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Active Fabric Controller Overview
Dell Active Fabric Controller is a purpose-built software-defined networking platform designed to simply and securely configure and deploy networking functionality in cloud/XaaS environments.
Active Fabric Controller takes a clean break from legacy networking and delivers a modern approach, built from the ground-up to simplify & accelerate application, infrastructure and operational transformation. While traditional networking solutions cannot deliver critical capabilities needed for modern applications & private cloud deployments, Software-defined networking has emerged as a potentially transformative new technology for networking, however to date SDN solutions have been complex, cumbersome & confusing.
AFC takes a different approach, leveraging advances in SDN to profoundly simplify data center operations. AFC leverages OpenFlow and advanced SDN features to deliver zero-touch deployment for the fabric such that no operator intervention is required - simply rack, cable, power-on, and the fabric comes to life. AFC also offers network, endpoint, and policy abstractions, together with a simple GUI & comprehensive API. This enables OpenStack applications to program the network to meet workload needs, and for developers and private-cloud administrators to have simplified visibility & comprehensive programmatic control of the access fabric.
Features & Benefits
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Active Fabric Controller Spec Sheet: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/active-fabric-controller/pd