Introduction: The telco data center¹(DC) is likely to be the first place network operators deploy Network Virtualization/Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). That was the opening statement at the Light Reading conference on NFV and the Data Center, held Sept 16, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA. A network virtualized data center was defined by the conference host as a “cloudified” DC which integrates virtualized telecom network functions utilizing Virtual Network Functions (VNF) or Distributed VNFs. Note 1. Larger network operators (e.g. AT&T, Verizon) already operate “telco DCs” for web hosting, storage, cloud computing, managed services, and back end network management/OSS/BSS. It will be easier for them (compared to those operators with no DCs that only have Central Offices/PoPs) to implement a NFV based telco DC. See Heavy Reading Survey results below for more details on this topic. Concepts and reference architectures from the ETSI NFV specifications group were predicted to alter the data center from a silo’d IT-centric model (separate compute /storage/ networking equipment) to a harmonized network and IT domain model, in which virtualized telecom functions, e.g. policy control and application orchestration, are added to the growing list of computing demands on servers. According to Light Reading, NFV will drive an […]
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