RIFT.ware

Any App, Any Cloud, Any Scale

Overview

The Complete Open Source Network Service Virtualization Platform

Network Service Virtualization brings together cloud management, SDN and NFV to accelerate and automate virtual network service deployments and build scalability and manageability into your network functions.

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Deploy VNFs and complex network services, simply

RIFT.ware is a model-driven, ETSI-compliant NFV MANO solution that simplifies deployment of VNFs and the composition and management of complex network services. It is everything needed for highly automated, end-to-end service delivery and lifecycle management. RIFT.ware features intelligent workload placement and integrated platform awareness (EPA), such as Intel Enhanced Platform Awareness, to optimally use available network and cloud infrastructure capabilities.

RIFT.ware MANO is unique in the industry:

Open Source

Only RIFT.ware is built with open source components and published as open source software for community-led development, faster innovation and no vendor lock-in.

Model-driven

Standards-based model driven framework that supports multiple formats and scales to support massive numbers of VMs to simplify deployment and validation of VNFs on any cloud.

Multi-cloud

Validate and deploy VNFs and network service chains on any cloud management system and leverage the unique capabilities of any cloud environment.

Open APIs & Modular Architecture

Multi-language plug-in architecture with well-defined industry standard interfaces offers integration with any 3rd party orchestration platform, analytics tool, cloud management system, SDN platform, and Network Function.

End-to-end Automation

Enables the creation of flexible, operator designed policies to automate network service behavior from each network function down to the virtual infrastructure.

Model-driven Graphical User Interface

The user interface provides a simple and intuitive way to interact with the RIFT.ware MANO functionality. Instantiating network services from the dashboard is as easy as browsing the catalog and specifying the required input parameters. The UI also provides a detailed view of the underlying compute and network topologies.

How RIFT.io MANO Works

Prepare your Cloud Infrastructure

RIFT.ware works with your choice of cloud management system and SDN to program compute and network resources and create a secure, virtual environment for running virtual network services.

Instantiate your Network Service

RIFT.ware MANO functionality creates a VNF Descriptor (VNFD) and Network Service Descriptor (NSD).

Automate network service deployment

RIFT.ware MANO onboards the Network Service Descriptor (NSD) which then creates a network topology and automatically places the VNF on the optimal networking and compute infrastructure.

Scale your network service

Start with a single VNF on a single compute instance and add VNF instances or more compute resources automatically.

Scale across any infrastructure

RIFT.ware can deploy additional VNFs across data centers and provision services in public clouds. RIFT.ware supports hybrid cloud, all managed as one environment.

Build Cloud-Ready Network Functions & Applications, Faster

The RIFT.ware NSV platform includes all the tools needed to build highly scalable, distributed VNFs and communications applications. RIFT.ware provides a framework for building massive scalability and elasticity into your VNFs, which reduces development time and accelerates time to market of cloud-ready applications. Start with simple on-boarding - with no modification to your VNF – and evolve your application over time to a hyperscale architecture when ready. You are free to focus on your application’s value rather than the operational plumbing.

The RIFT.ware platform features unique capabilities not found anywhere else:

Distributed Application Management Framework

Simplifies the development of multi-VM VNFs with distributed FCAPS framework, high performance data path, and hierarchical fault containment zones.

Distributed & Extensible Packet Classification Subsytem

Delivers massive scalability without management complexity by allowing multiple servers to act as a single elastic network entity (single IP). Provides elastic I/O capacity and performance in your VNF.

Distributed Transaction System

Maintain state of complex network services even across hybrid clouds and multiple data centers at massive scale.

Modular Architecture

Modular platform lets you choose which libraries to include in your VNF/application and integrate with existing third-party orchestrators and SDN controllers.

The RIFT.ware Platform

The RIFT.ware NFV Platform Advantage

RIFT.ware gives network and cloud function builders a framework for building elastic, distributed network functions and applications and gives enterprises and service providers a standard way to deploy and manage them.

Resources

RIFT.ware “Accelerating NFV: A Cloud Platform for VNF Development & Deployment” White Paper

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This white paper discusses the four components that comprise a platform for the development and deployment of virtual network functions and services. The paper argues that a common platform will need to be available as open source, should be model-driven to support advanced automation without coding, extensible via scripting, and able to run in the cloud as a platform-as- a-service (PaaS).

RIFT.ware Data Sheet

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This document describes the architecture and components of the RIFT.ware NFV Platform and system requirements.

RIFT.ware Overview White Paper

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This white paper provides an overview of the RIFT.ware NFV platform and discusses how it accelerates the development, deployment and management of virtual network services, applications and functions.

Intel Network Builder Solution Brief: RIFT.io and Intel® – Taking Virtual Network Functions to Hyperscale

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Learn how RIFT.ware brings hyper scalability to VNFs and applications and optimizes workload placement with Intel Enhanced Platform Awareness. Also learn how BENU Networks uses RIFT.ware to deliver cloud-based managed services for residential and business customers.

RIFT.ware™ Intelligent Workload Placement White Paper

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This white paper demonstrates how RIFT.ware optimizes VNF workload placement and creates VNFs that can scale to thousands of VMs with maximum efficiency and performance. View demo results that showcase the usage of VNF Descriptors (VNFD) and compare workloads with and without Intel Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA) attributes.

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