4. 4
vCPE distributed model
VNF
vDPI
VNF
vFW
NAT ?
Router ?
Firewall?
Parental
Control?
Home
Branch/Corporate
Service Provider
VNF
vVPN
VPN ?
VNF
vNAT
VNF
vRouter
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5. 5
NFV seems great idea !
Web Filter
I want to use it !
Network On Demand !
Saves Money and effort !
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6. 6
Not that fast !
Very fewVNFs are publicly or commercially
available and specially on ARM
VNFs ?
What should be done to enableVNFs
development ?
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7. 7
Strong Compute
Virtualization support
High bandwidth network IO
Hardware accelerators
….
VNF Requirements : Hardware
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8. 8
Virtualization Ecosystem
Data Plane Ecosystem
Software Mainline Support (Upstreaming)
Management and control
Deployment and Orchestration
…
VNF Requirements : Software
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9. 9
VNFs Challenge
Commodity Hardware
Almost no affordable hardware available
Mostly expensive x86 hardware is accessible
Almost no community developers
Mostly employees in companies with access to
expensive hardware (x86)
Community Developers
NFV Technology is accessible to few only !
NFV should reach the masses of developers to have
enoughVNFs availability !
What is Missing ?
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10. 10
Introducing Marvell ARMADA 7K/8K vSoC family
*http://www.anandtech.com/show/9184/arm-reveals-cortex-a72-architecture-details
Available today
The only Production Device featuring Cortex-A72 CPUs
ARMADA 8K ARMADA 7K
Armada 8040
Armada 8020
Armada 7040
Armada 7020
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11. 11
ARMADA 8040 vSoC
State-of-Art Features and Connectivity
2x10GbE + 4x2.5GbE connectivity
Advanced Packet Processor
Advanced Security Engine
SATA3.0, USB3.0, PCIe3.0
Quad Cortex-A72 @ 2.0GHZ
Highest Performance ARM CPU
Better Performance and power than Cortex-A57
End to EndVirtualization
Full ARMv8 CPUVirtualization
Full I/OVirtualization
12. 12
ARMADA 8040 Software Ecosystem
Linux
UEFI U-Boot
netmap
Upstream Support
Public Git
Open Source
Mainline Linux
Mainline ODP
Mainline U-Boot
Mainline UEFI
More to come ...
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13. 13
ARMADA 7K/8K vSoC @ NFV Scene
Enterprise vCPE
Home
Branch/Corporate
Service Provider
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
ARMADA
7K/8K
Home vCPE
SDN
Controller
Centralized
vCPE
Centralized
vCPE
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14. 14
How can ARMADA 8040 help in bringing
NFV to everyday ARMVNF developer
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16. 16
Introducing ARMADA 8040 Networking Community Board
• Quad Cortex-A72 @ 2.0GHZ
• DDR4 (64-bit, ECC)
• 2 x 10GbE
• 1 x 2.5GbE
• 1 x 1GbE
• 1 x PCIex4 Gen3.0
• 4 x SATA3.0
• 1 x USB3.0
• 1 x microSD
• 1 x MCI
• 96Boards low speed expansion slot
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17. 17
• Standard Mini-iTX Form Factor
• Price: 349$
• Pre-orders available now ($50 discount)
• Through our partner, SolidRun: https://www.solid-
run.com/product/armada-8040-networking-
community-board/
• For more information, see ARMADA 8040 page:
http://www.marvell.com/embedded-
processors/armada-80xx/
• Email :
ArmadaProcessorsCommunity@marvell.com
Affordable & Accessible Network
community Board
Introducing ARMADA 8040 Networking Community Board
18. 18
ARMADA 8040 vSoC - Summary
Affordable & Accessible
Networking Community
Board
Quad Core Cortex-A72 @ 2.0 GHZ
Full CPU and IOVirtualization support
Data Plane software ecosystem
Open Source and mainline support
U-Boot
Advanced Networking and Rich Connectivity
Advanced Packet Processor and Security Engine
1Gbps / 2.5Gbps / 10 Gbps, PCIe3.0, USB3.0 , SATA3.0
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