Vitualization with Ekinops

Addressing Enterprise and SMB challenges

02/12/2024
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 SMBs & Distributed Enterprises Challenges

Virtualization Key Functions & Features

Agenda
Use Case Examples

Ekinops Value Proposition

 SMBs & Distributed Enterprises Challenges

Virtualization Key Functions & Features

Agenda
Use Case Examples

Ekinops Value Proposition

Challenges addressing the SMB Market

SMBs require from their SP new value added services

• Adding security (firewall, virus detection,..)
• Adding redundancy (backup scenarios)
• Offer an appropriate solution for distributed enterprises
(multiple small sites), using SD-WAN technologies

Service Providers (SPs) need to

• Reduce Capital and operational expenditure by integration
and automation
• Question their solution approach when legacy solutions
become EOL
• Need to deal with component shortages due to Covid crisis and question the
dependency on a single hardware vendor

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 SMBs & Distributed Enterprises Challenges

Virtualization Key Functions & Features

Agenda
Use Case Examples

Ekinops Value Proposition

Ekinops Virtualization Solution

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The Virtualization Landscape
uCPE based systems Server based systems

Flexible Network Services Public Cloud Computing

Edge Computing & Verticals Data Centers & Corporate Cloud

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OneOS6: Cornerstone for Software-Defined Solutions

SD-WAN 3rd Party Ekinops Ekinops Services :

Built-in OneOS6 or as VNFs
Services Services
Network QoS >30 certified As VNFs or
SD-WAN
OneOS6 Built-in Virtualization
Services
FW Software SBC FW

Wan Opt Routing

IT

3rd Party White Boxes Ekinops Devices:

Hardware Ethernet Access Device (EAD)
Edge Physical Routers (pCPE)
Universal Routers (uCPE : OVP)
Platforms 3rd Party Ekinops
White Edge
Boxes Devices

Hardware Agnostic
Ekinops Eco-System Ekinops Solutions
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Ekinops uCPE Fully Open Ecosystem
Compose
Manager Design Studio 3rd Party Management
3rd Party
OneManage ZTP

3rd Party
VNF Mgr. ...

Branch Edge Compose OneE200/OneE600 OneV600 SDWan

Xpress
OneVSBC

Services

Compose *
Middleware
OneAccess OVP**
uCPE
Hardware uCPE Dell VEP, Silicom Cordoba
3rd Party White Boxes

* LIM: Local Infrastructure Manager (hypervisor) 10

** OVP: Open Virtual Platform
OneOS6-LIM

 Ekinops provide a Local (virtual) Infrastructure Manager (LIM)

 Full VNF lifecycle management
 VNF service chaining
 VNF and Hardware monitoring
 Providing NETCONF/YANG management interface
 Embedded Business Router with SD-WAN capabilities

 Underlying technology
 Completely Open API
 Fully provided by Ekinops, based on KVM virtualization technologies and LXC service containers

 Licensing based on the number of virtual CPU cores on the platform:

 For offered OVP408 product: License OVP-LIM-8C

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It’s about a Turnkey Solution

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Providing a turnkey uCPE hardware

solution
Software Licenses

uCPE Production staging services

OneOS6-
Virtualization is not about providing a uCPE hardware validation service
LIM
box, it is about the implementation of
a solution

VNF Validation Services

OSS/BBS Integration Services

OneManage and Design Studio

About VNF Support

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Running a VNF is easy
Piece of Cake

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However…
 What about giving the VNF a day 0 (startup) configuration?

 How good is the VNF in supporting acceleration mechanisms such as SR-IOV or DPDK?

 How good will the VNF perform on my selected hardware?

 How good will the VNF perform on my selected service definition?

 Can I integrate the VNF Orchestrator with the Ekinops OneManage application?

 Do I have the resources ?

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VNF Validation

4 VNF integration Incorporation of VNF into deployment service design (ZTP etc.)
license deployment environment
Project Specific

VNF performance
3 Functional and performance testing within service context
benchmarking

Verify VNF drivers & optimization capabilities and VNF

2 VNF provisioning
provisioning parameters
Generic

Loading of VNF image, verify its basic operation and establishing a

1 Load 3rd party VNF
connection with the VNF

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Open to all VNFs

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About Service Design and
Provisioning

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ZTP with Zero Code
1 Service design 2 Network Service Design
Template (NSD)
Compose
Service Design Design Studio

Netconf/Yang based

4 uCPE ZTP provisioning 3 End-user customization

Compose
ZTP OneManage

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 OVP-DS
Truly uCPE Zero Touch Provisioning
Compose ZTP

OneManage OSS/
BSS
Service
Site Operations
Configuration

Bootstrap
VNF EMS
STEP 1 uCPE customized
STEP 2
Factory factory configuration
Customer
Staging

Manufacturing Customer
& Shipping Premises

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About the Hardware

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Open uCPE Benchmarking Service
3 •
Capabilities Benchmarking

Network Acceleration Support

• DPDK Verification
• SR-IOV verification

2 Software • Listing of limitations

integration & testing
• Verification of staging Process (BIOS, Startup
Sequences,..)
• Verification of automatic Interface and hardware

1 Minimum detection
Requirements Check
• 4 CPU threads
• 4 Gbyte of RAM
• 32 Gbyte SSD/HDD
• Console Port
• UEFI Boot.
• Ethernet driver chipsets..
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Hardware
OVP 4xx

 Atom Denverton C3xxx CPU

 4, 8 or 16 CPU Cores

 6x 10/100/1000 Base-T (RJ45)

 2x SFP (1Gbps)

 Optional 4G/LTE interface

 8,16 or 32 Gbyte RAM

 120 or 240 Gbyte SSD (NVME)

 TPM 2.0 Support

 QAT Support

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Hardware
OVP 808

 Xeon-D 1518 CPU

 4 CPU Cores, 8 vCPU threads

 11x 10/100/1000 Base-T (RJ45)

 16 Gbyte RAM

 240 or 1000 Gbyte SSD

 TPM 2.0 Support

 QAT Support

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Hardware
OVP824

 Skylake D2163IT CPU

 12 CPU Cores, 24 vCPU threads

 8x 10/100/1000 Base-T (RJ45)

 4x SFP+ (10Gbps)

 64 Gbyte RAM

 960 Gbyte SSD (SATA)

 Dual Power Supply

 TPM 2.0 Support

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Hardware
Dell VEP14x5

 Atom Denverton C3xxx CPU

 4, 8 or 16 CPU Cores

 6x 10/100/1000 Base-T (RJ45)

 2x SFP (10Gbps)

 8,16 or 32 Gbyte RAM

 120 or 240 Gbyte SSD (NVME)

 TPM 2.0 Support

 QAT Support

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Hardware
Dell VEP4600 series

 Xeon-D 2145NT or 2187NT CPU

 8 or 16 CPU Cores

 16 or 32 vCPU threads

 4x 10/100/1000 Base-T (RJ45)

 2x SFP (10Gbps)

 16, 32, or 64 Gbyte RAM

 240 or 960 Gbyte SSD (SATA)

 Single or Dual Power Supply

 TPM 2.0 Support

 QAT Support
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Hardware
Silicom Cordoba

 Atom Denverton C3xxx CPU

 4 or 8 CPU Cores

 4x 2.5 Gbps-Base-T (RJ45)

 2x SFP+ (10Gbps)

 2x Combo SFP/Copper (1 Gbps)

 8 or 16 Gbyte RAM

 120 or 240 Gbyte SSD (NVME)

 TPM 2.0 Support

 QAT Support

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Actual mainstream hardware overview
CPU 10/100/1000 Redundant
Availability Code Model CPU Type SFP (1G) SFP+(10G) Other RAM SSD
Threads Base-T PSU
√* 71800 OVP404 Denverton C3558 4 6 2 - - 8 120 No
√ 71842 OVP408 Denverton C3758 8 6 2 - - 16 240 No
√ 71886 OVP408 LTE Denverton C3758 8 6 2 - LTE 16 240 No
√ 71843 OVP416 Denverton C3958 16 6 2 - - 32 240 No
√ 71490 OVP808 Xeon-D1518 8 11 - - - 16 240 No
√ 71862 OVP824 Skylake-D2163IT 24 8 - 4 - 64 960 Yes

CPU 10/100/1000 Redundant

Availability Code Model CPU Type SFP (1G) SFP+(10G) LTE RAM SSD
Threads Base-T PSU
√ 71924 Cordoba-4C Denverton C3558 4 4 (2.5Gbps) 2 (Combo) 2 - 8 120 No
√ 71925 Cordoba-8C Denverton C3758 8 4 (2.5Gbps) 2 (Combo) 2 - 16 240 No
√ 71826 VEP1425 Denverton C3558 4 6 - 2 - 8 120 No
√ 71822 VEP1445 Denverton C3758 8 6 - 2 - 16 240 No
√ 71824 VEP1485 Denverton C3958 16 6 - 2 - 32 240 No
√ 71763 VEP4600M Xeon-D2145NT 16 4 - 2 - 16 240 No
√ 71764 VEP4600M Xeon-D2145NT 16 4 - 2 - 32 960 No
√ 71765 VEP4600L Xeon-D2187NT 32 4 - 2 - 32 240 Yes
√ 71766 VEP4600L Xeon-D2187NT 32 4 - 2 - 64 960 Yes

* MOQ of 50 applies

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About Logistics and Staging

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One Stop Shop
 For uCPE products purchased directly from Ekinops
 Ekinops OVP Series (Lanner based) of Products
 Dell VEP Series of products, as part of the Dell authorized reseller
 For Silicom Cordoba

Load
Factory European Activate Unit is loaded Factory
OneOS6-LIM
inbound custom needed with Master Quality check outbound
software on
shipment Clearance licenses Config Image shipment*
device

*Outbound shipment is not included in the product pricing, as this is dependent on

final destination

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One Stop uCPE Ordering from Ekinops

 No logistical hassle or inbound transportation costs

 No custom duties or administration (within EU)
 Single order
 Single point of contact
 Including RMA capabilities for warranty handling
 Simplicity

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uCPE Staging Service
 For third-party uCPE products not purchased from Ekinops
 For third-party uCPE products, validated by Ekinops
 uCPE products ordered by the customer directly with the third-party vendor

Load Factory
Factory European Activate Unit is loaded
OneOS6-LIM outbound
inbound custom needed with Master Quality check
software on shipment**
shipment* Clearance* licenses Config Image
device

* To be managed by Customer with the third party uCPE vendor

** Outbound shipment is not included in the staging pricing,
as this is dependent on final destination

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uCPE Security Staging
 Supplementary service, additional to uCPE staging
 Requires that the staging has been carried out by Ekinops, whether
 uCPE is purchased from Ekinops
 uCPE is purchased from 3rd party and shipped to Ekinops
 Security staging includes Ekinops device certificate and a secure-boot enablement
 For Customer specific device certificate set-up fees will apply (FRT process)

Secure Device
Secure Boot Activation
certificate loading

European Load OneOS6- Unit is loaded Factory

Factory inbound Activate needed
custom LIM software with Master Quality check outbound
shipment licenses
Clearance on device Config Image shipment

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 SMBs & Distributed Enterprises Challenges

Virtualization Key Functions & Features

Agenda
Use Case Examples

Ekinops Value Proposition

Use-case: Flexible Future proof
Network Services
Migrating Enterprise Services from a Service Provider perspective

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Challenges

 Improving time to market of new innovative services

 Avoiding vendor lock-in, enhancing flexibility
 Creating savings by combining different services on a single platform
 Creating a uniform Zero touch Provisioning environment for all services

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 Flexible Future proof Network Services
Ekinops Design Studio
Customer Service design
Backend OSS/BSS system

Northbound API

Ekinops OneManage Eastbound API

Service orchestration and ZTP
CONFIG ANAGEMENT VNF Repository

Southbound API
Geo-redundancy
VNFs

ONEOS6-LIM

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Key differentiators

 Superior performance of embedded router

 Full turnkey solution
 Easy integration in northbound OSS/BSS system
 Already onboarded VNF vendors
 Production staging and software only delivery
 Outsourcing of FTE to the customer (professional services)

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Use-case: Edge computing &
Verticals
A Maritime Service Provider

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Challenges

 Optimization and management of ship satellite communications

 Remote Management, upgrades and trouble shooting
 Hosting of industry-specific applications
 Management of different fleets

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A Maritime Service Provider

 Integration of customer VNF

 Flexibility on Northbound Integration Backend system OVP Design Studio

 ZTP with Zero Code

Northbound API

OneManage
ZTP

Southbound API
SHOR
E
SHIP
Proprietary VNF VNFs

LIM

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Key differentiators

 Integration into Northbound backend system through system integrator

 Remote (satellite) bandwidth-efficient ZTP provisioning
 Onboarding of proprietary VNF

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Use-case: Use-case: Edge Computing
& Verticals
The‘Garage Edge’ Platform Solution

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Challenges

 Car hosts a fleet of computing systems

 Navigation systems
 Onboard computer
 Automatic diagnostic systems and motor tuning

 Need for updates (large data)

 Connectivity of garages to the overall manufacturer support network
 Hosting of many industry-specific applications

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The‘Garage Edge’ Platform Solution
OneManage Private
ZTP Cloud Data
 High amount of data and local storage
 Combines IT and Communication Services
 Incorporates customers’ Container Functions Containers
Computing
 LTE integration and SD-WAN connectivity Rancher VM
vRouter & FW
kubernetes
 High flexibility, no lock-in on any application
OneOS6 LIM

uCPE : x86, 8 to 12 core,

64 to128G RAM, 5 to10TB disk

Garage LAN

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Key Differentiators

 Scalability
 Redundancy
 Hardware support
 Container support (within VM)

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Use case: Flexible Network Services
Xsmall uCPE for Enterprise SD-WAN

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Challenges

 Offer a competitive SD-WAN offering for a broad market

 No lock-in with a SD-WAN vendor
 Getting maximum flexibility

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Xsmall uCPE for Enterprise SD-WAN
OneManage VNF
 No Vendor Lock-in ZTP Management
 uCPE versus vendor appliance
 Keep control of the Enterprise Edge

 Cost effectiveness for the SMB market

SD-WAN VNF
 ZTP with Zero Code …
 Monetize flexible platforms because end-customers
OneOS6
see value…
LIM
 Functions enabled on demand: no issues with truck
roll or access security

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Key Differentiators

 VNF Vendor independency

 Hardware independency
 No capex implications on VNF vendor change

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Use-case: Value added wholesale
Services
Enterprise Services in a Wholesale model

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Challenges

 Adding value in a Tier1 wholesale model. Getting beyond the “only bandwidth” sales
 Offering the capability to Tier 2 Service providers to add in a flexible way services for their end-
customers such as
 Security
 SD-WAN

 Tier-2 do not have the ability to maintain uCPE HW with stringent SLAs
 Need for a flexible, multitenant service design environment

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 Enterprise Services in a Wholesale Model
Multitenant Frontend: Tier2 Service
Tier1 Wholesale Backend • Inventory Management provider
OSS/BSS system • VNF repository
• Customer Service design

Northbound API

Multitenant
NSD
OneManage Plug-in
ZTP
CONFIG ANAGEMENT Eastbound API

Southbound API

VNFs

ONEOS6-LIM

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Key Differentiators

 Multitenant service design and provisioning solution

 Integration into Northbound
 Integration into customer service design environment through Northbound API on Design Studio

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 SMBs & Distributed Enterprises Challenges

Virtualization Key Functions & Features

Agenda
Use Case Examples

Ekinops Value Proposition

Differentiators and Value for the SPs

Mature Turnkey • Quick Time to Market

Virtualization Solution • Lowered operational expenditure

• Reduce Vendor Dependency

Open disaggregated approach
• Reduce Capital Expenditure

• One-stop shopping
Full Set of Services
• Service development efficiency

Low footprint, high performance, rich • Reduce Capital expenditure

feature set thanks to OneOS6 • Improve end-customer experience

Long history in SP space • Ekinops is a reliable partner for realizing the network transformation
using OneOS6

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