HP Distributed Cloud Networking manual HP DCN Overview and Infrastructure

1 HP DCN: Overview and Infrastructure

This chapter provides an overview of HP Distributed Cloud Networking (DCN) 3.0.R2 and of the infrastructure required to implement the DCN solution. It also gives a brief overview of the installation process itself.

Topics in this chapter include:

•HP DCN Overview

•HP DCN Infrastructure Requirements and Recommendations

•Data Center IP Network

•NTP Infrastructure

•Domain Name System

•Certificate Authority

•HP DCN Installation Overview

HP DCN Overview

HP DCN is a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution that enhances data center (DC) network virtualization by automatically establishing connectivity between compute resources upon their creation. Leveraging programmable business logic and a powerful policy engine, HP DCN provides an open and highly responsive solution that scales to meet the stringent needs of massive multi-tenant DCs. HP DCN is a software solution that can be deployed over an existing DC IP network fabric. Figure 1 illustrates the logical architecture of the HP DCN solution.

Figure 1: HP DCN Architecture and Components

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