1. Evaluation of Platforms¶
Not all the platforms handle the network specific processes used by software routers the same way. Since the Anapaya software appliance is at the core of critical communication services for important customers and partners, we share information about the configuration that are supported, tested or expected to work, but also on configuration or components that failed the qualification tests. The key factor which often decides if a platform is supported boils down to the network interface card (NIC) and the corresponding available drivers.
1.1. Classification of Platforms¶
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1.2. Quality Assurance Pipeline and Software Support Level¶
Anapaya CORE, EDGE and GATE software license subscriptions include the software maintenance and support. When a platform configuration is qualified by Anapaya and integrated in its quality assurance program:
The corresponding configuration is hosted in Anapaya’s lab.
All the new software releases are tested on it.
Eventual adaptations are made in the software to optimize the performance.
Therefore, Anapaya can offer the highest level of software support for these platform configurations. When a customer decides to use another type of platform configuration, Anapaya cannot integrate it in its quality assurance pipeline. Therefore, even if the software runs properly, it cannot be guaranteed over time and the responsibility for the qualification of the new releases lies with the customer.
However, certain customers have special requirements (e.g., hardened hardware, high performance appliances, specific uCPE etc.) which are not covered by Anapaya’s certification roadmap and need to get the highest possible level of software support. Through its hardware certification program, Anapaya can qualify the specific configuration, potentially tune the performance, and includes it in the quality assurance pipeline. The configuration then becomes officially supported. Inquiries about the hardware certification program can be sent to cse@anapaya.net.
2. Supported Platforms¶
The following hardware platforms have been tested and are integrated in Anapaya’s standard quality assurance pipeline and all the new releases are proactively tested on it.
2.1. Standard Appliance Hardware Platforms¶
These appliance platforms can generally meet all the needs and they are currently distributed by Anapaya in Switzerland.
Type |
Family |
Comments |
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S-Type Lanner |
L-1515B-4C-8E-64M-EU |
EDGE up to 1Gbit/s |
L-Type SuperMicro |
SYS 110D-8C-FRAN8TP-OTO-32 |
CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 25Gbit/s |
XL-Type SuperMicro |
SYS 11OD-16C-FRAN8TP-OTO-47 |
CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 100Gbit/s |
2.2. Commodity Server Hardware Platforms¶
These appliance platforms can generally meet all the needs, but are not distributed by Anapaya.
Type |
Family |
Comments |
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SuperMicro SYS-1019D |
SYS-1019D-14CN-RAN13TP+ |
CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 10Gbit/s |
HPE DL380 G11 |
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 |
CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 25Gbit/s |
2.3. Virtual Networking Function (VNF) Hardware Platforms¶
Type |
Family |
Hypervisor Version |
Comments |
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Extreme VSP4900 |
Virtual Services Platform |
VSP Operating System Software Build 8.10.1.0 |
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Extreme VSP8400 |
Virtual Services Platform |
VSP Operating System Software Build 8.10.1.0 |
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Silicom uCPE |
Ekinops IA3003 |
OneOS-OVP-X86_pi2-6.8.2m1_3.5.3.19 |
EDGE up to 1Gbit/s |
2.4. Virtualized Platforms¶
Type |
Family |
NIC Requirements |
CPU |
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Proxmox |
KVM |
virtio or SR-IOV |
performance depends on vCPUs |
Microsoft |
Azure IaaS |
performance depends on vCPUs |
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Amazon |
AWS IaaS |
performance depends on vCPUs |
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Anexia |
kmv based service |
performance depends on NIC |
performance depends on vCPUs |
2.4.1. Sizing recommendation for virtualized environments¶
Refer to the General Parameters and Specific Parameters in the Expected to work configurations section for sizing recommendations of the VMs.
3. Tested Platforms¶
The following configuration are being used by current customers / partners, and are reported to work. However, no proactive tests or qualification of new releases are conducted on it.
Note
All the selected components must be supported by the Ubuntu 22.04 Linux distribution.
Potential support for configurations in this category is not guaranteed, can only be provided best effort, and is charged at Anapaya’s standard hourly rate.
Anapaya optionally offers a hardware qualification service, especially valuable for configuration that may be massively deployed (e.g., a uCPE or whitebox), or for high performance installations.
3.1. Other Server Hardware Platforms¶
Type |
Family |
NIC |
Comments |
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Lanner |
L-1515B-4C-8E-64M-C1-EU |
I350,X553 1GbE |
EDGE up to 1Gbit/s with LTE |
HPE Proliant |
DL380 Gen10 |
E810-XXV |
EDGE/CORE up to 20-100Gbit/s High throughput with specific NICs only |
Dell |
Dell PowerEdge R750 |
n/a |
CORE up to 10Gbit/s |
Cisco |
UCS C240 |
n/a |
CORE up to 10Gbit/s |
3.2. Virtualized Platforms¶
Type |
Family |
NIC Requirements |
CPU |
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VMware |
ESXi |
paravirtualized NIC or SR-IOV |
vCPU must be dedicated |
3.3. VNF Hardware Platforms¶
Type |
Family |
Comments |
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Juniper |
NFX 250 |
EDGE up to 1Gbit/s |
4. Expected to work configurations¶
For reasons that may be entirely understandable, some customers or partners may choose to select configurations that are neither qualified by Anapaya nor tested by their peers. This section provides guidance to select configuration that may work.
Note
All the selected components must be supported by the Ubuntu 22.04 Linux distribution.
Potential support for configurations in this category is not guaranteed, can only be provided best effort, and is charged at Anapaya’s standard hourly rate.
Anapaya optionally offers a hardware qualification service, especially valuable for configuration that may be massively deployed (e.g., a uCPE or whitebox), or for high performance installations.
4.1. General Parameters¶
Configuration |
Requirement |
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SR-IOV |
yes |
Storage – appliance |
64GB (RAID1 recommended for higher MTBF) |
Storage – local logs |
200GB (RAID1 recommended for higher MTBF) |
NIC for management |
any |
Dedicate interface for management |
required |
4.2. Specific Parameters¶
Estimated Maximum |
Up to 1Gbit/s |
Up to 10Gbit/s |
Up to 25Gbit/s |
Up to 100Gbit/s |
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CPU type and number of cores: |
Intel Atom, Celeron: 4 cores |
Intel Xeon: 4 cores |
Intel Xeon: 8 cores |
Intel Xeon: 16 cores |
Memory[1] |
4GB |
2x8GB |
2x16GB |
2x16GB |
NIC for SCION traffic |
NIC supporting dpdk ixgbe such as 82598, 82599, X520, X540, X550, or i40e such as X710, X770 |
NIC supporting dpdk ixgbe such as 82598, 82599, X520, X540, X550, or i40e such as X710, X770 |
Intel E810/E823 |
Intel E810/E823 |
Anapaya CORE |
Not recommended |
yes |
yes |
Qualification of the server is highly recommended |
Anapaya GATE |
Not recommended |
yes |
yes |
Qualification of the server is highly recommended |
Anapaya EDGE |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Qualification of the server is highly recommended |
Note
with CPUs supporting hyperthreading, 2x8GB (resp. 2x16GB) leads to higher performance than 1x16GB (resp. 1x32GB)
Note
The Anapaya software are expected to work with the following Bare-metal-as-a-service platforms:
Equinix Metal
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5. Explicitly not supported¶
The following components or configurations have been identified as not supported.
5.1. Network Interface Cards (for production interfaces)¶
Mellanox ConnectX-3 and ConnectX-3 Pro
Mellanox Connectx-4
Mellanox Connectx-5
Mellanox Connectx-6 or newer
Non-Intel 1G cards (ie. Broadcom, Marvell, etc)
Note
For dedicated management ports, this is not relevant.
5.2. Virtualized environments with OS image mandated by the supplier¶
The Anapaya software comes into an appliance format, including the OS. Therefore, the software appliance cannot run on top of a supplier-provided OS. The Anapaya base image must be installed directly through the hypervisor.
6. Hardware devices distributed by Anapaya¶
6.1. S-type: device supporting the EDGE software up to 1Gbit/s of throughput¶
The S-type 1U desktop appliances aim to support Anapaya EDGE up to 1Gbit/s of SCION traffic. Equipped with a low consumption CPU, they come with 2x 1GbE hybrid (RJ45/SFP) WAN interfaces and with 4x 1GbE (RJ45) LAN interfaces, together with an external power supply. The appliance is provided with a 1-year advanced RMA warranty that can be extended to 3 years while ordering, and with an optional rack mount kit.
Item |
Description |
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Anapaya SKU: |
hw-appliance_S |
Model: |
Lanner NCA-1515 |
SCION throughput: |
Up to 1Gbit/s (IMIX) |
Network interfaces: |
Front panel interfaces: |
CPU: |
Intel® Atom C3000 (Denverton) 4 cores |
RAM: |
8GB |
Storage: |
64GB |
Power supply: |
External power adaptor, 60W – 100-240V |
Power plugs: |
Swiss & EU |
Chassis: |
Desktop appliance |
Dimensions: |
Width: 231mm, depth: 200mm, height: 44mm |
Warranty: |
1-year extended RMA (= early replacement) |
Anapaya software: |
Anapaya base image pre-installed |
Available options: |
Rackmount kit: hw-rackmount_s-type-01 |
6.2. L-type appliance: for medium-sized POP or DC installations up to 25Gbit/s¶
The L-type 1U rackable appliances aim to support Anapaya CORE, GATE or EDGE up to 25Gbit/s of SCION traffic. Equipped with a high performance Intel Xeon CPU, they come with 6x 25G SFP28 network interfaces, and with 2x 10G and 4x 1G RJ45 network interfaces, together with a dual power supply to fit the datacenter standards. The appliance is provided with a 3-year advanced RMA warranty.
Item |
Description |
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Anapaya SKU: |
hw-appliance_L |
Model: |
SuperMicro sys-110d-8c-fran8tp with additional NIC |
SCION throughput |
Up to 25Gbit/s (IMIX) |
Network interfaces: |
Front panel interfaces: |
CPU: |
Intel XEON 8 cores (D-2733NT – may change over time) |
RAM: |
2x 16GB |
Storage: |
2x 200GB |
Power supply: |
Integrated redundant power supply, 800W – 100-240V |
Power plugs: |
EU |
Chassis: |
1U rackmount |
Dimensions: |
Width: 437mm, depth: 399mm, height: 43mm, gross weight: 13.15 kg |
Warranty: |
3-year extended RMA (= early replacement) |
Anapaya software: |
Anapaya base image pre-installed |
Available options: |
Single-mode or multimode SFPs (SFP28) |
6.3. XL-type: for high performance POPs (up to 100Gbit/s)¶
The XL-type 1U rackable appliances aim to support Anapaya CORE, GATE or EDGE up to 100Gbit/s of SCION traffic. Equipped with a high performance Intel Xeon CPU, they come with 2x 100G QSFP28 and 2x 25G SFP28 network interfaces, and with 2x 10G and 4x 1G RJ45 network interfaces, together with a dual power supply to fit the datacenter standards. The appliance is provided with a 3-year advanced RMA warranty.
Item |
Description |
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Anapaya SKU: |
hw-appliance_XL |
Model: |
SuperMicro sys-110d-16c-fran8tp with additional NIC |
SCION throughput |
Up to 100Gbit/s (IMIX) - /!\ tests in progress, results are not final. |
Network interfaces: |
Front panel interfaces: |
CPU: |
Intel XEON 16 cores (D-2775TE – may change over time) |
RAM: |
2x 16GB |
Storage: |
2x 200GB |
Power supply: |
Integrated redundant power supply, 800W – 100-240V |
Power plugs: |
EU |
Chassis: |
1U rackmount |
Dimensions: |
Width: 437mm, depth: 399mm, height: 43mm, gross weight: 13.15 kg |
Warranty: |
3-year extended RMA (= early replacement) |
Anapaya software: |
Anapaya base image pre-installed |
Available options: |
Single-mode or multimode SFPs (SFP, SFP+, QSFP28) |
7. Revision history¶
Version |
Date |
Author |
Description |
1.2 |
30.03.2023 |
OML |
Adding SuperMicro SYS-1019d + update of some requirements. |
1.3 |
08.08.2023 |
OML |
Update of the Extreme Networks software version |
1.4 |
21.09.2023 |
OML |
Reorganization of the structure + adding SYS-110D + sizing recommendation |
1.5 |
24.11.2023 |
OML |
Adding more details on the type of SFPs for L- and XL-type appliances |
1.6 |
17.01.2024 |
OML |
Correction of typos |
1.7 |
30.04.2024 |
OML |
Juniper appliance moved to “tested” + note on virtualized environments. |
1.8 |
30.08.2024 |
Hendrik |
Migrate the document to public documentation |