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Big Cloud Fabric

Big Switch Networks, the Next-Generation Data Center Networking Company

Big Switch Networks
Corporate Headquarters
3965 Freedom Circle, Suite 300 Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
Santa Clara, California 95054
United States
650.322.6510
201 - 500 employees
Big Switch Networks
  • Overview
  • Report Entries
2018 Next-Gen Data Center Networking Categories:
  • Data Center Switch (Leaf/Edge or Spine/Core)
  • SDN Controller/Network Virtualization Solution
  • Networking Software Stacks
  • Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

2018 Next Gen Data Center Networking - Online Edition > Chapter 8: SDN Controller/Network Virtualization Solutions > Big Cloud Fabric

Big Cloud Fabric from Big Switch Networks

Big Cloud Fabric (BCF) is a next-generation data center switching fabric inspired by the design principles hyper-scale operators like Facebook and Google have developed to build intelligent, agile and highly flexible networks. It leverages software-defined networking (SDN) principles to architect a redundant logical switch architecture consisting of hundreds of switches. Its single pane of glass management delivers intent-based networking workflows to streamline and accelerate IT operations.

Brochure/Datasheet: go.bigswitch.com/rs/974-WXR-561/images/BigCloudFabric_Datasheet.pdf

Big Cloud Fabric
Category SDN Controller/Network Virtualization Solution
Applicable Verticals Cloud Service Providers, Financials, Communication Service Providers (Telcos), Government and Education, Healthcare and Retail
NG Data Center Networking Relevancy

BCF is a data center switching fabric delivering network automation & operational simplicity for SDDCs & cloud-native applications. It reduces TCO by leveraging hyperscale-inspired principles: SDN controller, leaf/spine CLOS fabric & open network HW.

Value Proposition

Big Cloud Fabric is a data center switching fabric delivering operational velocity, network automation and visibility for SDDCs & cloud-native applications, while staying within flat IT budgets. Benefits realized w/ BCF: Physical network intelligence via ‘one logical switch’ and fabric visibility; physical network agility via automation, zero-touch fabric, controller-coordinated upgrading, faster troubleshooting; deployment flex via open network HW & scale-as-you-grow options, for all workloads.

Areas of Deployment Intra-Datacenter
Orchestration Integration Kubernetes and OpenStack
Orchestration Integration Details

VMware vSAN, VMware NSX, Nutanix Enterprise Clouds, Dell EMC ScaleIO, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Ceph

Open Compute Project (OCP) Support Yes
Supported OCP Initiatives Networking
Linux Foundation (LF) Support Yes
Supported Linux Foundation Initiatives LFN (CORD, DPDK, FD.io, FRR, IOVisor, ONAP, ONOS, OpenDaylight, Open Security Controller, OpenSwitch, OPNFV, OVS, PNDA, SNAS.io)
Key Customers https://www.techvalidate.com/portals/bcf
Key Partners https://www.bigswitch.com/partners/technology-partners
Differentiation

BCF is the industry’s first data center fabric built using SDN controller software and open networking hardware and delivers: Intelligence by simplifying network operations and providing fabric-wide telemetry; Agility by enabling network automation to rapidly deploy application and services; Deployment flexibility powered by a scale-out architecture and open network hardware. Applications can take advantage of high east-west bisectional bandwidth, secure multi-tenancy, and workload elasticity natively provided by BCF. The BCF Controller provides single pane of glass fabric management, which enhances operational simplicity by providing a centralized dashboard for fabric management

Container and VM Support

BCF is the ideal fabric for containers with a BCF plugin for container orchestrators including: Kubernetes, Mesosphere, Docker, Red hat OpenShift and VMware Integrated Containers. BCF delivers simplified network operations, visibility and telemetry of containers and their hosts, and network automation for rapid application and microservices deployment and its scale-out architecture accommodates future growth in east-west traffic, caused by an increase in microservices deployment.

API Support

The BCF Controller is highly programmable due to its “API-first” design principle and can be implemented as a closed loop feedback system. For example, security applications can dynamically detect threats and program the BCF controller for mitigation. The BCF GUI and CLI utilize the underlying REST APIs—hence are by definition consistent and hardened.

Pricing

Big Cloud Fabric’s scale-out fabric architecture leverages disaggregated software/hardware pricing to provide appreciable CAPEX savings to the customer. For more information, please reach out to: info@bigswitch.com

Performance and Scalability

Big Cloud Fabric is highly scalable. One BCF Pod can support support up to 128 leaf switches, with 16 spine switches (racks) per SDN controller.

Visibility & Troubleshooting Capabilities

The BCF Controller acts as the single pane for provisioning, which allows data center admins to benefit from streamlined application deployment workflows, enhanced analytics and simplified troubleshooting across physical and virtual environments

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Other Cloud Infrastructure SDK, APIs, Libraries Products

  • HP Helion
  • HPE Hyper-Converged 250
  • Lanner FX-7220
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • ZeroStack Cloud Platform

Other Products from Big Switch Networks

  • Big Cloud Fabric Controller
  • Big Monitoring Fabric
  • Big Switch Network Switch Light
  • Big Switch Switch Light
  • Unified P+V Cloud Fabric

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2018 Next Gen Data Center Networking - Online Edition

  1. Chapter 1: Next-gen Data Centers Business and Technology Drivers
  2. Chapter 2: Next-gen Data Center Networking Trends and Evolution
  3. Chapter 3: Relevant Standards and Industry Initiatives for Next-gen Data Center Networking
  4. Chapter 4: Next Generation Data Center Networking Survey
  5. Chapter 5: Looking Ahead in Next-gen Data Center Networking
  6. Chapter 6: Next-Gen Data Center Networking Report Products
  7. Chapter 7: Data Center Switch Products
  8. Chapter 8: SDN Controller/Network Virtualization Solutions
  9. Chapter 9: Networking Software Stacks
  10. Chapter 10: Data Center Interconnect Products

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