First pass up to configuration
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- SD-Fabric is a **natively disaggregated solution using bare metal switches with merchant silicon ASICs**.
Instead of using OEM networking hardware, SD-Fabric uses hardware directly from ODMs.
The trend of using bare metal (white box) switches is unmistakable in the networking industry today,
- spurred by the massive bandwidthdensity and growing sophistication of merchant silicon ASICs.
+ spurred by the massive bandwidth density and growing sophistication of merchant silicon ASICs.
- SD-Fabric is **based on SDN principles using P4-enabled programmable data planes**
(such as the Intel® Tofino® ASICs).
P4 allows for the introduction of new features that cannot be found in traditional fabrics built on
fixed-function ASICs.
- For example, SDFabric makes possible a 5G mobile core User Plane Function (UPF)
- (this UPF is part of the SD-Core™ project, which runs on SD-Fabric).
- And by externalizing the network’s control, management functions, and policy decisions in the ONOS™ SDN controller,
+ For example, SD-Fabric provides a high performance 4G/5G mobile core User Plane Function (UPF) integrated
+ with SD-Core™ project.
+ And by externalizing the network's control, management functions, and policy decisions in the ONOS™ SDN controller,
SD-Fabric provides network operators with a number of SDN benefits
- (compared to traditional embedded network control like BGP) that include customizability,
+ when compared to a traditional embedded network control like BGP, such as enhanced customizability,
centralized configuration, automation, and simplified operations and troubleshooting.
- As a result, SDFabric is truly software defined in both the control and data planes.
+ As a result, SD-Fabric is truly software defined in both the control and data planes.
- SD-Fabric is **optimized for application developers**,
exposing APIs to enable developers to get better visibility and control while enabling custom P4 forwarding logic
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The programmability of SD-Fabric has enabled the implementation of fine-grained measurement
(via In-band Network Telemetry (INT)), network verification, and closed loop control (see https://prontoproject.org/).
Furthermore, as open source,
- SD-Fabric is further secured through the benefit of open inspection by a broad community.
+ SD-Fabric is further secured through the benefit of open inspection by a broader community.
-- SD-Fabric can be **deployed as-a-Service from the public cloud**. When deployed as-aService,
+- SD-Fabric can be **deployed as-a-Service from the public cloud**. When deployed as-a-Service,
SD-Fabric provides a full stack implementation designed to run on white box switches at the network edge,
with centralized CI/CD and operations running from the public cloud controlling multiple edges.
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-- **Right-sized Topology**: Scale from smallest HA setup of a pair-of-ToRs (sub/single
- rack) to a full leaf-spine fabric (multiple racks) as needed in edge or DC deployments.
-- **API Driven**: Programmable API with ability to drop or reroute traffic plus obtain
- telemetry and program application workloads across switches, CPU and NICs.
-- **Cloud Managed**: Fully integrated and configured by Aether™ Management platform.
-- **5G as a Workload**: Tofino + BESS UPF scalable on demand, Smart NIC + BESS UPF
- extensions, 5G slicing as primary construct.
-- **Visibility**: Throughout the entire network enabling closed loop control.
-- **Integration**: With K8s CNI and overlay enabling true end-to-end programmability and visibility.
+- **Right-sized Topology**: Scale from a single Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch, to an
+ Highly-Available (HA) setup with paired ToRs, to a full leaf-spine fabric
+ for multi-rack deployments.
+- **API Driven**: Well-defined APIs provide the ability to drop or reroute traffic,
+ create slices with configurable QoS, obtain telemetry, and more.
+- **Cloud Managed**: Fully integrated and configured by Aether™ Management Platform.
+- **5G as a Workload**: Reduce CPU load and increase performance by terminating GTP-U tunnels
+ directly in the fabric switches, with QoS and slicing support.
+- **End-to-End Visibility**: With Inband Network Telemetry (INT) on switches and end hosts,
+ enabling closed loop control.
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