Solution Overview
H3C Application-Driven Data Center (AD-DC) Solution is a data center solution based on SDN architecture. It accelerates deployment of network infrastructure, simplifies network operation and maintenance, and optimizes network with higher efficiency. AD-DC solution adopts MP-BGP EVPN as control plane and VXLAN as data plane to build an overlay network. It decouples the business from the physical network. AD-DC solution integrates cloud platform, SDN network, and security to deliver a resilient, secure, visible and automated data center. H3C Virtual Converged Framework (VCF) controller is a SDN-based controller for AD-DC solution. As one of the key components in the solution, VCF controller provides standard Restful API northbound interfaces for H3C CloudOS or third party cloud platform and southbound interface to manage network equipment. VCF controller provides centralized GUI-based network operation and management to customers.
AD-DC solution supports north-south and east-west security protection. Virtualize security devices into a unified service chain resource pool to provide flexible service chain orchestration and granular security service for tenants. Each tenant can create their own security service instance independently.
On-demand Security Protection
Unified management for network and virtualized security resources. Tenants can apply for virtualized security resources on demand and orchestrate traffic forwarding paths with service chains.
Unified fabric management and service orchestration for single or multi data centers. VCF controller manages network resources through southbound interfaces and integrated northbound Neutron plug-in to interoperate with OpenStack-based cloud platform, such as H3C CloudOS. H3C CloudOS platform provides unified orchestration and O&M for network and compute resource.
Comprehensive Visibility
Comprehensive visibility from underlay network and overlay network to compute resource and network status, such as network prediction, historical data, log file, alert and heath score etc. It simplified network management and improve the maintenance efficiency.
Intelligent Prediction
Support heath score and health status alarming for customers to understand the network conditions in real time. Detections of physical, virtual, and table entry resources and alarm thresholds can be customized. Radar ping and other troubleshooting methods are available to help customers to discover and locate faults in time.
Cloud Platform
VCF controller not only interoperates with H3C CloudOS but also OpenStack-based third-party cloud platforms.
OpenStack and Open API
Compatible with OpenStack Version K, L, M, O, P, V and standard restful API interface to integrate with third-party management system.
