HP rolls software for virtual networks

eetimes.com 10 Apr '12, 12pm

HP rolls software for virtual networks

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Hewlett-Packard announced software to extend its support for network virtualization on its servers and switches. HP’s so-called Virtual Application Networks (VANs) are part of an industry-wide move toward greater programmability and ease of use in complex data center networks. HP said its VAN software will be compatible with the emerging OpenFlow standard for software-defined networks. However, the new code does not require OpenFlow, it added. HP and NEC are among a core set of vendors working with researchers at Stanford University and elsewhere on the OpenFlow specification. HP announced in February it will support OpenFlow on all its networking products by the end of the year. It already has as many as 60 customers testing out OpenFlow based on open source versions of the code. OpenFlow creates in software what’s called a central control plane, a sing...

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@NickLippis » 11 Apr '12, 1am
HP rolls software for virtual networks [link] <- has to dump the OpenFlow s/w approach
@rickbmerritt » 11 Apr '12, 1am
@HP nudges software-defined networking forward with OpenFlow-compatible Virtual Application Nets. See [link]
@Triplermoney » 10 Apr '12, 1pm
blogs HP rolls software for virtual networks [link]
@mlhotsky1 » 10 Apr '12, 12pm
HP rolls software for virtual networks: OpenFlow creates in software what's called a central control plane, a si... [link]
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HP rolls software for virtual networks: [link]
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HP rolls software for virtual networks: [link]
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HP rolls software for virtual networks [link]
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HP rolls software for virtual networks [link]