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

Supported

Tested

Expected to work

Not supported

The Anapaya software has been tested

Yes

Yes

No

Yes, failed

Integrated in Anapaya’s quality assurance pipeline

Yes

No

No

No

Performance tests are conducted

Yes

No

No

No

Documented installation procedure

Yes

No

No

No

Anapaya support level

Standard

Best effort

Best effort

No

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

S-Type Lanner

L-1515B-4C-8E-64M-EU
L-1515B-4C-8E-128M-EU

EDGE up to 1Gbit/s

L-Type SuperMicro

SYS 110D-8C-FRAN8TP-OTO-32

CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 25Gbit/s
Dual power-supply
2x16GB memory
Up to 6x SFP28

XL-Type SuperMicro

SYS 11OD-16C-FRAN8TP-OTO-47

CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 100Gbit/s
Dual power-supply
2x16GB memory
Up to 2x SFP28 & 2x QSFP28

2.2. Commodity Server Hardware Platforms

These appliance platforms can generally meet all the needs, but are not distributed by Anapaya.

Type

Family

Comments

SuperMicro SYS-1019D

SYS-1019D-14CN-RAN13TP+

CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 10Gbit/s
Dual power-supply
2x16GB memory

HPE DL380 G11

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11

CORE, EDGE or GATE up to 25Gbit/s
Dual power-supply
4x32GB memory

2.3. Virtual Networking Function (VNF) Hardware Platforms

Type

Family

Hypervisor Version

Comments

Extreme VSP4900

Virtual Services Platform

VSP Operating System Software Build 8.10.1.0

Extreme VSP8400

Virtual Services Platform

VSP Operating System Software Build 8.10.1.0

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

Proxmox

KVM

virtio or SR-IOV

performance depends on vCPUs
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.1.5-5

Microsoft

Azure IaaS

accelerated-networking

performance depends on vCPUs

Amazon

AWS IaaS

enhanced networking

performance depends on vCPUs

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

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

VMware

ESXi

paravirtualized NIC or SR-IOV

vCPU must be dedicated

3.3. VNF Hardware Platforms

Type

Family

Comments

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

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
SCION throughput

Up to 1Gbit/s

Up to 10Gbit/s

Up to 25Gbit/s

Up to 100Gbit/s

CPU type and number of cores:

Intel Atom, Celeron: 4 cores
AMD, Intel Xeon: 2 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

  1. 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

  • latitude.sh

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.

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Item

Description

Anapaya SKU:

hw-appliance_S

Model:

Lanner NCA-1515

SCION throughput:

Up to 1Gbit/s (IMIX)

Network interfaces:

Front panel interfaces:
- flexible 1GbE WAN interfaces (RJ45 or SFP)
- 4x 1GbE LAN interfaces (RJ45)

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
Warranty extension to 36 months: hw-warranty_RMA_S_3y
Single-mode or multi-mode SFPs

 

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.

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Item

Description

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:
6x 25G (SFP28). Supports 25G and 25/10G SFPs
2x 10G-BaseT (RJ45)
4x 1GbE (RJ45) – reserved for management

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.

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Item

Description

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:
2x 100G (QSFP28).
2x 25G (SFP28). Supports 25G and 25/10G SFPs
2x 10G-BaseT (RJ45)
4x 1GbE (RJ45) – reserved for management

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