HP Virtual Application Networks
Enterprise Software Defined Networks (SDN)
HP Virtual Application Network is a complete, end-to-end software defined networking solution to enable businesses to create a scalable, agile, and secure network that empowers IT staff and streamline business operations. With Virtual Application Networks, businesses can focus on connecting users to business applications and on the quality of experience-rather than on the details of configuring the network, device by device.
Virtual application networks based on HP FlexNetwork architecture delivers:
- Dynamic and rapid deployment of cloud applications
- Increase IT efficiency with services orchestration
- Business agility and scalable service
Together, HP FlexNetwork architecture and Virtual Application Networks create a unified platform through a programmable end-to-end control plane for dynamic and rapid deployment of cloud applications and services giving the agility business need.
Virtual Application Networks are built on the tenants of application characterization, network abstraction and automated orchestration to and ensure consistent provisioning of resources to meet the service level expected by users.
- Application Characterizations: Create consistency, reliability & repeatability across entire the network infrastructure
- Network Abstraction: Create multitenant, on-demand, topology & device-independent provisioning
- Automated Orchestration: Orchestrate using templates, user service levels & policy for dynamic application delivery
With Virtual Application Networks you can spend more time connecting users to applications and less time on managing complex infrastructure.
Virtual application network solutions
Virtual Application networks is comprised of end-to-end software defined networking (SDN) solutions that enable organizations to apply business logic to network behavior and technologies that enable network orchestration with advanced infrastructure management to create a dynamic, reliable, agile network.
Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller
The HP Virtual Application Networks SDN Controller is the center-piece of the SDN architecture. The controller offers a dynamic control plane with the intelligence to automate and program the network to enable network agility.
- Full support for the OpenFlow protocol
- Open APIs to enable third party SDN Application Development
- Extensible, Scalable, Resilient controller architecture
SDN Applications
Virtual Cloud Network
Designed as a unique software defined networking application that runs on the HP Virtual Application Networks SDN controller to provide public cloud service providers network scalable automation and it allows enterprise to securely connect to the cloud and apply their own 'identity' to their cloud environment.
- Scalable Automation – reduces the number of points in the network which must be automated each time a new provisioning request comes in
- Low Risk Automation – limit the points of the network which are automated to low risk areas
- Scalable Multi-Tenancy – come up with a straightforward way to scale beyond traditional network hardware limits
Sentinel Security
Enables you to automate, real-time network security in enterprise and cloud networks leveraging a unique software defined networking application that runs on the HP Virtual Application Networks.
- Real-time threat protection – with a cloud-connected database leveraging the HP DVLabs reputation database, the application can protect from over 700,000 malicious sites including spyware, botnets and malware.
- Eliminates – limit the points of the network which are automated to low risk areas
- Scalable Multi-Tenancy – come up with a straightforward way to scale beyond traditional network hardware limits
Enabling Technologies
Virtual Application Networks Manager for IMC
Allows you to accelerate application deployment through rapid provisioning and automation of network policy enforcement.
- Reduced provisioning errors through connection profile templates
- Automated orchestration of templates rather than VM-by-VM and box-by-box configuration and management
- Faster deployment of private cloud environments
For more information:
HP Intelligent Management Center Virtual Application Network Manager Software Datasheet
Ethernet Virtual Interconnect and Multi-tenant Device context
EVI: Allows you to simply connect multiple data centers with single touch deployment and enable all the computer resources in multiple data centers to be linked within minutes rather than months
- Delivers long distance workload mobility and long distance disaster recovery, or business continuance
- Reduces by up to 80% and faster vMotion recovery times that are up to 5 times faster than physical platforms
Multitenant Device context allows you to virtualize one physical switch into up to four logical switches
- Reduced number of physical platforms by up to 75% leading to CapEx and OpEx reductions
- Increased resiliency with complete isolation of tenants
- Simplified management and operations
- Secure operating environment for all tenants
Read more about EVI and MDC.
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