ROUTER OFFLOAD SOLUTIONSUSING METASWITCH GULFSTREAM SDN
CONTROLLERINTELLIGENT AGGREGATIONAugmenting Carrier Ethernet aggregation using advanced Software Defined Networking techniques to offload traffic from traditional Provider Edge routers.
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CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
Aggregation Switch
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
Aggregation Switch
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
Metaswitch Gulfstream
SDN Controller
CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
OpenFlow
iBGP
ADVA OpticalFSP 150EG-X
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
Metaswitch Gulfstream
SDN Controller
CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
OpenFlow
iBGP
ADVA OpticalFSP 150EG-X
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
Metaswitch Gulfstream
SDN Controller
CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
OpenFlow
iBGP
ADVA OpticalFSP 150EG-X
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
Metaswitch Gulfstream
SDN Controller
CustomerEdge Router
Provider EdgeRouter
DataSource
OpenFlow
iBGP
ADVA OpticalFSP 150EG-X
CustomerEdge
Router
NetworkCore
DataDestination
eBGP
Summary• Open standards based SDN solution using OpenFlow 1.3.• Automatically optimizes network path selection to offload
traffic from Provider Edge routers.• Significantly reduces Provider Edge router equipment costs.• 100% transparent to surrounding network equipment
requiring no reconfiguration.• Controller configuration model matches traditional L2
switch for operational familiarity.
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