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Case Attributes

Description

Informational

Type

New


Blueprint Family - Proposed   Name

Integrated Edge Cloud (IEC)


Use Case

VPC, 5G UPF


Blueprint proposed Name

IEC Type 5: SmartNIC


Initial POD Cost (capex)

VPC: 1 Rack with 3 2 servers, each server with 1 SmartNIC

UPF: 3 servers, each server with 1 SmartNIC


Scale & Type

In the gateway, infrastructure service, and edge cloud


Applications

Short Video Applications, UPF


Power Restrictions

SmartNIC: 35W


Infrastructure orchestration

  • Host Host
    • Orchestrator: Kubernetes
    • SmartNIC for Kubernetes 
    • OS: Centos, Debian
    • Network:cilium/ovs-vswitchd/ovs-dpdk/spdk
  • SmartNic Arm cores
    • ovs-vswitchd/ovs-dpdk/spdk


SDN

N/A


Workload Type

  • Containers


Additional Details

SmartNic features:

  • Needs to provide mechanism to recover from the system crashes remotely.
  • Support PXE protocol
  • Secure boot/Secure Key Storage


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