Huawei CloudMetro solution is a new business enablement system designed to equip for future demands. This solution comprises two parts: upper-layer network cloud engine (NCE) and underlying E2E slicing-capable bearer network. Network cloud engine is a cloud-based architecture and Sub. Mgmt. component is its broadband access functional component. Sub. Mgmt is a software-only product deployed on VM instances created on the virtualization platform, with the X86 server as the hardware platform. CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. conforms to the ETSI-defined NFV framework and implements the standard VNF through virtual network function descriptor (VNFD) files. It supports a full set of service processes, including service loading, unloading, initializing, and delivery, through NFV management and orchestration (MANO).
A CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. can be installed on one or multiple physical servers based on the number of VMs required and the physical servers' hardware performance. Each CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. is generally composed of two control VMs and several forwarding VMs. The control VMs implement the functions of physical MPUs, and the forwarding VMs implement the functions of physical LPUs. A VM is an instance created by the virtualization layer for the network cloud engine. All CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. functional entities run on VMs, which communicate at the NFVI layer.
The CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. uses Huawei Flexible Extensible Network Inter-Communication System (Fenix) as the operating system. The Sub. Mgmt. provides similar functions and operates in a similar way as Huawei ME60. The Sub. Mgmt. forwarding plane uses software forwarding techniques with forwarding models and entries consistent with those used on conventional hardware devices. The Sub. Mgmt. supports various I/O techniques, allowing it to meet diversified forwarding mode and performance requirements.
The CloudMetro Sub. Mgmt. can be deployed on the center cloud or edge cloud in the centralized or distributed manner. Sub. Mgmt. transfers the physical broadband network gateway (BNG) capability to the cloud, carries all UE traffic, and adopts the single-edge architecture. CloudMetro Sub.Mgmt. is a software product based on NFV architecture. Its deployment solutions include the NFV infrastructure deployment, network cloud engine deployment, and multi-service edge deployment.
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This product has been certified to run on the following Red Hat products and technologies:
| Target Product | Level |
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| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 Base: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x86_64) 7.3-7.x for Other |
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Red Hat will provide support for Red Hat OpenStack Platform pursuant to the terms in the subscription agreement. Any support for the VNF functionality will need to be provided by the VNF Partner pursuant to their terms.
