This document summarizes NXP Semiconductors' strategy for network function virtualization (NFV) solutions using their QorIQ line of ARM-based processors. Key points include: - NFV aims to virtualize network services and deploy them flexibly throughout the network for better performance, scalability and cost efficiency compared to proprietary hardware appliances. - NXP's NFV strategy focuses on distributing virtual network functions (VNFs) using their QorIQ processors in various network locations from data centers to customer premises equipment. - Their NFV platform supports open standards and provides reference VNFs, benchmarks and tools to simplify virtualizing services on scalable and optimized QorIQ hardware.

1. ARM Mini Summit
NXP QorIQ NFV Solutions
Sam Fuller
Head of Strategy and Solutions
NXP Semiconductors

2. NFV Motivates a New Vision for the Network
Transform the Network – inspired by cloud computing
Many diverse,
custom systems
Fewer,
homogenous
COTS systems Standardize on fewer COTS components
Virtualize services to support scale out solutions
Simplify services into rudimentary elements
Migrate control and management policy to
central location
Place virtual workloads to reduce cost, increase
value
VM VM VM
VirtualizeCentralizeCloudify
SDN Controller

3. Our Key NFV Message
Virtual Network Functions will be distributed throughout the network1
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A common ecosystem will be shared throughout
Virtual Network Functions Infrastructure will be optimized for placement-specific needs
Scale-out performancePerformance Efficiency

4. NFV Use-cases and Deployment Trends
Source: 2015 Infonetics NFV SP Survey
Deployment Spread Across the Network
Not just Data-Center, Platform-as-a-Service

5. Distributed NFV : Don’t Replace Networking With Computing;
Blend them
• Systems in the field provide
• I/O, Acceleration
• Low latency
• The NFVI must be capable of geographic distribution
• VNF hosting distributed throughout network
• Capability, capacity, context determine where VNFs run
• Services can be chained across domains
Rigid Data Center Centralization Intelligent Flexible Cloud
NFV
ComputingNetworking
Data Center
Distributed NFV places workload where it is most efficient and leverages local
acceleration – yielding greater performance/W
NXP Focus

6. Open Platform for NFV – Mapping to Hardware
• Virtualized Datapath Protocol Offloads
IPSec tunneling, Virtual forwarding (OvS),
Traffic Control
• Virtualized Access to Accelerators Using virtio
Interfaces
Crypto, Ipsec (protocol offload), veth (logical
switch ports), etc.
NFV Compute Node
Open, Scalable, Performance / Cost Optimized Solution
Software Fully Compatible with Open Standards Using Virtualized Acceleration
General Purpose Processors (ARMv8)
Software Virtualization Layer (SDN)
Instance
(VNF)
Instance
(VNF)
Instance
(VNF)
Hardware Virtualization Layer
Network IO High Speed Serial IOI/O Processing
Virtual Forwarder
(Open vSwitch Datapath)
Virtual Forwarder (OVS)
Standard Installation Environment
Coherent Interconnect
CPU Memory
Hierarchy
Acceleration I/O
• Driving standardization
Linux, ODP, Virtio, DPDK
• Driving relevant open standards bodies
ETSI NFV, OPNFV (DPACC), ONF, LNF
• Standard SW installation environment
• UEFI, ONIE, ACPI, uboot
Platform-independent binary
application images
Standard Virtual Platform with
transparent (virtualized)
acceleration

7. What Can/Should Be Accelerated?
• Networking Domain
• Switching
• Routing
• Cryptography (IPSEC tunneling)
• Computing Domain
• Virtualization
• Virtualized IO
• Pattern Matching (DPI workloads)
Some possible workloads/algorithms that would benefit from HW accelerationSome possible workloads/algorithms that would benefit from HW acceleration

8. LS1012A
• 1 Gbps Crypto
• 1-2W
LS1043A
• 2-3 lite-VNF
• 10 GigE
• 5 Gbps Crypto
• 5-10W
LS2080A
• 6-8 heavy-VNF
• 8x 10 GigE
• 20 Gbps Crypto
• 20-35W
Home, SMB,
Gateway Routers &
Access Points
Virtualized Edge & CPE
Networking Equipment
Cloud NFV
Infrastructure
LS1046
• 3-4 lite-VNF
• 2x10 GigE
• 10 Gbps Crypto
• 10-12W
Industry’s most scalable ARM64
communications processor line-up
LS2088A
• 8 - 10 heavy-VNF
• 8x 10 GigE
• OVS Offload
• 20 Gbps Crypto
• 30-45W
LS1088A
• 6-8 lite-VNF
• 2x 10 GigE
• OVS Offload
• 10 Gbps Crypto
• 15-20W
LEADING THE 64-BIT ARM® WAVE IN
NETWORKING
LS1023A
• 10 GigE
• 5 Gbps Crypto
• 2-5W
Lite VNF – Under 1Gbps throughput
Heavy VNF – Greater than 1 Gbps throughput

9. Virtualizable CPE with QorIQ LS1088A
OpenFlow
Agent
QorIQ LS1088A OPNFV Platform
vSwitch
OA Router vNF1
Veth-port
ODPODP
User Space
Kernel Space
KVM Hypervisor
Veth-port
 Supports fully compliant
OPNFV platform
 VNF source compatible using
DPDK API
 6-8 Lite vNFs with dedicated
cores
 OVS Offload frees up GPP
core(s) AND significantly
improves network throughput
(>5X vs. single GPP core)
 IPSEC HW Acceleration
increases CPE capacity
 Significant cost savings
1G Eth 1/10G Eth
vNF2
Veth-port
ODP
Router Firewall
Veth-port
ODP/DPDKODP/DPDK
Veth-port
DPI
Veth-port
ODP/DPDK
OvS Offload Hardware
1G Eth 1G Eth 1/10G Eth
Power and Cost Optimized for Use at Premise and Network Edge
IPSEC Offload HW

10. vCPE Smart Edge and Dynamic Service Chaining
eth0
IPSEC
Service Provider Edge/Cloud
vCPE
Internet
Controller Node
-> Openstack
Controller
-> OpenContrail
-> Floodlight
Controller
vNF Bring up: Controller will boot default vNF’s on LS2085A and LS1043A using Openstack controller.
Service Chaining: Contrail traffic policy is to forward all traffic through Firewall vNF of LS1043 and
LS2085 to provide safe Internet access to enterprise clients
vRouter
vRouter
vhost0
eth0 ni1
vhost0
wlan0
Service Chaining: Using OpenContrail user can select particular vNF’s to be part of the Traffic Policy on LS1043
and LS2085 eg: adding Reputation Service & Global Threat Analysis in service chain on LS2085 and App ID on
LS1043.
Traffic Flow: After adding App ID vNF on LS1043 & Reputation Service & Global Threat Analysis vNF on
LS2085ARDB using Contrail GUI
vNF
Firewall
vNF
Firewall
vNF
DHCP &
QoS
vNF
IPSEC
vNF
App ID
vNF
Global
Threat
vNF
Rep.
Service

11. NXP QorIQ NFV Platform
• ARMv8: LS1043, LS1046, LS1048, LS1088, LS2080, LS2088Standard Hardware Platforms
• CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu with UEFIStandard Linux Distro
• KVM, QEMU, DockerStandard Virtualization components
• OP-NFV: OpenDayLight, OpenStack, Open Contrail
Standard Orchestration and
Management
• DPDK, ODP, OVS, VirtioStandard API and libraries
• vFirewall, vNAT, vRouter, vVPNReference Virtual Network Functions
• Benchmarks, User-guide, DocumentationOut-of-the-Box Experience

12. Data Center vs. Premise/Edge Deployments
Data Center
Premise Edge
Each of these systems needs to:
Support virtualized/containered workloads
Support remote management
Support common MANO framework
Platform Software will be optimized for each systemPlatform Software will be optimized for each system

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registered trademark of ARM Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved. © 2016 NXP B.V.