceleration
Open
vSwitch
Hypervisor
Fast
Path
Virtual Machine
OpenFlow
Controller
Fast vNIC PMD
6WINDGate DPDK
IPv4/IPv6 Forwarding

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