ADVA announced that its Ensemble Connector virtualization platform will host service chains orchestrated by the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) in an industry-first MEF demo.
Conducted by BringCom at this week’s MEF Member Meeting in Athens, Greece, the unique demo brings the cloud closer to the edge of the customer network and paves the way for more efficiency, agility and customer choice.
The showcase features virtualized MEF 3.0 E-Line provisioning using ONAP and Ensemble Connector on a uCPE platform. Key to the showcase is the interoperability of ADVA’s highly scalable, high-performance virtualization platform, which is running on the ADVA FSP 150 ProVMi hosting server.
The MEF demo is a key step to enabling more enterprises to access agile, cost-efficient software-based services, said ADVA. It features a distributed cloud deployment with two enterprise locations connected via E-Line through a BringCom PoP. Each enterprise end point hosts an Ubuntu firewall virtual network function (VNF). The service chain is orchestrated by ONAP and hosted on Ensemble Connector with embedded OpenStack.
The showcase highlights how Ensemble Connector, ADVA’s open software foundation for hosting multi-vendor VNFs, interoperates seamlessly with ONAP. Ensemble Connector is already bringing the power of automation and virtualization to major customers across the globe. Among these is Verizon, which utilizes the platform in its Virtual Network Services uCPE solution.
Fabrice Langreney, President and CEO, BringCom
With this demo, we’re revealing just how valuable ONAP will be for service providers looking to build high-performance virtual environments. Together with the ADVA Ensemble team, we’re opening the door to a new level of efficiency and control for rapid service innovation.
Chris Swan, GM, Ensemble Division, ADVA
This demo is a major accomplishment and its implications are big. It shows exactly how ONAP is about to transform the telecoms landscape and our Connector solution is right at the heart.
