Avaya outlined a Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) framework based an orchestration process that combines, customizes and commissions compute, storage and network components. Avaya said its framework uses the OpenStack cloud computing platform to enable data center administrations to deploy virtual machines, assign storage and configure networks through a single graphical user interface.
The Avaya Fabric Connect further enhances the OpenStack environment by removing restrictions in traditional Ethernet VLAN / Spanning Tree-based networks to enable a more dynamic, flexible and scalable network services model than exists today.
The Avaya SDDC framework is based on the following components:
- Avaya Fabric Connect technology as the virtual backbone to interconnect resource pools within and between data centers with increased flexibility and scale
- An Avaya OpenStack Horizon-based Management Platform, delivering orchestration for compute (Nova), storage (Cinder/Swift) and network via Avaya Fabric Connect (Neutron)
- Open APIs into the Avaya Fabric Connect architecture for ease of integration, customization and interoperability with other Software-Defined Networking architectures
Avaya said the key benefits of its SDDC framework include:
- Reduced Time-to-Service: cloud services enabled in minutes through a five-step process
- Simplified Virtual Machine Mobility: simple end-point provisioning enabling virtual machine mobility within and between geographically dispersed data centers
- Multi-Vendor Orchestration: coordinated allocation of data center resources via a single interface to streamline the deployment of applications
- Scale-out Connectivity: services scale to more than 16 million unique services, up from the limitation of 4000 in traditional Ethernet networks
- Secure Multi-Tenancy: leveraging network, compute and storage layer abstraction and isolation
- Improved Network Flexibility: overcomes current VLAN challenges to deliver a load-balanced, loop-free network where any logical topology can be built, independent of the physical layout
