 "HP Advances Networking With OpenFlow-Enabled Switches")
HP has announced an OpenFlow-enabled switch portfolio that extends across 16 models, including the HP 3500, 5400 and 8200 series switches, providing customers with the broadest choice in the industry for simplifying network management, while meeting a wide range of bandwidth, performance and budget needs.
Additionally, HP plans to expand support for OpenFlow across all switches in the HP FlexNetwork architecture this year, making HP the only major networking vendor to offer a complete portfolio of OpenFlow-enabled solutions. Today, customers and partners can access a free upgrade to HP’s OpenFlow-enabled software for their HP switches here.
Deploying the OpenFlow standard enables enterprises to significantly reduce the complexity of network devices and automate tasks using simplified network management. By reducing the time it takes to make changes to the network, OpenFlow allows IT staff to better respond to changing needs in real time.
“To help enterprises uniformly manage network traffic flow across the data center, HP became an early innovator of the OpenFlow standard, supporting more than 60 universities and research centers in trials, development efforts and practical real-world applications,” said Sanjay Jotshi, Director, HP Networking, HP India. “With over 10 million OpenFlow-capable switch ports deployed and the broadest portfolio currently available on the market, HP is leading the move to the OpenFlow standard and further simplifying networks for our enterprise clients.”
HP pioneers OpenFlow-enabled switches, drives real-world deployments
OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualisation technology that provides customers flexibility and control to configure their networking environment to their specifications.
HP switches with OpenFlow-enabled software have been deployed by academic and commercial researchers worldwide to achieve simplified management. The extensive testing and practical application of OpenFlow technology on HP switches over the last four years in these environments have helped to ready the standard for broad enterprise use.
HP partners and customers include Indiana University, Stanford University and The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Project. The GENI Project, operated by Raytheon BBN Technologies and funded by the National Science Foundation, is a virtual laboratory that explores future applications and services for efficient, agile networks.
HP is a founding member of the Open Networking Foundation, which continues to advance the OpenFlow standard in order to lower network operating costs for enterprises through simplifying hardware, software and management processes. Additionally, HP Labs – the company’s central research arm – has been developing programmable networks since 2008, and has published research that enterprises can use as a guideline for deploying OpenFlow technology.
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