ARM and Enea Demonstrate Reference Platform of Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 5, 2015. ARM and Enea will showcase the first ARM-based
reference platform for Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization (OPNFV)
at the NFV World Congress from May 6-8, 2015. This demonstration of an early
developer release on the ARM architecture brings unique value to the NFV vision,
enabling processing efficiency and cross-platform flexibility and choice.
“This is a tremendous leap forward in delivering the NFV vision across a wide
range of highly-integrated, workload-optimized ARM networking SoCs, available
via the common OpenDataPlane® (ODP) interface layer,” said Charlene Marini, vice
president of embedded marketing, ARM. “This application-ready platform is also
the enabling layer for the Intelligent Flexible Cloud framework that will
transform the network infrastructure over the next decade.”

“As a founding member of the Linaro Networking Group and contributor to the
OpenDataPlane and OPNFV initiatives, Enea is committed to working together with
leading hardware vendors and customers on SDN- and NFV-enabling technologies”,
said Daniel Forsgren, senior vice president of product management at Enea. “We
are proud to be delivering an initial configuration of NFV infrastructure
building blocks to jump-start integration and application development within the
ARM stakeholder community in OPNFV.”

The open source, carrier-grade NFV Infrastructure platform supports a set of
example Virtual Network Function (VNF) applications. The collaboration of Enea
and the ARM ecosystem of silicon partners will provide the initial building
blocks of the platform, including OpenStack, OpenDaylight, Open vSwitch, KVM and
the ODP built on a Linux® foundation. The focus is on creating an application
-ready platform based on the ARM architecture and OpenDataPlane moving the
industry towards a standardized open source framework to support the
flexibility, greater automation and scalability that is required for network
infrastructure moving forward while enabling underlying processing efficiency.

This initial release will be incorporated into the integration and testing
processes of the Linux Foundation’s OPNFV project. This will enable the broader
OPNFV community to participate in performance and reliability optimizations and
validating VNF applications on the ARM architecture. More information on the
reference platform can be found on blog ‘ARM and Enea deliver diverse silicon
support for OPNFV- Explained (https://intranet.enea.com/stories/Pages/A-new
-vision-mission-and-strategy-for-the-future.aspx)’ and ‘The Emergence of the
OpenDataPlane™ Standard’ white paper (http://community.arm.com/docs/DOC-10220).

An early configuration of the reference platform will be showcased at the ARM
booth (#48) during NFV World Congress in San Jose, May 6-8, 2015.

Partner Quotes

AMD

“NFV and SDN will represent a significant revolution in the way networks are
built and managed in the future, and open collaborative software initiatives
such as OPNFV accelerate innovation to realize this vision,” said Scott Aylor,
corporate vice president and general manager of AMD’s embedded solutions.
“Demonstrated by our first NFV demo on a 64-bit ARM-based SoC, AMD is moving
forward with new ARM and the rest of the ecosystem to deliver compelling
platforms for application development and deployment in this new paradigm.”

CableLabs

“As a founding member of OPNFV, CableLabs is committed to encouraging the
emergence of a competitive ecosystem for NFV based on open source and
referencing international standards. The OPNFV project enables the industry to
create NFV integration platforms according to a common baseline thereby
accelerating collaboration and shared learning,” said Chris Donley, director of
virtualization and network evolution at CableLabs and member of the OPNFV Board.
“We welcome this initiative by ARM which will level the playing field for
underpinning technologies and increase competitive choices for users.”

CAVIUM

“We are proud to be a key contributor to the OpenDataPlane (ODP) and OPNFV
projects and part of this important milestone for the ARM ecosystem” said Imran
Badr, vice president of software engineering at Cavium. “Cavium’s unique
technology capabilities demonstrated in both our OCTEON III and ThunderX product
lines, with a common software interface in ODP, bring tremendous value to the
network infrastructure community. Working within the Open Platform for NFV
(OPNFV) project will help accelerate the evolution of Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) initiatives.”

Freescale

“Freescale® is a major contributor to the development of ODP, and is very active
in driving innovative solutions in OPNFV, including significant advancements in
data plane acceleration,” said Raja Tabet, Vice President of Software and
Systems for Freescale Semiconductor’s Digital Networking Group. “Freescale looks
forward to demonstrating its unique value and expertise in optimized NFV
solutions leveraging our ARM-based QorIQ® multicore communications processors”.

OPNFV

"OPNFV is focused on fostering and strengthening a strong open ecosystem with a
wide variety of hardware architectures and environments," said Heather Kirksey,
director, OPNFV. "We are excited for initiatives like the ARM-based reference
platform for the OPNFV integration project as it provides more choices for
users."
Contacts

ARM

Phil Hughes, Director of Tech PR and AR

 +1 512-694-7382

phil.hughes@arm.com

Enea

Fredrik Ehrenstråle, Director Corporate Marketing

+46 709 714022

fredrik.ehrenstrale@enea.com
About Open Platform for Network Function Virtualization (OPNFV)

OPNFV is an open source project delivering a carrier-grade, integrated NFV
reference platform. Its aim is to move the industry toward a standardized
framework supporting the flexibility, automation and scalability needed for
future network infrastructure.

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