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NoviKit™ 250 Efficient Flow Management Switch NoviKit 250 is an OpenFlow switch offering genuine wire-speed performance using the OpenFlow V 1.3 standard and has been specifically designed for use in OpenFlow trials. Includes the NoviWare™ 250 OpenFlow Switch Software for use with the EZchip high performance NP-4 network processor.

Today’s major network operators demand flexible, scalable switching solutions that deliver genuine wire-speed performance.

NoviFlow™ Inc. aims to change the traditional approach to networking by making switching smarter. The company was founded to deliver upon the promise of OpenFlow and SDN by combining the benefits of virtualization and programmability with processors that can handle complex network flows to make it possible for data centers to keep up with today’s exponentially growing networking demand. NoviKit 250 was specifically designed for use in OpenFlow trials and by those investigating the use and benefits of Software Defined Networking. It is a compact hardware/software platform based on EZchip’s 100-Gigabit network processor. The system is provided in a stand-alone, self-contained box that can be configured to support a wide variety of networking applications to deliver unmatched performance levels.

Key Features:

Features the NoviWare 250 OpenFlow V1.3 switching

EZchip NP-4 NPU for programmable packet processing and 100 Gbps of OpenFlow throughput

Modular configuration with a variety of 1-Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) ports and 10-Gigabit Ethernet (SFP+) ports

Designed for easy set up in any lab or office environment in a compact 1.5U box, standalone or rack-mounted Supports up to 500,000 flow entries Demo kit including an Open Source OpenFlow controller and simple demo applications

Configuration via CLI

NoviKit 250 Efficient Flow Management Switch Data Sheet

 

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Special Features:

- Support of Multicast   - OpenFlow Experimenter Feature support - Tunnel Metadata for GRE, MPLS and VxLAN - Additional stats counters and logs:

o Number of packets received, dropped and transmitted per protocol (e.g. VLAN, MLPS, IP, ICMP, TCP, ARP etc.)

o Counters for all the ports together along with per port counters.

o Logs: dropped packets, errors, table entries

o Matching entries per protocol o Multipart support

-­‐ O&M CLI:

o Set max packet length o Port configuration o Set tables, user names, passwords o Load new/rollback to previous s/w

revisions o Show configuration for switch, controller,

OF channel, tables, users o Set traces on/off o Show stats, logs, s/w revision, OF

channel status o Configuration load and restore o VLAN on management port o Improved Command Line Interface (CLI) o Initial configuration loading via XML o Dynamic configuration and reporting via

CLI

OpenFlow 1.3 features: Includes support and implementation of OpenFlow 1.3 required features:

- IPv6 support - Controller role-change - Extensible match support - Extensible ‘set field’ packet rewriting support - Extensible context expression in ‘packet-in’ - Provider Backbone Bridging tagging - Flow Entries: up to 500K depending on match

fields used - Configuration: CLI support - Multiple Tables support - Number of flow tables limited only by table

size and available TCAM memory - Groups and Logical ports - Compliant with all OpenFlow 1.3 actions,

instructions, and matching fields - Tags: MPLS, multiple MPLS, VLAN and multiple

VLAN (QinQ)

Hardware features:

- EZchip NP-4 100-Gigabit network processor with integrated traffic management for data plane processing

- Freescale® MPC8543 792MHz control CPU - Management module:

o Two 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports and two Host SGMII ports (SFP)

o Serial and Ethernet port for remote management options

- Equipped with 4 expansion module bays. Two types of Network Interface modules are available: o 8x1GE module (SGMII) – Eight 1-Gigabit

Ethernet SFP ports o 2x10GE module (XAUI) – Two 10-Gigabit

Ethernet SFP+ ports - Linux® operating system - Software support packages - Event logging - Compact 1.5U stand-alone or rack-mountable

chassis - Side-to-side ventilation - External 48VDC power supply (included)

Physical and Electrical Specifications

- Size: 17.5” (W) x 1.5U (H) x 19” (D) - Weight: 9 kilograms - Input Voltage/Frequency:-48 VDC - Operating Temperature: 0°C to +45°C - Relative Humidity: 10% to 85% non

condensing - RoHS Compliance: RoHS-6 compliant

NoviKit 250: System layout - top view

NoviFlow's products uniquely bring together Open Systems, Network Virtualization and fully Programmable Network Logic. Our flexible platform design makes it possible for us to customize our solutions to our customers’ specific network needs, whether they run a commercial Data Center, are Network Service Providers, or are doing research in SDN technology.

For more information, please visit www.noviflow.com™ or e-mail us at contact@noviflow.com