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OpenVirteX A Network Hypervisor

OpenVirteX - A Network Virtualization Platform

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OpenVirteX is a network virtualization platform which allows you to specify your own topology and addressing while retaining control of your virtual OpenFlow network. In essence, we are introducing the concept of programmable virtual networks.

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OpenVirteXA Network Hypervisor

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Why Network Virtualization?

Decouples the physical network from the virtual network

Enables multi-tenancyAllows security and

isolation of the users’ traffic

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A different perspective

Overlay vs.

Underlay

Address Vitualization

Topology Virtualizatio

n

Control Virtualizatio

nResiliency

Nicira NVP Overlay ✔ ✗ ✗ ✔

FlowVisor Underlay ✗ ✗ ✔ ✗

OpenVirteX Underlay ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

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With OpenVirteX you can…

Design your own topology

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With OpenVirteX you can…

Use your own Network Operating System

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With OpenVirteX you can…

Design your own topology

Use the whole address space

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With OpenVirteX you can…

Change your Virtual Network at runtime

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With OpenVirteX you can…

Automatically recover from physical failures

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System architecture

OpenVirteX

Network Operating System Layer

Virtualization Layer

Physical Layer

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in collaboration with:

ovx.onlab.usThe OVX team: