Offloaded Open vSwitch (OvS) and Open Virtual Network (OVN) for distributed firewall on DPUs running Ubuntu
Maximize security, performance and scalability in your data center
Modern data centers face increasing demands for high-speed networking, security, and scalability. As compute resources scale up and workloads parallelize, traditional networking solutions struggle to keep pace. To meet these challenges, leading organizations are shifting to software-defined networking (SDN) and distributed firewall solutions that can efficiently manage traffic at high speeds.
What you will learn in this white paper
- How distributed firewalls enhance security by enforcing policies at each endpoint and by enabling workloads security at scale.
- Why traditional SDN solutions struggle at 40 Gbps and beyond and how offloading OvS and OVN to DPUs resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Step-by-step implementation guidance for deploying offloaded Open vSwitch (OvS) and Open Virtual Network (OVN) on NVIDIA BlueField DPUs, including configuration best practices.
- How accelerating both the data and control planes with OvS and OVN offload improves network efficiency, reduces CPU overhead and enables fine-grained traffic control at scale.
As networks evolve, software-defined solutions like OvS and OVN are becoming essential for modern, flexible, and high-performance data centers. Offloading these SDN functions to DPUs allows you to free up server resources, reduce latency and achieve scalable, high-throughput networking… all while maintaining centralized control and automation.
Download the white paper now to explore how offloading SDN functions to DPUs can enhance performance, efficiency and scalability in your data center.