In this presentation we will show how a fully open platform serves as catalyst for OPNFV to extend the open source movement. The OpenPOWER foundation has created a fully open platform with a robust and growing ecosystem that extended the open source movement to processor memory, I/O interfaces, firmware, hypervisor and a licensing model that let’s organization build derivate processor and platforms. OPNFV on OpenPOWER enables networks to leverage multiple platforms to deliver network services to meet business requirements.

1. Title: "An Open Platform as a Catalyst for OPNFV”
Abstract:
In this presentation we will show how a fully open platform serves as catalyst for OPNFV to extend the
open source movement. The OpenPOWER foundation has created a fully open platform with a robust
and growing ecosystem that extended the open source movement to processor memory, I/O interfaces,
firmware, hypervisor and a licensing model that let’s organization build derivate processor and platforms.
OPNFV on OpenPOWER enables networks to leverage multiple platforms to deliver network services to
meet business requirements.
OpenPOWER as an alternative platform to use within a network function virtualization infrastructure
(NFVI). The topics included in the presentation are:
- What is OpenPOWER foundation goals and why it was created?
o Benefits of Openness beyond software
o Who is part of OpenPOWER community and their contributions
- Advantages of OpenPower for NFV workloads
o OpenPOWER NFV activities
o OpenPOWER NFV ecosystem/partnerships
- Enabling OPNFV on OpenPOWER
- Creating a multi-platform OPNFV environment
Communication service providers (CSPs) are very interested in creating an open heterogeneous
architecture for network operations. To make this work, CSPs can deploy components from different
vendors and allocats their use according to well defined deployment strategies to meet business
requirements. By following the OPNFV reference architecture, CSPs will now be able to manage and
orchestrate a heterogeneous infrastructure using a common management platform based on OpenStack.
This presentation will show that OPNFV succeeds in creating a carrier-grade, integrated, using an open
source platform that accelerates the introduction of new NFV products and services within a multi-
platform infrastructure environment.
Section 1: OpenPower
Section 2: OpenPOWER NFV
Section 3: Enabling OPNFV on OpenPOWER and x86