Container Reference Architecture

The container bare metal reference architecture release represents a baseline configuration of components that are optimized to achieve maximum system performance mainly for NFV use cases when running on platforms based on Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.

Kubernetes Networking

Kubernetes support for network functionality required in NFV use cases.

Acceleration

Open platforms provide the scalability and flexibility needed for almost any network usage. In some cases, this includes using standards-based acceleration technologies to deliver the required efficiency or performance. Intel offers a large range of technologies and capabilities to meet the broad range of throughput and reliability of network workloads.

Resource Management

Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA) represents a methodology targeting intelligent platform capability, configuration and capacity consumption. EPA delivers improved and deterministic application performance, and input/output throughput.

Kubernetes, an open source container orchestration technology, can now support Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA) including CPU Pinning, SR-IOV and Huge Page support.

Telemetry

Ensure platform and container metrics and events are accessible though industry standard interfaces to allow capacity planning, trending and operational status.

Training and Demo Links

Watch the following training and demo videos to understand the newly developed networking capabilities in Kubernetes and how you can apply them to your networking environments.

Cable Use Case

Intel optimizes virtualized, cable modem termination system (vCMTS) architecture using Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512, Intel® AES New Instructions, DPDK, and Intel® QuickAssist Technology.