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    CloudEngine 1800V

    Virtual Switch
    CloudEngine 1800V Virtual Switch
    Product Overview
    Huawei CloudEngine 1800V (CE1800V) is a distributed virtual switch designed for virtualized environments
    in cloud data centers. It provides best-in-class forwarding performance, open architecture, and enhanced
    security protection. And it can run on multiple compute virtualization platforms such as Huawei
    FusionSphere, VMware ESXi, as well as open-source platforms.
    The CE1800V can be combined with Huawei CloudEngine hardware switches and Huawei Agile Controller
    to offer a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution for data centers based on hybrid or host overlays.
    This solution supports Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, and physical servers with the same architecture.

    Product Characteristics
    Innovative forwarding architecture provides the industry’s highest performance
    • Innovative architecture: Huawei’s CE1800V supports both the traditional IP forwarding and OpenFlow
    architectures to enable flexible deployment.
    • Highest performance: The CE1800V uses Huawei-developed user-mode forwarding framework and
    improved Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) technology to provide 12Gbit per core forwarding
    rate – 20 percent higher than the industry average. This makes the CE1800V the optimal choice for high-
    performance hybrid and host overlay solutions.

    Standard IETF NSH technology enables flexible service chain orchestration


    • Standard Network Service Header (NSH) technology: Service chains can be predefined based on service
    attributes.
    • Service Classifier (SC): The CE1800V can classify received packets, match them with predefined service
    chains, and encapsulate matching packets with NSH headers, so that the packets can be forwarded
    along the service chains.
    • Service Function Forwarder (SFF): The CE1800V acts as an SFF to forward packets along a predefined
    NSH service chain, and terminates the service chain at the endpoint.

    Open interfaces enable interoperation with mainstream compute virtualization platforms


    • OpenFlow: The standard OpenFlow 1.3 protocol can be used as a northbound control interface to
    interoperate with standard SDN controllers. This creates an SDN architecture that separates the control
    plane from the forwarding plane.
    • Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol (OVSDB): The OVSDB protocol can be used as a
    northbound management interface to provide an independent configuration channel. An SDN controller
    can use OVSDB to configure and manage the CE1800V.
    • Interoperability with multiple virtualization platforms: The CE1800V can run on mainstream virtualization

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    platforms, including Huawei FusionSphere, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and KVM. It shields
    differences among these virtualization platforms to simplify network O&M and development of new
    features and functions.

    Distributed DHCP function enables millions of VMs to go online


    • Distributed DHCP: The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) can be deployed on all CE1800V
    nodes. Distributed DHCP deployment mitigates the load on a single node and enables millions of VMs to
    go online.

    Distributed virtual firewall provides fine-grained security protection for VM ports


    • Distributed virtual firewall: Security policies can be configured based on virtual ports, including protocols,
    ports or connection states. A virtual firewall records connection states and provides east-west traffic
    isolation and access control based on security policies.

    Centralized control and management


    • Control virtual networks the same way you control physical networks: The Agile Controller (Huawei’s
    SDN controller) enables network administrators to manage both CE1800V and physical network devices,
    such as Huawei CloudEngine hardware switches. The Agile Controller delivers OpenFlow flow tables to
    the physical and virtual devices to steer traffic forwarding. In this way, the control plane is separated
    from the forwarding plane.
    • Manage virtual networks the same way you manage physical networks: Huawei eSight network
    management system enables network administrators to manage and monitor both CE1800V and
    physical network devices, and supports automatic upgrades of these devices.

    Product Specifications

    Item CE1800V

    Packet switching architecture


    Forwarding architecture
    OpenFlow forwarding architecture

    Forwarding performance 12Gbit per core, user mode

    Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)


    Overlay
    Number of VXLAN Network Identifiers (VNIs): 128k

    Number of VLANs: 4K

    Layer 2 Number of MAC entries: 8k

    Link Aggregation function

    IP packet forwarding
    Layer 3
    Distributed forwarding by Distributed Virtual Routers (DVRs)

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    Item CE1800V

    DHCP Distributed DHCP

    Inbound traffic rate limiting

    QoS and security DSCP priority mapping

    VM port isolation

    OpenFlow 1.3
    SDN
    Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol (OVSDB)

    IETF NSH

    SC: Classifies received packets and sends them to matching service chains
    SFC
    SFF: Forwards packets along a predefined NSH service chain and terminates the
    service chain at the endpoint.

    Automatic installation and upgrade

    Resource alarm, monitoring, inspection, logging, and interface traffic statistics


    Management and collection
    maintenance
    Link exception and abnormal process state monitoring and automatic recovery

    Remote Layer 3 port mirroring

    Interoperable with FusionSphere

    Compatibility Interoperable with OpenStack KVM

    Interoperable with VMware ESXi

    Installation requirement
    Host configuration required for CE1800V installation:
    • CPU: at least 2 cores, 16 or more cores recommended, 1 core allocated to vSwitch;
    • Memory: at least 2 GB, 6 GB or larger recommended.
    • Hard disk space: at least 13 GB, 15 GB or larger recommended
    • Network Interface Card: at least 2 (one for management and storage, and one for data forwarding), 4 or
    more network ports recommended (two for management and storage in active/standby mode, and two
    for data forwarding); Intel DPDK is needed

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    Ordering Information
    • The CE1800V ordering information is included in the Agile Controller-DCN ordering information.

    Networking and Applications


    In a data center that has deployed VMware ESXi, or KVM hypervisors, Huawei CE1800V provides fine-
    grained control and management of network traffic in the virtualized environment.

    In the following network diagram, Huawei Agile Controller delivers OpenFlow flow tables to CE1800V virtual
    switches and CloudEngine hardware switches using a standard protocol such as OpenFlow or OVSDB, which
    separates the forwarding plane from the control plane. The CE1800V supports VXLAN and can function as
    a Network Virtual Endpoint (NVE). This shields differences between upper-layer hardware devices, reduces
    constraints on upper-layer device deployment, and enables tenant VMs to migrate on different platforms.
    Huawei eSight provides unified management and monitoring of CE1800V virtual switches and CloudEngine
    hardware switches.

    Any
    Protocol

    NSH Service Chain

    OpenFlow, Spine Any


    OVSDB… Gateway Protection
    CE1800V

    VM VM VM
    Leaf

    CE1800V NVE CE1800V NVE CE1800V NVE CE1800V NVE


    VM VM VM VM
    VM VM VM VM
    Any VM VM VM VM
    Hypervisor KVM KVM

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    Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2017. All rights reserved.
    No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent of Huawei
    Technologies Co., Ltd.

    Trademark Notice
    , HUAWEI, and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

    General Disclaimer
    The information in this document may contain predictive statements including,
    without limitation, statements regarding the future financial and operating results,
    future product portfolio, new technology, etc. There are a number of factors that
    could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those
    expressed or implied in the predictive statements. Therefore, such information is
    provided for reference purpose only and constitutes neither an offer nor an
    acceptance. Huawei may change the information at any time without notice.

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